Tall People Check In

I'm 6'4" and my 17 year old son is just about to pass me up... (eye to eye right now!)

But, honestly, I love being tall. My wife is 5'10" and she was captain of her HS basketball team....

You might think that our kids would be giants, but so far only one of our 6 kids (4 boys and 2 girls) has outgrown us (the 17 year old).... The oldest is 19 and the youngest is 1.

Embrace the sky!! Tall people rule!!

Im with ya there, im 6'5 and my wife is 5'8.5 and the kids dont seem to be measuring up in height, but then again they say height comes from the mother's side of the family.

Don't count on it! I'm 5' 9.5" with a 36" inseam and no one on my mother's side of the family is tall - just the opposite, they are all either really short, short, or average.

again, how tall was the mailman?

^lmao

Isnt it overlooked how hard it is being tall?

As the wife of a 6'5" man, it IS hard being that tall. Shopping at specialty stores not only for clothes but for things like treadmills. My husband's stride was too long for a regular length treadmill. Everyone else, including me, looks like children on our tall man sized furniture. Also in the US, if you are tall the assumption is that you are also big. Most of my husband's clothes have to be tailored to bring the waist in.

This...

- shoes, can never find ones that are stylish AND fit.
- pants, rarely long enough
- tall shop, poor quality clothes tailored for the 50s crowd
- tall = big, almost impossible to find stylish clothes in a size 6
- strangers on elevators feel it necessary to tell me that I don't need to wear heels
- drunk people in bars get aggressive when they talk about my height 'omg you are so freaking tall'
- and, as stated before, the tall guys date the short girls they can protect

SO...
I'm still lookin for that tall* strong guy who isn't afraid of a chick who wears heels and boxes, and works in IT.
I'm thinking I need to work on my patience too. lol

*note: he doesn't even have to be taller than me... just not afraid of my height... and can hopefully carry me ten feet without putting out his back.

It sucks when dating, all the tall women are with short guys. Whats up with that? No love for the big guys... = (

:flowerforyou:

5' 10

6' 1 daily with heels

Bump

I'm 5'4, which I used to think I was tall until I met hubby, he's 64 lol its damn sexy though.

5'9 - tall for a girl, love tall guys...wish they woulda asked me to dance a lot more!

Isnt it overlooked how hard it is being tall?

As the wife of a 6'5" man, it IS hard being that tall. Shopping at specialty stores not only for clothes but for things like treadmills. My husband's stride was too long for a regular length treadmill. Everyone else, including me, looks like children on our tall man sized furniture. Also in the US, if you are tall the assumption is that you are also big. Most of my husband's clothes have to be tailored to bring the waist in.

This...

- shoes, can never find ones that are stylish AND fit.
- pants, rarely long enough
- tall shop, poor quality clothes tailored for the 50s crowd
- tall = big, almost impossible to find stylish clothes in a size 6
- strangers on elevators feel it necessary to tell me that I don't need to wear heels
- drunk people in bars get aggressive when they talk about my height 'omg you are so freaking tall'
- and, as stated before, the tall guys date the short girls they can protect

SO...
I'm still lookin for that tall* strong guy who isn't afraid of a chick who wears heels and boxes, and works in IT.
I'm thinking I need to work on my patience too. lol

*note: he doesn't even have to be taller than me... just not afraid of my height... and can hopefully carry me ten feet without putting out his back.

Score! There is still a chance!

If you weigh 230 or under I can carry you a 200 yards without any back issues :-P

6 ft + one centimeter... Love my Dutch genes!! And the jokes that come with it (you wouldn't survive living below sea level unless you're tall)...

Also love my heels!

Hubbie is 6.4, oldest boy 6.4 and a half, youngest will pass me very soon!

If I can't find stylish clothing here, I go home and shop till I drop in Amsterdam!

4'25"

I don't consider myself tall.

ok :brokenheart: you do have to be a bit taller than that... I'm thinking no less than 5'9"... unless you're really persuasive.

5'8.....I love being tall. And hey thats true I always get asked " SWEEEEEEEEEETIE? Do you play basket ballll? " Im like yeah!

so tell me why is it ok to say... "omg you're tall"! and yet offensive if I say "omg you are short"!

I usually say, "Yes, yes I am indeed"... but when at the bar, and if they're drunk, I'll often say "NO WAY, ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

I don't even know if I'm considered tall at 5'8 anymore. I've been told otherwise :sad:

6.4 and 6.4 in my heels :-)

6'3" here

Don't forget the worst part about being tall, hitting your head and tripping over everything, while your torso get's saved. Maybe the kicking is just me because I have huge feet, lol.