Haha that's amazing...way to tell him off...

And sooooo true!!

Oh another thing I hate is that people always assume that becuase I'm tall and have been somewhat slim my entire life, they think I weigh about 120 pounds and when they find out what I actually weigh....they are shocked!! "No way you weigh that much!!!" and I just think...thanks..now I feel great!

My sister called me "Lurch" when we were in high school, until I kicked her in the shin, but I still hate it when people call me "big", instead of "tall". To me, big sounds a lot worse.

My least favourite:

"You're so tall I'd have to go up on you." - eeewwwww

"You're tall" - nothing like stating the obvious

"You're huge!" - what am I? Godzilla?

"You're huge!" - what am I? Godzilla?
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Uggh, I hate that one...

I can completely relate. I'm 6'0 and one of the shorter females in my family. After joining the Air Force this year though I have never gotten it so much in my life! Basic was especially hard since I stood out as the tallest in my flight by several inches. My day would usually include:

"Hey Stretch"
"Slinky"
"Amazon"
"50 ft female"
"Magic Johnson of Trainees" (...really?)
"Slone size your big *kitten* in!"
"Freaky tallness!"

The list goes on.

all of these are awesome! and thank you for your service~ even if all those little boys are jealous of your amazingness!

I'm so glad I found y'all!

I love every post on this thread!

Online dating is really bad. I met a nice guy and we talked for a while online. Before we met, I said, BTW, I'm 5'10" ACTUAL and have a 29BMI. He laughed and said he was 6' actual. I mentioned that I'd had problems before with men who were intimidated by my height. So, I put on my flats when I met him and he was 5'8" (eyebrow height). I didn't have a problem with it (except sometimes I feel like mentioning that if one wants to list their perceived height on a dating site, they should probably go for the shorter girls).

He started an argument with me that I must be 6'2" since I was 3" taller than him and I said, I'm 5'10" (doctor measured last week) and that he's 5'8" and added a "deal with it." He laughed it off and we ended up at a convenience store (with the measurements on the door so clerks could describe robbers. I just busted up laughing as he stopped and was looking UP at the 6' mark.

Suddenly, near the slurpee machines he said "do I just wish I was 6'?" What do you say to that? I said "maybe...".

Funny, he hasn't called again.

"Girl you don't need to lose any weight!!!!!"

Just because I am tall and i carry it well doesnt mean i dont need to lose weight!!!!

I hate this one, too! And I hate it even more when it comes from the mouths a couple of (short, 110-120-lb) acquaitances of mine, who always want me to listen to them when b*tching around about their (invisible) fat. If I say something, I shouldn't, cause I'm the tall one and my fat is distributed on a larger surface. Great! If it is supposed to be a relief... well, it just isn't.

It is not exactly a comment, but my least favorite height request is when people make me stand back-to-back with someone so they can compare our heights. I am a pretty awkward person to begin with, but this just makes me feel like a freak... :embarassed:

hahah i love when this happens and the MAN you are being compared to is like an inch or two shorter and is looking slightly up at you and STILL insists he is taller than you! come on man...JUST.LET.IT.GO!

I was actually asked if I played ball at the gym yesterday.

She was an older woman, not as tall as me and I realized she was simply recognizing a fellow athlete.

She did play basketball for Penn State. I was a swimmer at college. We ended up having a nice chat.

I had to have my shin bones X-rayed a couple of years ago and my bones are so long, they had to turn the plates on an angle to get them all in.

Not so nice -- a coworker (very short) actually asked if had Graves Disease one time. She's accused me of things like flailing my arms around, etc. Now that we've gotten to know each other, she's learning that being tall isn't the Ideal she once thought it was. Although once when I was pretty mad at her, I called her a Hobbit.

I just sort of blurted it out, but I think she liked it! Who knew?

We have a bit of fun teasing each other -- she's got to watch her roots (hair dye) and I've got to pluck my chin hairs.

dear lord if I had a dime for every time I got called AMAZON I'd skip college and go straight to my mansion! HATE it!

I think Amazon is my least favorite. I'm 6 ft. DH says being called an amazon is compliment, but I don't see it.

I saw a show once a long time ago and there was this tribe of Amazon women. Not one of them could have been over 5, 7! Ridiculous.

I was called Amazon in junior high, but I got called a lot of things in jr. high (I pretty much stopped growing at about age 11) I guess I got a thick skin where tall jokes are concerned. I am grateful to be tall and when anyone teases me about it I just grin.

I love being referred to as an amazon, they were powerful leaders with fearsome abilities & fighting prowess.. what's not to like.

Llalalalalahh. Love your answer beccyleigh!

I'm going to memorize this and repeat it every time someone brings up the word Amazon.

Least favorite comment?

"They wont mess with us, because you're here protecting us!"

Im not a freaking body guard..my friends piss me the hell off when they say that crap!