Last Wednesday I booked myself in for a haircut with a hairdresser that I've been to a couple of times, she's a great colourist and I usually like her.
The last cut I had (December) she too about 3 inches off my bra strap length hair. It's fair, fine and quite brittle and to be honest needed a good chop but it was still past my shoulders snd looked great.
This time she asked how much I wanted off and I replied ' oh about an inch', she replied 'is that all? ' and looked surprised, I thought maybe the ends were in worse condition than I thought and said 'we'll take off what you think it needs, but not too short as if it's above my shoulders it flicks out'
She did the cut, we had a conversation about me being outdoorsy, and low maintenance so she knows I'm not up for a daily blow dry.
Anyway it looked good though s bit shorter than I expected. Now though I've washed it twice since and it's nowhere near my shoulders 
the ends are all Flicky-outy and I've just spent an hour with my BBH trying to keep them in - I failed. I'm going for a night out feeling crap with my hair in a pony tail.
I don't suppose it's worth saying anything as there's nothing she can do is there? I just have to wait 6 months for my shit hair to grow out