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5'9" and I'm used to the idea. I stick to girls 5'6" and shorter, for the most part.
Are you happy with your height?
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CaviarMeths
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I'm 179cm, which is a tad on the short side given my Norwegian ancestry, but I'm fine with it. I find that standing on a chair helps reach stuff that is otherwise too high.
It bother me while growing up because I went through puberty early and got use to being the tallest. Now I'm considered short, but I can't see an issue with it. I'm usually the shortest person in the room, but I don't feel like it. What could possibly be an issue with being short? Women like taller men, but at 5'6 I've had success with short girls 4'9,5'3 and I find them way more attractive.
I don't think people judge me on my height, they judge me by my character. I can't actually find a case where I was discriminated in anyway for being short. Sometimes I got harmless little Napoleon jokes, but never anything substantive.
I don't think people judge me on my height, they judge me by my character. I can't actually find a case where I was discriminated in anyway for being short. Sometimes I got harmless little Napoleon jokes, but never anything substantive.
kavanf1
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I'm a smidge over 5'9, when I think about it I wish I was a couple of inches taller but I can't say it bothers me day to day. It's the average height in the UK and USA.
My worst height related story is from when I spent a summer in the US, working on the piers in Wildwood, NJ. One day I was running the queue for the Nascar ride - to get in you had to be over 14 and a minimum of 5 feet tall. Until then the worst I had to deal with was turning away some disappointed kids, but then one day a group of older guys shows up. All were roughly mid-40s, out to enjoy a day in the sun.
One of the men clearly wasn't tall enough for the ride. He was maybe 4'10". This put me in a quandary - should I let him in to save him the embarrassment of calling him out about this in front of his friends, and risk losing my job (they were very strict about it as it can lead to accidents if you're too small or too tall). Or do I risk making a scene by following the rules?
Looking back I wish I'd just let the guy through, but I was worried about being caught, so I stopped him and asked him if I could check him against the height stick. Guy flipped his lid, tried to make out I was being an asshole to embarrass him in front of his friends and all that. I apologised and explained I had to do it, those were the rules or I risked getting fired, but he wasn't having any of it. He stormed off in a rage while his buddies went down to the track.
I still sometimes wish I could say sorry to him. Felt awful for adding to his insecurities about his height.
My worst height related story is from when I spent a summer in the US, working on the piers in Wildwood, NJ. One day I was running the queue for the Nascar ride - to get in you had to be over 14 and a minimum of 5 feet tall. Until then the worst I had to deal with was turning away some disappointed kids, but then one day a group of older guys shows up. All were roughly mid-40s, out to enjoy a day in the sun.
One of the men clearly wasn't tall enough for the ride. He was maybe 4'10". This put me in a quandary - should I let him in to save him the embarrassment of calling him out about this in front of his friends, and risk losing my job (they were very strict about it as it can lead to accidents if you're too small or too tall). Or do I risk making a scene by following the rules?
Looking back I wish I'd just let the guy through, but I was worried about being caught, so I stopped him and asked him if I could check him against the height stick. Guy flipped his lid, tried to make out I was being an asshole to embarrass him in front of his friends and all that. I apologised and explained I had to do it, those were the rules or I risked getting fired, but he wasn't having any of it. He stormed off in a rage while his buddies went down to the track.
I still sometimes wish I could say sorry to him. Felt awful for adding to his insecurities about his height.
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Indeed.
You did the right thing, dude. I'm 5'0" and have been on rides where I physically had to hold on for dear life or fall through the harness, and that's on rides where I was technically tall enough. Not worth the guy going splat.
That aside, yeah pretty content actually.
kavanf1
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Thanks, it's reassuring to think of it that way. Just hated the idea of having piled more crap onto the guy when he was obviously really sensitive about it.
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Moff
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I'm 175 which is exactly the average for men in my country
I never had problems with it, first of all I am the tallest in my family (including taller than my 6 year older brother) and I never had problems with girls, they are usually taller than me in boots or heels because honestly I like tall girls.
in my experience women are far less superficial than men, I don't think I ever got rejected because of my height.
I think how you deal with it is far more important than your height itself, don't let it bother you and women won't bother either, it's all about how you react if it's ever brought up.
I never had problems with it, first of all I am the tallest in my family (including taller than my 6 year older brother) and I never had problems with girls, they are usually taller than me in boots or heels because honestly I like tall girls.
in my experience women are far less superficial than men, I don't think I ever got rejected because of my height.
I think how you deal with it is far more important than your height itself, don't let it bother you and women won't bother either, it's all about how you react if it's ever brought up.
A Fish Aficionado
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I never knew height was such a contentious issue until I started reading gaf or Reddit by proxy.
It baffles me. Maybe I was naive or just not aware, but I never had my height, or any of my friends and acquaintances be bothered by it.
Seems more of an Internet or social media based pressure thing.
I mean there is always jokes and teasing, but I never have gotten a negative response to it, or responded myself to height as authority.
It baffles me. Maybe I was naive or just not aware, but I never had my height, or any of my friends and acquaintances be bothered by it.
Seems more of an Internet or social media based pressure thing.
I mean there is always jokes and teasing, but I never have gotten a negative response to it, or responded myself to height as authority.
Glass Rebel
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You mean like tipping and circumcision?
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
lol, and yes.
Also anything to do with taking a shit.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Wtf? No.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Only one physical attribute has been correlated at all with dick size and it's the ratio of index finger length to ring finger length. The index finger being much smaller than the ring finger means probably a big dick.
Annoying Old Party Man
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Height, sure!
Ask me about weight though...
Ask me about weight though...
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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At 187 cm I sure am.
In weird US notation it would be 6.1351706 feet.
In weird US notation it would be 6.1351706 feet.
6'3" and it helps on the court, but hurts in so many other places. 6'3" isn't really that tall, but it's just tall enough to make fitting into clothes and public spaces annoying. I really feel for those that are even taller. My poor kid is projected to be 6'9". Hoping he falls well short of that. Unless he's getting scholarships or signing big contracts in the NBA, it will probably hurt more than it helps.
That's not US notation. Get outta here with your decimals! Just under 6'2".
You're a genius.
IdreamofHIME
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189cm, perfect height.
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