Ok hear me out. My hair is currently very long, and my housemate is a hairdresser. She recently was like 'Oh I'll cut everyone's hair!' and she already did my other housemate. Great job, all good.

Now the problem. I've been wanting to go super short for a while, which is what I used to have. So I asked if she could do it? And also I offered to pay if she wanted since giving a short haircut to a woman can be a lot of work.

Instantly I could tell I made a mistake. Her eyes got huge and she went into diplomacy mode. Oh she'd go short, but let's do medium-short because I can always go shorter, right?

Oh crap, I think, she doesn't want to give me a really short haircut and then live with me if I get offended. I scared her. No amount of insisting would convince her that actually I won't care however it turns out. 

In the end she gives me a cut and cuts off literally an inch, and my hair went from very, very long to merely very long. It's nice, but?? My friends laughed at my new short hair when I showed them.

Now my question, I still want *actually* short hair, and I don't want to put pressure on my housemate. WIBTA if I go to a salon? Or am I stuck now with long hair forever? 