Height / How tall are you?

[perisacooper]

yeah tweedy. i understand how ure feeling. i have that height-syndrome too. keep comparing my height with my friends who, unfortunately for me, are all taller than me. im 5'3..on the petite size.
though i have no problems finding clothes that fit me nicely, i cant help but wish everyday, that for some cosmic imbalance of some sort, i'll wake up the next day towering at 5'9...lol

 

[Assembler]

yeah tweedy. i understand how ure feeling. i have that height-syndrome too. keep comparing my height with my friends who, unfortunately for me, are all taller than me. im 5'3..on the petite size.
though i have no problems finding clothes that fit me nicely, i cant help but wish everyday, that for some cosmic imbalance of some sort, i'll wake up the next day towering at 5'9...lol

I wonder if we could reprogram ourselves to think that petite is attractive (which it SO is). Maybe for those who feel short compared to their friends, consider that as being dainty! I have tiny feet, and for some reason I love that. Tall women have much bigger feet, so I guess I can convince myself to say that my height is right for me because it gives me the feet size that I want..... or something....

Just trying to suggest ways of looking at height that would make whatever height you are be your favourite feature. Whether you're tall, short or somewhere in between. I think that happened in the breast culture over the last few years. I remember several years ago my flatish chested friends really envied my 34Cs , but now breasts of all sizes are "popular", and my friends are loving their bodies so much more. They don't consider themselves as lacking something, but prefer their own size because there's a lot of fashion that suits a smaller chest, and the whole firmness and perkiness thing seems better the smaller it is (I'm going to have saggers when I'm old). And I don't know, bigger is just not better any more. Not worse, but not better. I like that!

So maybe height can become that way too. One just has to consider the positives of their own height. Perhaps when someone is shorter a positive is that they don't hit their head on the ceiling in airplanes like they're taller friends might. Or, it's easier getting out of cars. Or for women who like taller men, there is a greater pool to choose from. Haha.

 

[esmereldagrubb]

I wonder if we could reprogram ourselves to think that petite is attractive (which it SO is). .

Petite IS attractive, so is tall , and so is in between......dont you forget it!

 

[bagsnthings]

Wow, there are alot of tall women in this post. I'm 5'1 - super short. Not young, so am definitely not getting any taller. I wish I was at least 5'5.

My mother is 5'7 and my father is 5'6. I think I'm short because of my father's side of the family. But hey, when I put on those 5 inch stilettos - its all good!

 

[jessthemess]

height

Hello, I am relieved to hear that you all think that 5 7 is short! I have been paranoid lately that i am too tall. I have always wanted to be short and i used to be 5 6 until i was about 19 or 20, and then I started growing again! I am now 22 and a girl and i am really worried that i may still be growing!!! I find it funny how everyone is trying to find ways to grow. i am constantly searching of ways to stunt my growth so that i do not get any taller! i am taller than a lot of my friends, and now that i have moved to england, i find that i am often taller than a lot of boys! I hate being taller than everyone else. Ideally i would be about 5 5 or 5 6.
Does anyone know how to stunt growth!? All you short people out there, what did you do to stay short? I have started drinking coffee in the hope that that may do something. Another problem is that i love doing sport and i have heard that that can make you taller too, but i could not possibly stop doing sport.

The funny thing is that I think everyone is unhappy with themselves in some way. Those who are short want to be tall, and those who are tall want to be short. Those who are fat want to be thin and those who are thin want to be fatter. God! We should all just accept ourselves as we are and start enjoying life.

My dad is quite tall 6 foot something and my mum is about 5 5 so i guess its natural that i will be about 5 7. Just hope to god i don't get taller.

( but one + about being tall - we can eat a lot and still stay thin! (yay) we have long legs! and we get respect if we stand up tall and straight as we radiate authority! also, tall people get paid more in jobs - apparently.
- so i guess it has its plus sides. But i've always wanted to be short and cute!)

 

[jessthemess]

just one more thing

just one more question - why do girls want to be tall? could someone please explain me the reasons? why dont girls like to be short?


Do guys like tall girls? Or do guys pefere shorter girls?

 

[mademoiselle_]

just one more question - why do girls want to be tall? could someone please explain me the reasons? why dont girls like to be short?


Do guys like tall girls? Or do guys pefere shorter girls?

Because when you see a tall girl its like imponent it looks sooo good clothes fit better and looks better and long legs are hot
but thats a thing on each person there are ppl who love short girls and they are other who love tall girls

 

[KhaoticKharma]

My mom is 5'11 and my dad is 6'6, so I'll probably I get taller (I'm 5'7.5, and a young teenager). I'm also completly chest-less, as in don't-fill-an-A cup , so I think puberty hasn't finished avec moi.

 

[phantasmagoric]

I am barely 5 feet and proud of it! I get the childs admission at movie theaters and theme parks.

 

[The_Ida]

I'm 175 cm - wish I was 10 cm shorter Petite girls are so adorable!

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I noticed this is another of the threads that boast the problem of international measurement issues- I really hate having to do mental math to see how tall someone is/wants to be.

(I posted this on two other threads, took me ages to dig it up tho)

5'= 152 cm
5'1= 155 cm
5'2= 157 cm
5'3= 160 cm
5'4= 163 cm
5'5= 165 cm
5'6= 168 cm
5'7= 170 cm
5'8= 173 cm
5'9= 175 cm
5'10= 178 cm
5'11= 180 cm
6'= 183 cm
6'1= 185 cm
6'2= 188 cm
6'3= 191 cm



5'7.5= 171 cm
5'8.5= 174 cm
5'9.5= 177 cm
5'10.5= 179 cm
5'11.5= 181 cm

Hope it helps!

 

[Ungaro Kitty]

I'm 175 cm - wish I was 10 cm shorter Petite girls are so adorable!

I'm 175 and wish I was a bit taller! I love the feeling of being able to see over a crowd, and being the tallest girl in a club!

 

[Erin]

164 cm for me... hmmm... Meh.

 

[chai]

5'7" (170cm)
I'd love to make it to 5'8", and if I got taller that would just be a bonus! I seem to still be growing, ever slowly though. (I'm newly enough 18).

 

[CarolC]

Mixed Messages

I am only 5'5" and wish I was 5'8" or 5'9". Everyone thinks I am 5'7"-5'8" because my legs are long and I carry myself well. Also, I usually wear some sort of a shoe with a heel, so that always helps. I wish I had the long, tall limbs of a ballerina though. I am currently built more like Salma Hayek, but when I lose 15 lbs or so, I have more of a sleek body like Penelope Cruz and the like. Tall is very sophisticated though. My husband likes me the way I am though...a little bit of tallness mixed with a little bit of petiteness.

 

[Kitty-Yo]

1.63 cm.

 

[fab_fifties_fille]

I noticed this is another of the threads that boast the problem of international measurement issues- I really hate having to do mental math to see how tall someone is/wants to be.

(I posted this on two other threads, took me ages to dig it up tho)

Hope it helps!

Thanks for posting! I was sitting the other night working out how many cm's my height was I took the completely long way around it for some reason, turns out I'm 180...now I know what to say when ppl who 'only do metric' ask

 

[iperlchen]

5'9" (1.75) in the morning, but I'll shrink to a 5'8" (1.73) during the day. I insist the right height for me is 1.77, because the numbers supposedly suit my personality.

 

[bagsnthings]

just one more question - why do girls want to be tall? could someone please explain me the reasons? why dont girls like to be short?


Do guys like tall girls? Or do guys pefere shorter girls?

I've always wanted to be alittle taller, because I feel 5'1 is very short. I would at least like to come in at an average height of about 5'5. I don't wear flat alot and usually don't go lower than a 2.5 inch heel and I have gone all the way up to a 5 inch heel for dressy occasions. Anything higher than a very stylist 5 inch heel looks too stripperish.

Plus, people don't think about short women and men when they make bank counters, etc. Sometimes I gotta stand on my tippy toes to reach stuff, short people gotta get real creative some time just not to ask for help. Height definitely has it advantages.

 

[Hye Park Lover]

How tall are you?...

I'm 5'2" or 157cm I find that almost nothing looks good on me as they're too big/long/wrongly cut for my non-existant height. I have to wear heels constantly and if I step out of my heels, people go "Hey, where did she go?"

What about you? How tall are you?