Does anybody actually remember the day when a 37" bow became "Too Long"

And I'm only in my early 30's...seriously I can remember looking at my first 36-37" bow and that was in 1997 and I thought it looked like a toy.
A 37" bow is only 1" longer on either end than a 35"............1"
I do think sometimes we get too consumed by numbers, but I'll put your order in anyway.