Height Pros/Cons
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5 feet 11 inches. Wear heels almost daily and i am almost 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall depending on shoes chosen for that day.
PRO: LOVE LOVE LOVE my height. Everything is a pro in my book
CON: That most people are shorter than me and they feel intimidated by my height ( and there is no need to be)
Finding pants that even come close to being long enough. WHY OH WHY do department stores not sale Tall pants anymore
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5'2".
cons: can't reach freaking anything. pants are ALWAYS too long. short waist, everything fits weird. every single ounce of fat shows. I take tiny steps when I walk/run.
pros: portable, can wear heels without being a giant, dresses end up being a smidge longer (good for my ample behind), I can pull off "cute" without looking like a big child, umm... I'm sure there are other things.0 -
People using me as arm rests
Oh dear god, THIS.0 -
I'm 5'3"...and clearly a lady...
Pros: I can wear high heels and pretty much never be taller than my bf, who is only 5'10"--he says he's short--- (unless I'm wearing some super tall hooker shoes, at which point, I don't think the bf cares lol), as I lose weight I feel proportionately petite...umm...I can't really think of much else that's really "pro" to being super short
Con: I can't reach anything. Ever. Anywhere. I could never be a runway model (something I always dreamed of when I was younger and super tiny). My volleyball career ended in the 9th grade because I stopped growing. If I'd have gotten taller, I'd have played as long as humanly possibly, I had Olympic dreams when I was like 11. Maxi dresses look funny on me (but I wear them anyway because I love them).
My body is really disproportionate and I have super long legs and a really short torso, so I never have to have pants hemmed or anything like that...but it does make finding tops that fit me properly kind of a challenge, if it's got straps that don't adjust, I can't wear it because my body is too short up top. I can't tuck in shirts either, because it makes me look like I have no torso. Weird.
ETA that my disadvantages aside, I'm pretty happy with my super shortness. The only thing that I really think "ugh I wish I was taller" about is the whole volleyball thing...le sigh.0 -
5'7" Too tall for Petites and too tall for average and too short for talls! Blah!0
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I'm 5'2"
Pro: I can be a ninja and slip around and surprise people or make them think I disappeared. (This happens all the time, I don't do it on purpose. That's how I got nicknamed ninja.)
Con: In order to reach the lat pull down I have to stand on the bench and then float down to the seat.0 -
At 5'9" I am the shortie in my family (sister is 6'1" and have uncles and cousins as tall as 6'11)!
I love being tall-ish and wouldn't mind another inch. However, it is a bummer shoe shopping, as all the super cute platforms that the little girls can pull off leave me feeling like a tramp or tranny. I get no end of shiz from shorter men that I work with when I wear even 3" heels.
My 6'1" sister on the other hand LOVES her 5" heels - her attitude is "if they are intimidated by my height, scr@w them."
I have been on the hunt for some new wedges and everything is either flat or 5". 5" heels will put me at 6'2" and everyone in my office is 6' or under. And you're right - some of those shoes that would loook cute on a 5'6" girl would make me look like a hooker. LOL0 -
5'5.5"
Pro - I can wear some crazy heels. Also, my weight is 111 less than 666, which my metalhead friends seem to find funny.
Con - I'm too tall to be cute and too short to be elegant.0 -
5' 5 1/2"
Pros: Not short, can reach most everything, most pants fit great with no hemming!
Cons: None! (occasional pants hemming if I really am committed to wearing flats with those pants.....)0 -
6'2"
Pros - I get to ride all the roller coasters
Cons - I get uncomfortable being around someone taller than me, it's a foreign feeling.
I totally get this, I'm 6'5" and when someone is taller it REALLY freaks me out.
Pros: What others have said, I can weight a ton and not look as bad as others the same weight but shorter. A lot of people are attracted to tall guys.
Cons: Clothes are hard to find, not hard to find wide enough but long enough. I have size 15 feet too, and it's frustrating to shoe shop.0 -
5'1"
Pros:
Everything
Cons:
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im 5'2
pros i can go through people legs in rugby
cons people dont take me seriously
I have no experience with this pro but totally "grock" the con. There's something about being short that makes people think you are "just a kid" and not to be taken too seriously. Doesn't help that I have always looked easily 10 to 15 years younger than I am on top of it so I don't get automatic creds for life experience.
Mostly though I just don't think about it. Being the shortest has been my lot since forever so I just don't think about it...or hardly ever. When I am at my good weight, I am a size 6 with a tiny frame and have been since childhood (tiny, not size 6). Before two pregnancies, my feet were triple A width and finding shoes was nigh on impossible. So being small is just part of who I am -- amongst a crowd of giants....because my dad and middle brother are 6', my baby brother is 6'2" and the oldest younger brother is 6'4" -- then there's me, 5'1 1/2", the older, shorter sister. C'est la vie!
) I get it from my maternal Grandmother and paternal Grampy (who was shorter than Grammy). 0 -
To clarify as a guy there is no pro to being shorter....Only cons. Unless you are SO tall you look like a freak of nature next to most women. As in You Ming 7'7 tall.0
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I use to tower over everyone in my office when I wore heels. My husband took notice (He's 6'2 and yes, in heels, I am taller than him) and well....now he's my husband.At 5'9" I am the shortie in my family (sister is 6'1" and have uncles and cousins as tall as 6'11)!
I love being tall-ish and wouldn't mind another inch. However, it is a bummer shoe shopping, as all the super cute platforms that the little girls can pull off leave me feeling like a tramp or tranny. I get no end of shiz from shorter men that I work with when I wear even 3" heels.
My 6'1" sister on the other hand LOVES her 5" heels - her attitude is "if they are intimidated by my height, scr@w them."
I have been on the hunt for some new wedges and everything is either flat or 5". 5" heels will put me at 6'2" and everyone in my office is 6' or under. And you're right - some of those shoes that would loook cute on a 5'6" girl would make me look like a hooker. LOL
And most shoes that look like hooker shoes on tall women also look like hooker shoes on short women.0 -
6'1"
Pros: I can gain 10 lbs of fat and it doesn't look like much
Cons: I can gain 10 lbs of muscle and it doesn't look like much
Yes, but you're 6'1", so that's good. LOL0 -
Pros: I can gain 10 lbs of fat and it doesn't look like much
Cons: I can gain 10 lbs of muscle and it doesn't look like much
Same here. 6'2" and no one would have guessed I weighed nearly 250 at the beginning of this year. It does stink that having lots of muscle isn't as noticeable as it is on shorter guys. Still I have the satisfaction that no matter how hard the shorter guys work out they'll never be as tall as me. Getting leaner has helped this image a lot. I'm down to nearly 15% BF and people keep asking me where I work out and how much muscle I've put on lately.
Cons: None that come to mind. I guess people see my ticker and think I still need to lose. :laugh:0 -
To clarify as a guy there is no pro to being shorter....Only cons. Unless you are SO tall you look like a freak of nature next to most women. As in You Ming 7'7 tall.
Exactly!
As a guy, you want to be a minimum of 6'0".
I am just below that, and while I am taller than most women, there are still women (about 5% of the population) that will deem my height insufficient. I tend to focus my efforts on women 5'7" and under for this reason.0 -
6'
Pros: being able to see everyone in a crowd, reaching things higher up
Cons: Finding a dress that doesn't make me look like a skank is almost impossible0 -
5'8"
I wish I were 5'6", to be honest, because I would feel a little daintier. I do get complimented on my height by some of my shorter friends, so it's not all bad.
I'm often taller than guys, though, which I dislike. Short dresses become too short on me. Additionally, I act, and I often feel like a giant onstage, especially surrounded by shorter girls.
Might as well appreciate my height, though. All the exercise in the world can't change that stat. :laugh:0 -
Very nearly 5'9".
Pros: Now that I'm not overweight, I have come to like my height. I am confident, clothes look pretty good on me, I can reach things . . . but I still wouldn't mind being just a little shorter. 5'7" would be a good height.
Cons: I prefer men to be at least a few inches taller. Really narrows the playing field. Pants are rarely the right length (though Levi's and Lucky brands in long have been great).
One of the most memorable compliments I ever received was from an older man who approached me in the produce market last August. I was wearing a flared knee-length black skirt and short (1.5in) black heels, a combination that really makes my legs look long. Anyway, this gentleman, who was about 6'2", came up to me as I was reaching for sugar snap peas and asked me where I was in the '50s when he needed a dancing partner. He said his wife was barely 5' and dancing was near impossible. "She, like you, is quite lovely," he said, "but you would be easier to dance with." It was not at all creepy, just sweet.0 -
6'1
Pros: Never have to ask for help getting anything off the shelves.
Cons: All the shorties asking me to get things off the shelf for them.
My wife is only 5'3 so I get asked that alot. But good for me My oldest son is now 5'6 so he gets asked alot to
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6'3"
Pros: I can reach the items in the back of the top shelf at grocery stores
Cons: No matter how much weight i lose I will always be referred to as "Hey, Big Man!"0 -
5'8"
Pro's : Tall, but not so tall that I get Amazon jokes or anything.
I look like I weigh less than I do.
I can wear most regular and tall jeans
Cons: Can't think of a single one.
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Im 5'9" and always loved it. There is nothing like being tall. No cons for me0
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5'8" Male..
Cons: Shorter than pretty much every other guy ever.
Pros: Never hit my head on anything, or feel cramped in vehicles?? 0 -
5'1'' - 5'2'' (It's different depending on which doctor I go to. :grumble:
Pro: I can lose five pounds and drop a jean size.
Con: I can lose five pounds and drop a cup size.
Also, tall friends think it's hilarious to use my head as an arm rest. This isn't funny. It was never funny. :frown:0 -
6'3"
Pros: I can reach the items in the back of the top shelf at grocery stores
Cons: No matter how much weight i lose I will always be referred to as "Hey, Big Man!"
My brothers are both between 6'6" and 6'7" and the Big Man / Lurch / basketball jokes got old pretty quickly.0 -
As a tall woman, I'd like to clarify something for the men.
Yes, most women want their SO to be taller than them. Why, I don't know. It's dumb.
Personally, I avoid guys that are shorter than me because they get all *****y about being shorter than me. However, my second serious boyfriend was 5'8 and he never walked around with "short man" complex. It's all about how you carry yourselves. If you're going to be uncomfortable with your height, so am I.0 -
I attribute my width to my height (shoulder width, not belly), so I've got some extra pros and cons:
6'3"
Pros:
Being able to see over crowds
Longer arms mean easier throws for competitions
Reaching the top shelf at stores
Cons:
Can't sit in small cars without hitting the roof (I actually rode in one car with half my head OUT of the sunroof!)
I get my shoulders stuck in bathroom doors if I don't turn (even the 32" ones)
Being forced to shop in specialty stores for everything.0 -
I, for the record, have never done this to any of my friends that are shorter than me (which is most of them). I imagine it's about as fun as being referred to as a "gargantuan" or an "amazon". Those things aren't cute, or funny, fyi.5'1'' - 5'2'' (It's different depending on which doctor I go to. :grumble:
Pro: I can lose five pounds and drop a jean size.
Con: I can lose five pounds and drop a cup size.
Also, tall friends think it's hilarious to use my head as an arm rest. This isn't funny. It was never funny. :frown:0
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