Short Girl Problems

ge105
ge105 Posts: 268 Member
edited November 7 in Chit-Chat
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!
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  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    Using my head as an armrest...seriously?? It's NOT cute
  • sakuya3834
    sakuya3834 Posts: 116 Member
    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
  • pandacutie372
    pandacutie372 Posts: 328 Member
    I'm 6'...I'd like to be shorter
  • MarissaPalm
    MarissaPalm Posts: 123 Member
    "Oh! You are sooo short and small and cute!" - most annoying thing us short girls hear.

    pshhh.. don't underestimate me. :laugh:
  • GuineaPiglet
    GuineaPiglet Posts: 35 Member
    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!
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    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).
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    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.....
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    "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!" lol
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    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....
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    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 help :embarassed:
  • greenteafairy
    greenteafairy Posts: 15 Member
    -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.
  • potatogirl741
    potatogirl741 Posts: 64 Member
    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...
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    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!
  • jesseme
    jesseme Posts: 51 Member
    Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.
  • lilylux
    lilylux Posts: 109 Member
    "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)
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.

    It is TOTALLY gross... :sick: :sick: :sick:
  • greenteafairy
    greenteafairy Posts: 15 Member
    Seeing up tall folks' noses...not cool.

    I forgot about that... totally not something you want to see. Especially when they have hairy nostrils.
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    -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!
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    Being a nurse and doing chest compressions on your tip toes..because the doc is trying to intubate and he's 6'3
  • NewGirlThatsMe
    NewGirlThatsMe Posts: 124 Member
    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.
  • Christineclendaniel
    Christineclendaniel Posts: 367 Member
    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...grr
  • Christineclendaniel
    Christineclendaniel Posts: 367 Member


    - 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".....
  • 6ftamazon
    6ftamazon Posts: 340 Member
    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
  • Christineclendaniel
    Christineclendaniel Posts: 367 Member
    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 :)
  • Ldbg289
    Ldbg289 Posts: 236 Member
    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.
  • OfficerFuzzy
    OfficerFuzzy Posts: 222 Member
    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.
  • 6ftamazon
    6ftamazon Posts: 340 Member
    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 lol
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    These are great! Somebody understand :laugh: :heart:
  • aedreana
    aedreana Posts: 979 Member
    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)!
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