Isn't it funny how wives will sometimes assume that they know what their husband's want, only to find out that what they assumed they want isn't what they really want at all?

I thought that my husband had a 'thing' for long hair.  Hair that's longer than mine, anyway.  So, I've been growing mine out.  I've managed to get it to about jaw length, and I can style it in this flip-y shag style if I take the time to dry it and curl it.

We were sitting in the barber shop the other day, waiting for him to get his hair cut (actually it's more a question of shaving the back and sides of his head and taking some clippers to the top - a modified 'high and tight', if you know what one of those is).  He mentioned to me that my hair was getting long and asked when i was going to get it cut.  I said that i wasn't, that I knew he liked long hair and I was trying to grow it out for him.

Him: " I don't like long hair, not on you.  I prefer you with short hair."

Me: "Since when?"

Him: "Since always!  You just don't look like you with long hair.  I don't like it at all.  In fact, I liked your hair best when you had it in the elfie or pixie of whatever you call it cut, the one where it looked like you had bedhead all the time and when you colored it dark and had those bright red highlights in it"

Me: "Well why in the heck didn't you say so?!  I really liked it like that, but I got rid of it because I thought you didn't like it!"

Him: "Well, I'm telling you now.  I really like it like that."

Me: "Ooooo-kay...what else do you like or not like that you haven't told me about?"

So, I was wrong.  He doesn't like long hair.  And I am extremely thankful that he doesn't like it, because mine's been driving me nuts.  I can't do anything with it that doesn't involve a ton of gel and wax and hairspray and I don't like how that feels on my head.  Next week I'm going to go to the hairdresser and tell her to take it all off.  Razor cut it into a cute pixie that I can towel dry and style sans the aid of electrical equipment.  Then, I'm going to consider going dark red and putting some scarlet highlights in it. 

And finally, I'm going to try to not assume what my husband likes anymore.  After 11 years I would imagine there's going to be a fair bit of stuff......