Height Pros/Cons

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).

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

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.

And most shoes that look like hooker shoes on tall women also look like hooker shoes on short women.

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:

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 impossible

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.

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!"

Im 5'9" and always loved it. There is nothing like being tall. No cons for me

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:

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.

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:

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.