Call for Opinions: Short Hair vs. Long Hair

I've had a short hair jones lately. I am constantly going back and forth between short hair and long hair, or at least shoulder-length hair and long hair. Right now, my hair is about bra strap length. I was thinking of letting it grow another 4-6 inches, which would mean getting it cut next Summer or Fall.

Lately, though, I've been thinking about getting some sort of bob. Now is a good time for me to get a short hair cut. Because my hair has thinned out due to post-partum hair loss, a short hairstyle wouldn't be bushy like it normally would for me. My hair will eventually get thicker but, by then, I will have probably decided I hate short hair and will have started growing my hair out again.

When I see short hair on other women, I think it looks cool and fashionable. When I see long hair on other women, I think it looks pretty and sexy.

Opinions?

Comments

[joanne]

I think it depends on your willingness to mess with your hair. I feel like short hair has been a lot more for me to manage because there are fewer 'bad hair day' options (ponytail, braid, barrette back, etc). And now that I'm in the waiting to grow out period I'm cranky as heck about my hair.

I was also always concerned about the bob making my round face look rounder. (Or as in the case of my current short hair, making me look like a lesbian)

[Robin]

Why don't you let it grow until it's long enough to donate, then get a bob? It's what all the cool kids are doing...

[Jen14221]

I like medium length. Not too long so that I cannot control it and it looks shitty about 5 minutes after I am done fixing it, but not too short so that I can't pull it up into a clip, which is what I do about everyday around noon or earlier.

[Cheryl W]

I am totally for long hair. Not that I think Medium or short is feminine, but long hair is classy to me. Oh and not the haven't been cut since birth long either. I like long but not that long.

[Parenting Magazine]

I prefer long hair. There are lots of hair style you can do with a long hair!