I need a hug (and a stepladder)
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Get a height measurement using one of those laser measuring things (I'm tired and can't find my words, cut me some slack). All my adult life I was just a bit over 5'3" at the doctor's office. In my late 50's my doctor started to use laser measurements, and I was suddenly almost 5'4". Which lasted until last year when I switched doctors, and now I'm back to 5'3". It's very sad.4
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »MostlyWater wrote: »
My six-foot-tall kid younger sister loves to rest her elbow on my shoulder and announce that I'm her "little" sister. My brother and father are 6'2" & 6'0", and my sisters & mom are 6'0", 5'11" & 5'10" (or were - parents have shrunk a bit). So at a "mere" 5'9" I've always been the short one in the family. (Yeah, yeah, I know you're all crying crocodile tears for me right now.)
About 10 years ago, they measured me at the doctor's office and I was 5'8" (d*mn you, middle age!). But then last year, they measured again and I was back to 5'9". Don't know if I actually shrunk and regrew, or if one of the measurement was wrong, but I'll take it.claireychn074 wrote: »Armpits. I hate standing at armpit height on tubes and busses (5 feet 3) 🙁
Not able to see over anyone in a crowd.
Top shelves of cupboards may as well not exist.
Always pushed to the front in group photos.
Cropped pants are just...pants.
Tall people make short jokes
It's a cruel, cruel world Bright side - we fit better in airplane seats!
Have to turn into a pretzel to get at the bottom shelves.
Kitchen counters are standardized at the proper height for for people 3-5" shorter than me.
Chairs sometimes have attached neck-roll pillows that hit me right between the shoulder blades.
Airplane seats are hell.
Always in the back in group photos.
Most regular pants are cropped pants - cropped pants are knickerbockers.
Most long sleeves are 3/4 sleeves - 3/4 sleeves land uncomfortably in or just below the elbow.
Tall means big feet: I never wear white shoes, for fear someone will mistake them for boats and want to charter one for a day cruise.
There aren't all that many tall jokes, and most of them are beneath me.
Hey, start your own pity thread!
You make some very valid points. My feet are small and cute, which I like. That attached neck-roll-pillow-thingie, though - all it does is push my head forward and make my neck hurt! Do those things actually work for anyone?
(Saving my rant about the small little super-cute shoes so easily found for small little super-cute feet, and the cuteness so often gone terribly awry when that same shoe is blown up to "Titanic" size, for my own pity thread. )
So I probably should post a picture of my latest cute shoe purchase, huh?9 -
psychod787 wrote: »@psychod787 At least she won't have to worry about wearing heels around you! Mine barely get me above chin-level (But as discussed on page 1, I do not go for the 4-inch heels out of a
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »MostlyWater wrote: »
My six-foot-tall kid younger sister loves to rest her elbow on my shoulder and announce that I'm her "little" sister. My brother and father are 6'2" & 6'0", and my sisters & mom are 6'0", 5'11" & 5'10" (or were - parents have shrunk a bit). So at a "mere" 5'9" I've always been the short one in the family. (Yeah, yeah, I know you're all crying crocodile tears for me right now.)
About 10 years ago, they measured me at the doctor's office and I was 5'8" (d*mn you, middle age!). But then last year, they measured again and I was back to 5'9". Don't know if I actually shrunk and regrew, or if one of the measurement was wrong, but I'll take it.claireychn074 wrote: »Armpits. I hate standing at armpit height on tubes and busses (5 feet 3) 🙁
Not able to see over anyone in a crowd.
Top shelves of cupboards may as well not exist.
Always pushed to the front in group photos.
Cropped pants are just...pants.
Tall people make short jokes
It's a cruel, cruel world Bright side - we fit better in airplane seats!
Have to turn into a pretzel to get at the bottom shelves.
Kitchen counters are standardized at the proper height for for people 3-5" shorter than me.
Chairs sometimes have attached neck-roll pillows that hit me right between the shoulder blades.
Airplane seats are hell.
Always in the back in group photos.
Most regular pants are cropped pants - cropped pants are knickerbockers.
Most long sleeves are 3/4 sleeves - 3/4 sleeves land uncomfortably in or just below the elbow.
Tall means big feet: I never wear white shoes, for fear someone will mistake them for boats and want to charter one for a day cruise.
There aren't all that many tall jokes, and most of them are beneath me.
Hey, start your own pity thread!
You make some very valid points. My feet are small and cute, which I like. That attached neck-roll-pillow-thingie, though - all it does is push my head forward and make my neck hurt! Do those things actually work for anyone?
(Saving my rant about the small little super-cute shoes so easily found for small little super-cute feet, and the cuteness so often gone terribly awry when that same shoe is blown up to "Titanic" size, for my own pity thread. )
So I probably should post a picture of my latest cute shoe purchase, huh?
Oh, the shoes! Adorable!2 -
psychod787 wrote: »@psychod787 At least she won't have to worry about wearing heels around you! Mine barely get me above chin-level (But as discussed on page 1, I do not go for the 4-inch heels out of a
Yeah, that's a tall order
Unfortunately, I am the one who usually falls short of their expectations... lol 😲5 -
That happened to me i though i was 5'9 and half. Got measured at the doctor it turned out to be 5'9. I don't want to get shorter1
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »MostlyWater wrote: »
My six-foot-tall kid younger sister loves to rest her elbow on my shoulder and announce that I'm her "little" sister. My brother and father are 6'2" & 6'0", and my sisters & mom are 6'0", 5'11" & 5'10" (or were - parents have shrunk a bit). So at a "mere" 5'9" I've always been the short one in the family. (Yeah, yeah, I know you're all crying crocodile tears for me right now.)
About 10 years ago, they measured me at the doctor's office and I was 5'8" (d*mn you, middle age!). But then last year, they measured again and I was back to 5'9". Don't know if I actually shrunk and regrew, or if one of the measurement was wrong, but I'll take it.claireychn074 wrote: »Armpits. I hate standing at armpit height on tubes and busses (5 feet 3) 🙁
Not able to see over anyone in a crowd.
Top shelves of cupboards may as well not exist.
Always pushed to the front in group photos.
Cropped pants are just...pants.
Tall people make short jokes
It's a cruel, cruel world Bright side - we fit better in airplane seats!
Have to turn into a pretzel to get at the bottom shelves.
Kitchen counters are standardized at the proper height for for people 3-5" shorter than me.
Chairs sometimes have attached neck-roll pillows that hit me right between the shoulder blades.
Airplane seats are hell.
Always in the back in group photos.
Most regular pants are cropped pants - cropped pants are knickerbockers.
Most long sleeves are 3/4 sleeves - 3/4 sleeves land uncomfortably in or just below the elbow.
Tall means big feet: I never wear white shoes, for fear someone will mistake them for boats and want to charter one for a day cruise.
There aren't all that many tall jokes, and most of them are beneath me.
Hey, start your own pity thread!
You make some very valid points. My feet are small and cute, which I like. That attached neck-roll-pillow-thingie, though - all it does is push my head forward and make my neck hurt! Do those things actually work for anyone?
(Saving my rant about the small little super-cute shoes so easily found for small little super-cute feet, and the cuteness so often gone terribly awry when that same shoe is blown up to "Titanic" size, for my own pity thread. )
So I probably should post a picture of my latest cute shoe purchase, huh?
Oh, the shoes! Adorable!
(As if they would even come in Size 11...)
But, I can get away with using the top of my refrigerator as a microwave stand, and the top of my microwave as a kitchen shelf...
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I'm 5' 6.5". People make fun of me for saying that, but for some reason neither 5'6" nor 5'7" feel right for me to say.1
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Joined a gym and got measured yesterday as part of their fitness analysis. My whole adult life, I've thought I was 5'4. They measured me at 5'2. I'm crushed!
My measurement at home puts me at 5'2 & 11/16 (because 16ths matter now!) I'm rounding up to 5'3 when I update my stats Nothing has actually changed except my own perception, I know.
My husband's been telling me for years I'm short, while I vehemently declared 5'4 is average height for a woman. Which it is. I'm just not.
I would love to be 5'2 ..... actually, just 5' would be awesome! I have just learned to embrace my height, or lack thereof, as being a special part of who I am2 -
Me at the supermarket
My daughter with her bestie years ago. They are only 1 week apart in age. She is the little one hee hee!
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An alternative to doing the shelf climb is to find something that can be used to knock the item down to catch. (probably not good for @pinuplove since she's clumsy and would likely give herself a concussion)4
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nutmegoreo wrote: »An alternative to doing the shelf climb is to find something that can be used to knock the item down to catch. (probably not good for @pinuplove since she's clumsy and would likely give herself a concussion)
And climbing up the shelf would not result in an accident given her predisposition?3 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »An alternative to doing the shelf climb is to find something that can be used to knock the item down to catch. (probably not good for @pinuplove since she's clumsy and would likely give herself a concussion)
And climbing up the shelf would not result in an accident given her predisposition?
True. We should probably just bubble wrap her. :laugh:7 -
Is this an inappropriate time to mention the "Short People" song from the mid-seventies?3
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snowflake954 wrote: »Oh hon--just stand under your sprinkler in the mornings (when you turn it on the school kiddies). You will grow like a flower.
@snowflake954 I wish! I'd just look like this, but still short:
You are always beautiful--no matter how bedraggled you get! Hugs (I'm 5'10 by the way, but had short roommates in college. I was always asked to get things off of high shelves, so they didn't need a ladder). Being tall, for a woman, isn't that easy either. I was this height in middle school, and being tall and blonde, I felt like a lighthouse walking around. I was always trying to be invisible.6 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »An alternative to doing the shelf climb is to find something that can be used to knock the item down to catch. (probably not good for @pinuplove since she's clumsy and would likely give herself a concussion)
Even being tall, I can't reach stuff on the top shelf of the supermarket, and I can't do a "shelf climb" risking the whole thing would crash down. When THAT happens you feel HUGE. However Pinup, I have a hell of a time getting down on my knees and crawling around to get stuff out off low shelves and low, deep cupboards. Now that I'm 63 it's getting bad--I'm not a good contortionist.0
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