Short Girl Problems
I'm not quite 5ft tall. Everyone finds this pretty hilarious. Short ladies- lets commiserate, what are your most hated short girl problems?
Mine:
- I am aware that I'm short- you don't need to notify me :laugh:
- "Petite" length pants are a lie.
- I don't "have" to wear heels to appear in public
Go!
Mine:
- I am aware that I'm short- you don't need to notify me :laugh:
- "Petite" length pants are a lie.
- I don't "have" to wear heels to appear in public
Go!
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The top shelf in any grocery store aisle involves jumping like a little dog after a treat.6
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Using my head as an armrest...seriously?? It's NOT cute3
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The top shelf in any grocery store aisle involves jumping like a little dog after a treat.
When you are doing this and then strangers start laughing at you instead of offering to help =P0 -
I'm 6'...I'd like to be shorter0
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"Oh! You are sooo short and small and cute!" - most annoying thing us short girls hear.
pshhh.. don't underestimate me. :laugh:0 -
5'1 here!
Definitely top grocery shelf...where you resort to taking something off a lower shelf and hope to use it to knock what you really need down from the top!
5 lbs on a short gal is like 10 on someone taller
Although.....once you get in your 30s and everyone assumes early 20s it's not a bad gig! The short takes like 10 years off, I swear!3 -
Being called 'Shorty'. Do I call you 'Fatty?'
Having to move the driver's seat so far forward people think I'm praying on the steering wheel.
Trying to use a step ladder and still not reaching the light to change the lightbulb (I live alone).3 -
The short jokes.
"You're so short you could play handball against the curb."
"You know you're short when you can see your feet in your drivers license."
The list is endless.....0 -
"Oh! You are sooo short and small and cute!" - most annoying thing us short girls hear.
pshhh.. don't underestimate me. :laugh:
Haha- I always get scrappy when someone says this to me. I'm like "I can still take you!" lol0 -
5'1 here!
Definitely top grocery shelf...where you resort to taking something off a lower shelf and hope to use it to knock what you really need down from the top!
5 lbs on a short gal is like 10 on someone taller
Although.....once you get in your 30s and everyone assumes early 20s it's not a bad gig! The short takes like 10 years off, I swear!
Amen on the 5# comment....0 -
The top shelf in any grocery store aisle involves jumping like a little dog after a treat.
When you are doing this and then strangers start laughing at you instead of offering to help =P
Or worse- you're reaching for tampons and they come over and help0 -
-EVERYTHING at work is designed for taller people so I have to ask other people to do things for me or repeatedly get the step ladder.
-People calling you "vertically challenged"
-Finding pants that are actually the right length
-Being called "fun sized"
-Never being able to reach anything
-Being used as an arm rest (seriously, if you try this I'm going to bite off your arm and eat it)
Good things about being short include:
-Being closer to hell and thus being able to tell Satan who you want killed and that is all.2 -
The top shelf in any grocery store aisle involves jumping like a little dog after a treat.
^This. I just did this at the grocery store. Couldn't see the back of the top shelf to see if they had what I needed and there was no bottom shelf for me to use as a step. Let the jumping commence...0 -
Using my head as an armrest...seriously?? It's NOT cute
I don't get this- why do tall people do this? It hurts my neck you guys! STAAAAHHHP!1 -
Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.1
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"Oh! You are sooo short and small and cute!" - most annoying thing us short girls hear.
pshhh.. don't underestimate me. :laugh:
Yes!
Having to get a chair to put things in the top shelf in my own home as well
Looking younger though - totally fine by me! (I'm 5"1)1 -
Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.
It is TOTALLY gross... :sick: :sick: :sick:0 -
Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.
I forgot about that... totally not something you want to see. Especially when they have hairy nostrils.0 -
-EVERYTHING at work is designed for taller people so I have to ask other people to do things for me or repeatedly get the step ladder.
-People calling you "vertically challenged"
-Finding pants that are actually the right length
-Being called "fun sized"
-Never being able to reach anything
-Being used as an arm rest (seriously, if you try this I'm going to bite off your arm and eat it)
Good things about being short include:
-Being closer to hell and thus being able to tell Satan who you want killed and that is all.
LMAO- Never heard that last one- LOVE IT!0 -
Being a nurse and doing chest compressions on your tip toes..because the doc is trying to intubate and he's 6'30
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I am almost 5'2...lol.
I am smaller - hands and feet too. Everyone wants to compare like I am a circus freak.
Hugging people can be awkward sometimes
I cant reach anything, even in my own home.
I have to jump up to hang things (coats, etc.) sometimes.0 -
The top shelf in any grocery store aisle involves jumping like a little dog after a treat.
It's the worst when I have to climb the shelves or climb the freezer shelving to get to something...grr0 -
- I am aware that I'm short- you don't need to notify me :laugh:
Oh, and this, its like the same people say it all of the time. Like I have gotten shorter since yesterday when you stood next to me, looked down upon me and said "you're short".....0 -
I'm 6 feet and I have all the same problems in reverse lol. That and I get every short person asking me to get something for them at least twice at the grocery store every time I go lol0
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I'm 6 feet and I have all the same problems in reverse lol. That and I get every short person asking me to get something for them at least twice at the grocery store every time I go lol
From every short person that you have assisted...I thank you
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The #1 thing that bothers me is being called cute. You can say my outfit is but if you are referring to me in general don't use cute. But also the having to stretch my body or jump for something just out of reach. Just today I had to kinda stretch myself to get the car keys that were on the top hook. Luckily no one was taking pictures.0
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Having to get on tip toes to bathe large dog breeds. (Using a step stool sometimes to bathe large dog breeds.)
Boobs being at perfect elbowing height for the talls.
Having to be on tip toes to use card readers/bag your own groceries.
Having to have a lower calorie consumption than most
The best things about being short:
Being able to hide in clothes racks without even trying
Not being able to avoid face-boob-smash while hugging the talls
Wearing heels and still feeling tiny
Perfect height to scan the kid cereals.0 -
I'm 6 feet and I have all the same problems in reverse lol. That and I get every short person asking me to get something for them at least twice at the grocery store every time I go lol
From every short person that you have assisted...I thank you
I don't mind...it'd be kind of jerky for me to not help lol0 -
These are great! Somebody understand :laugh:
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I am 5' 3 1/2"' and have NEVER wanted to be taller! In fact, when I was 11 years old I recall thinking, "Damn! I am over 5' now-- I didn't want to get any taller than that!" I am very pleased with my exact height. I always make certain I stand right in front in group photos! No one ever asks me to reach for anything! Being petite has definite advantages. When wearing professional business attire, the look I aim for is decorative, delicate-- someone they'd never think to ask to lift that box of files! Also, very tall men, which is what my type is, very often are attracted to women a foot shorter than them (i.e., Dr. Phil & Robin)!0
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