what do you consider "long" hair?

[Amoretti]

In real life BSL is long but on the LHC my perception changes somewhat. LOL. It depends on where I am. When I look at photos of my own hair at waist or even TB I think it's short compared to now but of course, that's only because I'm comparing.

[SarieQ]

I didn't start to consider my own hair as long until I reached midback. BSL or shorter just doesn't seem long to me.

[Guenever]

LHC has reeeeeally changed my outlook:
Before waist+ was very long.. Now:

pixie - shoulders: short
shoulders -waist: medium long
waist - classic: long-ish long
classic - knees: long
Knees - beyond: superlong!

[BrianaFineHair]

In my opinion, long hair begins when it reaches juuuuust past the shoulders.

[jessie58]

For me, waist and beyond is long hair.

[Loviatar]

I've normally said BSL or mid-back (for guys who don't wear bras!) but my old hairdresser used to say once it was past shoulders, it was long.

I guess I would go with APL and longer, if I had to make a serious decision!

[Meli]

In my opinion:
APL to waist: semi-long
Waist to tailbone: long
Tailbone to midthigh/knee: very long
Knee+ : extremely long
Which means my hair is *only* long at the moment... In other words, not long enough

[Alun]

IMHO hair is long if it looks long from the front when you put it back behind the shoulders, which is a roundabout way of saying longer than shoulder length, but including the explanation why.

I think most people in RL would come up with something similar, but most people here would say something longer than that because:

1) Too long on LHC distorts your perception, LOL!

2) Using any normal RL definition would mean admitting that as many as 50% of women have "long hair", even if only about 2% of men do, which loses most of the exclusivity of being a longhaired person. Nobody wants to be part of the common "riff-raff"!

[aney]

To me mid-back is long-is and waist is long!

[CurlyNinja]

I think of waist as long, but I know many people consider my BSL hair long.