How tall are you? Does your height bother you?

[Neb]

At 5’08, I’m the second shortest guy in my family. While most of my classmates experienced massive growth spurts, I grew more slowly. By the second year of High School my height plateaued. A part of me gets insecure when I have to look up at people my age, but otherwise I don’t think about it. If I could choose my height, I’d probably want it around 5’11.

 

[Nicole.]

I'm 157 cm, so around 5'1"-5'2". I hate it and I wish I was taller. The most annoying thing is buying jeans, pants, dresses, etc., because they're almost always too long so I need to either shop in the petite section or buy from specific brands. It also makes shopping online difficult because you just never know how it's going to fit!

I'm the same height and very petite, but don't have the same issue with clothes as I have long legs. When I was in my teens I longed to be taller and always thought that I would magically go through some growth spurt through puberty, but it never happened. Regardless, I'm very happy with being my height as everything else about me is small too, so it would seem odd to be taller as I'd be too out of proportion.

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I'm 5'1" and I've gotten used to being short over the years but there are definitely things I struggle with. I keep a stepladder handy in the kitchen for reaching things on the higher shelves. When we go grocery shopping, I have to get my husband to get things off the top shelves. Buying pants that fit is a nightmare because I'm short but have large hips so everything is either too long or too skinny. And yes, I wear boots all the time because they help with the long pants issue. I've also had my aunt hem my work pants for me because she can sew, but she can't do anything about my jeans.

Finding a car that I can sit in and see over the steering wheel is also a concern. It's the first thing I check for when I'm car shopping because I don't want to have to sit on a pillow like I did in high school. My current car is a perfect fit for me, but my husband complains every time he rides in it that it was made for an oompa loompa. He's 6'0".

I have to use the stepladders too as I find its impossible to reach things

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I'm 5'3" and for the most part I get around okay but it does make it difficult to reach high up. I also find myself using a stool a lot, like when I'm putting dishes away or trying to stir something in the microwave without taking it out. I'm p much okay with my height though, never dreamed of being any taller

Edit: I saw a few other people talking about driving and buying pants. I do find that I have to move my seat way up in my car to comfortably reach the pedals and steering wheel. I can tell when my dad drove my car last cause he has to move it way back lol. And buying pants has always been a hassle for me, because my inseam is pretty short and I also wear high waisted pants. I usually just go to a thrift store and pick out like 8 pairs of jeans, and I end up only finding 2-3 that actually fit lolll.

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

I'm 4'11. Often my tall friends use me as an armrest and put things up high, and joke around about it. I can't reach things up on the top shelf so I have to climb on the counter. It doesn't bother me too much besides that.

 

[Loubelle]

I'm about 5'6 (167.64 cm), and I guess I wish I was taller, but that's just because I've always wanted to be tall, and I especially wanted to be taller than my mom (we ended up being about the same height ;V haha), but I don't tend to have too many problems with my height. I can reach most things fine, and if not, I can just grab a stool and I'm good, and most clothes seem to fit me fine, so that isn't really an issue either. I'm also at least a little taller than most of my friends so c; I would say I'm pretty average in height though because I know tons and tons of other girls that are taller than me, as well as shorter than me C:

 

[Mairen]

I'm 5'5 (165 cm) and I'm finished growing. It's completely average height for a girl around here. I guess I wish I was shorter because shorter girls are considered cuter (based on what I've been told). Even though I'm happily married, it's a self confidence thing of not feeling attractive because I'm not a "cute small girl".

 

[SpiritofAce]

Is it weird that I don't know? I've never really... checked, I guess?

EDIT: Apart from in a Science class at School, but it obviously didn't stick in my head.

 

[hallejulia]

I'm 5'7 or 170 cm.
I wish I were a bit taller just so I could have slightly longer legs.
I'm very evenly proportioned though, I don't have super short legs and a really long torso or anything like that which is nice.
For some reason people always think I'm way taller than I actually am. My Mom's colleagues refer to me as "her super tall daughter" and even my Mom thought that I was way taller, it took me forever to finally convince her that I'm really only 170 cm and that she is actually taller than me.
Also, being around average height doesn't make clothes shopping much easier, unfortunately.

 

[TheodoreCottontail]

Just under 5'8 which I consider pretty good. Lots of other people are taller then me but my mom's side is really short (my aunts are 4'9) so I'm glad to be over 5'5. Men's pants do not want to fit me though lmao. The legs are always too long.

 

[Elov]

I'm 5'2" it's a'ight.

 

[Darcy94x]

I’m 5’3 and I really don’t mind alwaaays been small always gon’ be small [great things come in small packages] ~ so I was told anyway

 

[angiepie]

It is a blessing and a curse. I'm 27 and still have to show my ID several times to get into bars. I've had people ID me again when I'm already inside sitting at the bar. High school boys have hit on me too lmao. I cringe thinking about it. One time I was at work and this boy (he looked hella young) asked me if I go to school here in town....

This is my problem too unfortunately. When people start telling me I look young I internally go “here we go again” lol

 

[Jared:3]

Unfortunately I'm really short being 5'4 at 17 and a male I hate my height and I wish I was around 6ft to be exact or maybe even taller but I hate being that short it makes me insecure...

 

[Cash In]

I'm 6'0". Wish I was taller, but I'll live with it.

 

[Peter]

I'm 6ft 3in, around 1.9m -- I like my height, it's handy, although I always feel conscious at standing shows when i feel like no-one behind me can see past

 

[visibleghost]

i’m 164 cm or 5’4 and i wish i were taller. i guess my height is okay but uhhh i would like to be at least 170 cm, that would be nice.

 

[Corrie]

I'm 5'5. For a girl I like it because you're small enough you're cute but tall enough that you can reach enough things.

 

[MrPicard]

I’m 5’8”, which is maybe a little short but I kinda like it.

 

[Mairmalade]

I'm 5'4" and haven't experienced much height-related troubles. The cabinets at my place are reasonable and the only time I need to use a chair to get to something is if I need to change the one battery-operated clock I have in my kitchen.

I'm happy with it. I can sleep on sofas comfortably, don't knock my head on anything, and can easily move around cramped spaces.

 

[GhulehGirl]

I'm 5'2". Get my shortness from my mum and late gran. Wouldn't mind being a bit taller like my brothers though. Oh well.