People have different definitions of long and short when it comes to hair. I used to only cut my hair every 3-4 years, so it would usually be somewhere between boob and waist length. I considered shoulder length and shorter to be short hair, until I started actually caring what my hair looked like and started looking at websites and magazines for ideas. I cut mine to about chin length in middle school when I wanted a change and it was pretty terrible (I didn't take care of it, nor did I have the right face for the style). I vowed never to cut it shorter than three inches below the shoulders again! Then I moved in with my boyfriend and he couldn't even sit down without me asking him nicely to get off of my hair, so we cut it a bit shorter than shoulder length and we both love it. Not only does it look a million times nicer, but it's a lot lighter and convenient!