When I was a junior in college I cut a good 5 inches off my hair over spring break. I did not tell my then-boyfriend that I was cutting my hair and left it a surprise until he greeted me as I walked off the plane. And...he loved my shoulder length hair. Ever since then, Chris has been petitioning for short hair. Lately, the campaigning has reached fever pitch. I'll come downstairs in the morning and ask him how I look and he says "Great! Now, that outfit would look even cuter with your hair about this long" (gesturing to just below my chin). I've been fighting this hair cut for a long time. I love having long hair - I can curl it or straighten it and I like it pretty much every day. However, I know it makes me look younger which isn't a good thing when I'm constantly trying to be taken more seriously and look more professional at work. I've also argued that boys supposedly like longer hair more than shorter hair but then Chris counters with "Well, exactly which boys are you wanting to attract? I mean, shouldn't it be me??"...which is a good point.
I called my hair stylist yesterday to make an appointment for a trim or something similar and to my surprise she was available that afternoon. Gulp. I was considering a shorter cut but wasn't quite ready for it. I needed at least a week to get used to the idea. So I went in yesterday (and of course, my hair
was looking fierce as it always looks when I'm about to make a change...just to make it all the more agonizing) and told my stylist that I might be ready for something different. She suggested cutting it right at my shoulders and angling it up at the back. My first questions were "Will that make my cheeks look big and does it have to angle up at the back?" I hemmed and hawed for a while and eventually chickened out and she just did a more serious trim than
usual. Same long layers, same long bags, same side part. Same, same, same. And as relieved as I was (particularly because while I think the angled bob works on some people, it's just not my style), it does feel rather safe and boring. The more I play with it and hold various section up, it makes me think that a just-below-chin not angled bob might be rather chic and flattering on me. BUT - I love my long-ish hair. Eek. I'm trying to decide if I should make the change for Chris' birthday on May 29th. He would be thrilled (you should have heard him when I called him yesterday to tell him I got my hair cut yesterday. "You did??!! How short??!!") So, what do you think? Time for a change or too big of a risk? Here's a couple pictures of the type of bob I'm picturing.
Recent Comments