To the lady with the short hair who is asking about extensions.... I had extensions they ruined my natural hair. No matter how much you brush your hair to try and keep it tangle free, you can't. What happens is that you now have knots that formed aruound the bead where the extensions are faceted. Your futur boyfriend is not goin to like feeling your head full of beads.
First the cost expensive
Second the knots, not worth it, hair breakage
Third it may enhance your looks, but at what price if when your significant runs his fingers through your hair and get stuck between those beads.
No not a good idea.
Deal with the short hair. Marvelous thing about hair, take care of it and it grows back
Good Luck
Angie

I got my hair cut almost clean off November after last. Like, Cary's hair short. I got a boyfriend shortly after and he told me, "I like your hair, which is weird for me because I've only ever gone for long." If he's a good guy, he'll be able to look past your hair :).

As soon as I read this question, I couldn't wait to respond. I recently had a very similar incident where I cut off 5 inches from my hair, and I felt like it was super short. My hair stylist convinced me to do it, but I was afraid to cut that much off because of what my crush might say. She said "Never do or not do something because of a guy." At first, I was very self conscious because I thought I looked like a boy. After I got used to fixing it and trying out different ways to do so, I ended up loving it! Something else that honestly helped me overcome the big change, was a response from Chic Geek on a question about what guys think about girls having short hair. His response ---> http://www.guyspeak.com/answers/what-do-men-think-about-a-woman-with-short-hair-i-wear-my-hair-in-a-very-short-style-its-convenient/ was really helpful to me. In it, he provides a link to a Tumblr page of pictures with girls with short hair. I highly suggest checking it out, because it shows girls rocking cute bobs, pin-up styled locks, and hot butch cuts with confidence. I realized after looking at the link that women can still look feminine and sexy with a short do. As for the guy that I was trying to impress, I saw him two weeks later, and he didn't even notice. By the time we were in each other's presence again, I had completely forgot about feeling insecure and I was just excited to see him, and vise versa. So, try out a few ways to style your hair, and be proud of the fact that you have a new look. The next time you see him have a big smile on, and your head held high. The only thing he'll be able to notice is your beauty.

The thing is, in my experience men I have dated and female friends think I would be hit on by men a lot when I go out, (I dont think I am pretty but guys tell me I'm attractive)

Truth is... guys NEVER talk to me and recently I have been hearing that guys just assume I am gay. I am pretty feminine and just like my hair short. Granted I live in a pretty macho small country town not somewhere more open minded like a city but this is what guys here think (So I am told).

So the lesson is..I agree with what everyone has said BUT be prepared to make the first move if a guy isnt.

Aw, sorry to hear about that. But, like WA says, hair is just icing, not cake. Even though I joke with my wife that if she ever cut her hair I'd leave her, I would in fact never do such a thing.
If the result really looks awful, not just your own opinion, then simply get a stylist to work with what you have, turn your short hair into a popular and hot shorthair style suited to your face type. Extensions don't sound worth it on top of the problems other commenters reported.
Yes some men (like me) do prefer long hair on women, but most of them (like me) will toss that preference out the window if everything else about the woman clicks. The ones that won't are in fact actually superficial and really not worth trying to impress.