I don't like the 'OMG, you're short!' comments either. I know it is just surprise, but for someone to make something as seemingly trivial (in my mind at least) as my height to be so important that they'll literally make an exclamation about it is a bit annoying. It is not as if my height is the defining characteristic of who I am, but that is the impression that they give me when I get those sort of comments.
There is a very tenuous relationship between my height and the type of assumptions people make about me, and although it annoys me to hear them (i.e you must be really weak!), I can always prove them flat out wrong.
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Originally Posted by votoshka  I copped a lot growing up because I was so short...so I guess I had a really negative impression of my height which always made me want to be taller. I sometimes think I'd be happy being "average short", you know... about 5'2"
or so... so I'd be short without bein an "OMG you're SHORT" type of short  . |
Yah, I've had that issue to. When I see school children that are taller than me, I get a bad feeling and start thinking, 'It isn't normal to be this short!'. On other occasions, I find it sort of humorous. 'If I keep my face low, could I pass as a child to these teachers? School trip!'
For the most part, I am sort of oblivious to my height unless someone comments on it (which doesn't really happen that often) or if my height impedes me from doing something (getting groceries that are on the top shelf). I can always make a game out of the latter option, like 'Go steal the clerk's ladder when he isn't looking!'
I do remember that as a child, I really really wanted to grow more though. I'm not sure what I would do if I was the parent and my child had that desire. I know that with time one can make peace with their body, but knowing that doesn't someone negate the distress my children would be feeling at that given moment.
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Originally Posted by votoshka There are times when I sort of come to terms with it, but other times when I'd love to be just that wee bit taller (I'm also at an age where my kids' friends are all getting taller than me... and of course kids always comment on it because they so rarely see adults that they're taller than when they're in teh 10-11 year old range). |