Mine too! It's a puffy mess when short. So much easier to pop into a ponytail when long:)

I do hope that women, like you, choose their hairstyles based on their own preferences, not to please anyone else:)

I did have a friend who recently grew her hair out because her husband asked her to. She prefers it short b/c, in her case, that's lower maintenance. Made me wonder if I'd do that at someone's request if I didn't already prefer long hair. Hmmm. I'm not sure that I would.