Hi Lillieperl, she basically said that b/c of her neck pain and such that it was too hard to reach back to tie it up or braid it. That may be true, but i still think that if she wanted to tick me off or didnt care, she would not have cut it. BTW, i saw a website on hairstyles on my D laptop a few weeks ago after she called me from school to ask about a paper she had saved on it. My W has been using her laptop b/c she can sit up in bed while using the computer and it makes her neck feel better. This was around the same time she started to treat me better, so i would say this is more to get my attention than not. Thanks