So What If I'm Short?

Ari-sempai says on 2010-08-18 02:17:00 about My dumb flaw

I swear I haven't grown for 2 years. I'm almost 14 and my height is 5'3, not all that bad, but thing is, I'm big boned and have an overgrown chest and my porportions give me the appearance of big long torso with terribly short, fat legs that look terribly skinny in comparison to my torso... Like Eggman except for fatter legs. I LOOK short but in reality I'm not all that short. People say I'm short all the time, I'm not sure if it's true, so maybe I just haven't accepted it yet. Everyone is growing taller than me and I feel smaller and smaller as time passes by, but in reality I just look like a short, fat helpless goblin-eggman. I see people shorter than me sometimes, I honestly see them as normal, beautiful people. Trust me, there are people out there that will love you for WHO YOU ARE. I can't complain at how you were created, nor can anyone else. You haven't met enough of the rest of the world yet :) I love you guys, I read this whole page and could feel enough of your pain, I really understand all of you guys. Peace.

LadyKelli says on 2010-08-10 16:27:52 about 4'10 chicks

I'm 26 and 4'10. If there was a pill that would make me taller, I'd throw it out!!
As a kid it was awkward but as an adult it ROCKS! I have an hourglass figure and most people think I'm only 21 =)
I would never trade being my height for anything. Love the extra attention and how jealous tall girls get =P

archicorn27 says on 2010-03-16 07:17:48 about short of course....

Yeah....its a lot tougher for men

Especially when u r an athiest..u got no one to listen to you...

But I think....

If I'm not having sumthing then I certainly ought to have sumthing instead of it and I haven't looked that hard into me...

So what i basically mean is dat I, and people like me, must possess dat sumthing special in place of those few inches

archicorn27 says on 2010-03-16 07:15:29 about short of course....

Yeah....its a lot tougher for men

Especially when u r an athiest..u got no one to listen to you

But I think....

If I'm not having sumthing then I certainly ought to have sumthing instead of it and I haven't looked that hard into me...

So what i basically mean is dat I, and people like me, must possess dat sumthing special in place of those few inches

shortee says on 2010-03-03 09:02:07 about being short

I have accepted that i am short and i embrace it now.It has been hard i mean having a 12 year old sister and being 5 inches taller is embarrassing.Then to find your 10 year old brother is a couple of inches taller has well even worse.I have just turned 17 and i am 4'10 now i know that isnt really short but when your younger brother is 5'0 and 10 yrs old and your younger sister is 5'2 and they are both still growing.I didnt stand much chance.Having to ask for their help when i cant reach something is very belittling to me.I used to always say when am i gonna grow but it was steady pace till i was 14 and it just stopped.I was lucky to have some short children in my classes so it didnt matter.The majority of them grew taller in the end.
I am in good company though has my mum is 5'0 and my nan is under 5'0 as well.There are also a couple of aunts that are no taller than 5'2.My dad is 5'10 and that seems to be where my siblings get their height from so lucky them.We live and learn...

rainbow dancer says on 2010-02-26 13:55:19 about being short

I bet there cant be many older sisters short than their younger ones.I dont properly what happened as to why i am so much shorter than alot of people.Being 17 and about 4'9 tall is very good.My 13 year old sister is 5'3 and understands when i have bad days.I am at college and things still havent changed much for me i still get funny looks as i walk past people.I still come just under peoples shoulders .The name calling has stopped now.When i was growing up i used to dread days at high school knowing i would be teased and tormented.One girl used to stick my coat up high on the door knowing i couldnt get it in a million years.I had to wait for the teacher to get it down.It did puzzle me has to why i ended up shorter than my sister and brother but there isnt much i can do about it.

wendy woo says on 2010-02-25 15:24:39 about being short

I have an older sister that is shorter than i am.I am 17 and 5'6 and my sister is 19 and she is 4'10.Now i know that 4'10 isnt that bad for a woman but for some reason she got given our grandmothers lack of height.I can remember for years how she seemed quite short.While growing up i was able to wear her clothes when she outgrew them.This stopped when she was 14 i dont think she grew after that.We also have a brother who is 15 and he is only 5'0 he is hoping he grows somemore.I know that he is the shortest boy in his year and he cant stand it.So maybe he is gonna be short like our sister.Other members of the family think it is funny how Lucy and our grandmother are like a pair of bookends.Both of them are the exact height has each other.I have noticed that George likes to stand next to Lucy all the time probably to make him feel better about being short.Lucy says she doesnt mind being short has there are a few short woman at work and it feels better having others.She does have 1 friend from school who still goes out with her friends and she is slightly taller than her.She is about 4'11.I still go out shopping for clothes with her but she finds it harder has adult clothes come up too long for her.If she can get short length she tries as they only need abit taken off the length.Apart from people thinking i am older than her on certain occassions she does feel abit bitter not towards me but people.I do my best to help when i get asked so things are okay.

Lyndsay May says on 2010-02-22 13:52:42 about being short

What is worse is having your twin sister just over 6 inches taller than yourself.That is what i have to put up with we are 22 and Loretta is 5'6 and i am just under 5'0.It started from babies she was always bigger so i was told.It just carried on from there no one believed we were twins.To make things worse Loretta always loved being the taller out of us.Then has she got older she started to get fed up with me not being able to do the same things as her.When we walked to school i was always a few paces behind her and she was just walking normal.We were always having our heights checked on the height chart has our parents always thoughts i would catch up in the end.Loretta could always get her clothes and i had to look for the smaller childrens.Buying shoes was a nightmare i was about 3 sizes down from Loretta then the gap just got bigger.I was always treated differently to Loretta she could get away with murder and i would always get the blame.I always had to work harder like putting stuff away while she just rushed the easier things.I was always in the bottom bunk has mum didnt trust me incase i fell out.Other family members were always pointing out the height difference with us but it got too much on occassions and i had to say something to them.The main thing my cousins would say to me is at least we can tell you both apart even if it is only your height.I cant say why i ended up so much shorter has our brother who is 16 he is Loretta height and still growing.I would have loved a little sister like me then things wouldnt be so hard on me.

brendon boy says on 2010-02-22 13:41:11 about being short

I know why i am short it is due to 2 things.The first having short parents.The other thing is being Irish.Dad is 5'3 and mum is 5'0.Liam is 25 and he is 5'0 Shauna is 21 and she is 4'10 lastly is me i am 19 and 4'9 which isnt much.It seems like we just got shorter the more someone else came along.Now i dont mind being short has there is never any shortage of female admirers thinking that i need to be molly coddled.It is funny i mean it isnt just tall woman but the short ones as well.When we go out and about one of the woman says that she loves me being around because she feels taller then. I do get some hassle from guys when they see me with a big group of people and tell me all the time that the only job i could do is work in a freak show.So what if we arent tall we still make up for it in different ways.My 2 tallest friends are over 6'0 and they come in handy when people start trouble.Colleen is very protective and she looks out for me all the time.I aint worried about my lack of height so people shouldnt discourage me when i try to do things that are just out of reach.

Jasminella says on 2010-02-22 07:02:56 about being short

I think that being short is abit annoying for the simple reasons looking younger than you really are.Not being able to reach things high up.Using you has an arm rest.The short jokes after hearing them for the upteenth time.I suppose it helps having an older brother and sister they come in handy.My brother Tom is 5'9 and he is 22.Then there is Becky she is 19 and she is 5'6.Lastly is me 17 and a little over 4'9.I got my height from my mum who is 4'10 whereas my brother and sister got dad's height he is 5'10.I found it worse in high school with the younger kids mentioning how much shorter i was than my class friends.I was mostly called titch but the boys but my proper friends called me by my name.Buying clothes is a nightmare and when my sister used to grow out of her clothes i had to have them.They had to be altered due to our height difference.I do have 2 other cousins who are also under 5'0 and we get along great.I dont like it when young kids come up trying to see who is taller me or them.We live and learn i suppose.

Lyndsay Lou says on 2010-02-19 11:37:07 about being short

I am the mother of a son and a daughter who is very short for their age.I cant really blame anyone but me and my husband has we are both short.I am only 4'9 and my husband is a little over 4'10.Maisie is 10 and she is only 4'5 all her schoolfriends are taller than her and she tries her best to keep up with them when they are running to school.On some occassions she is generally upset when she has a bad day at school if some of the younger kids call her names.Our son Daniel is 9 and he is only has tall has his sister as well.For him it can be more frustrating has not only is the the shortest in his year but even some younger kids are taller than him.We have been told that nothing can be done to get extra growth has me and their dad are short.Maisie is expected to grow to about 4'7 or 4'8 but no taller has her bone structure tells us so.Daniel is roughly working out to be about 4'6 to 4'7.I have found some groups for them just out of town where they can meet other restricted growth people.Maybe that will help.Daniel is finding it very hard with being short has he is always being knocked into has some kids arent looking properly.I was told a couple of time an older boy has even picked him up and spun him around but that was soon stopped.Now it is mainly tapping him on the head when he is walking past kids.He says that he is dreading going to the big school in a few years time has the kids there are gonna be way tall for him.People usually think that Daniel and Maisie are twins has they look exactly the same.He is hoping that he doesnt end up shorter than Maisie when they finish growing has it would be unbearable.
When i took Daniel and Maisie to this club a few miles from us it was quite informative.Has it was all of us that went together.My husband was the tallest there and he thought it was funny has he has never been the tallest anywhere.Alot of the families had a few kids each and most of them were similar in height to Daniel and Maisie.There was about 6 kids that were shorter than them and they were older.I got talking to some new friends there and we are keeping in touch.The older kids said they could help Daniel and Maisie if they have problems has they have been through it.At the end of the night Daniel and Maisie both found new friends who they can gel with has they suffer the same things on a daily basis.One of the boys Robert who is 17 he is 4'6 tall and says he wont grow no more.Then there was Gemma and she is 21 and she was 4'8.So hopefully we can help the kids to get on in life better.

marky mark says on 2010-02-19 02:48:00 about being short

There are a few problems with being short that i cant really comprehend.Obviously it is annoying when people are always pointing it out on a daily basis.Has a child i was forever trying different things to make myself taller but none worked.I was always told to drink milk which i did and still nothing happened.Least i have healthy teeth and bones hey.I noticed when i was 10 and my 8 year old sister was already my height i was thinking this cant be right can it.My mum always said that girls grow taller first so i banked on outgrowing her later on.Instead she just grew upwards and i was stuck struggling behind her.Now having parents who are both not bad heights i thought i was in there with a shout.My mum stood at 5'4 and my dad was 5'9.Now not taking into account that my nan was only 5'0 it didnt dawn on me that maybe i was going to get her height.I am now 20 and my height is only 4'10 and abit.I am nearly the shortest in my family not only did my 18 yr old sister grow tall she managed to grow to 5'7 my brother who is 16 he is still growing and he is around 5'5 then lastly is Katie and she is 13 me and her get on great maybe because we have one thing in common and that is our heights.I have noticed that so far she is only around 4'7 and she seems to be suffering with people being so nasty to her at school.She has been at high school for a couple of years now but she is still the same height she started with.Most of the younger children are taller than her.All the children in her year are a couple of inches at least taller than her.We know she has some more growing and hope that she can grow taller in the next couple of years.When i see her with her friends she looks so much younger than them but she also does well participating in things.She is such a lovely girl and hope she can get taller.I try my best to help her in any way.

lucky lucy says on 2010-02-06 06:47:31 about being short

I hate the fact that i am shorter than my 2 younger sisters.It has never been easy for me having people point this out all the time.Having a mum who is 5'6 and a dad 5'7 i fully expected to be around 5'3.Something like that but it wasnt to be.I am now 17 and my height is slightly under 4'9 i used to blame my parents has they both smoked and there used to be a phrase about it.People who smoked had short children.For me that wasnt the case i have suffered for the past 8 yrs with crohns disease to do with the stomach.Apparently my consultant tells me that he has noticed people with stomach diseases are generally under height.So that is the underlining problem with my lack of height.I cant understand my 2 sisters though has for some reason they feel that they can undermine me and not take any notice of when i tell them to do something.Becky is the worse has she is 14 now and she is about 6 inches taller than me.Leila is abit different has probably because she is slightly older she understands more.She is 15 and she is dad;s height already.I never knew that i was short for my age until in reached high school.Alot of people couldnt help pointing it out.I suppose in primary school it didnt really dawn on people has i was only 3/4 inches shorter than some of them.I was usually always the shortest child in my class.I just thought that maybe i would catch up in due course but it never quite happened.In high school i found alot of new friends who accepted me being shorter than them and they helped alot.There were 2 girls who were short like me and that is why we got on.After leaving school i made a few friends at the solicitors where i am working and obviously with files stacked high i need the odd bit of help.The manager of my office is no taller than 5'0 but she wears high heels till she reached her office and kicks them off.But everything seems okay now and i am making things work for me.

ShortlilRoRo says on 2010-01-14 14:51:36 about Being Short

yea im short 2. I'm 14 and 5'1. ppl say I still have time to grow but i have a feeling this is as tall as im gona get since my mom is 5'2 n my dad is 5'6. While being short is often seen as a bad thing there are some positive things about it. For example if your short and really strong people will be positivley suprised(much more suprised then a taller strong person) Theres a rumor going around that shorter people cna lift more weight then taller people(not sure if its true) People can misjudge you by your size(I got childrens tickets which r for 12 n under until i turned 14 and started getting a little mustache).People are less threatened by us ,so there less cautious about being around us. Depending on how you act girls will think your cute and talk to you alot.

littlelegs says on 2010-01-04 08:24:45 about being short

I cant think of anything good about being short.I hate it...I suppose having a younger brother and sister grow taller than me doesnt help.I am now 18 and i am 4'10 considering my mum is 5'4 and my dad is 5'9 i did expect to be taller than this.My 16 yr old brother is 5'6 and my 15 yr old sister is 5'5.I am forever being asked how old i am especially when my sisters friends always think she is older than me.I remember my sister always saying to me i'll catch up with you soon.Of course she was right she must have been about 10 when she gradually grew taller.I do hate it when i am in the kitchen and i cant reach something my brother isnt too bad and just passes the item down but my sister she tends to lord of the fact she is taller and sometimes watches me climb on the worktop.For some reason she seems to think that keep tapping me on the head as i pass her is funny.No it is not and sharing the same room as her is a pain has my half is nice and tidy and hers is messy.That is the only time i get recongnised has the older sibling when i get told to tidy the room up.That is okay till i say it is Jody's side that needs tidying.I inturn get told to stop answering back so i cant win.

Have faith! says on 2009-12-18 20:02:16 about Vanity is evil!

whats wrong with u people? u should be grateful u are alive? We are a horrible vain species and deserve to be wiped outin 2012!! Short and tall! Im short and hate people calling me names. I think they are evil and jealous over me because I blow them away with beauty!! I cant stand this vanity!!! Its evil!! Look up the stature of some celebrities!! They made it and they are short!!! Psss... Reese, Carmen, Rachel, Kristen, Paula, Sally, Elizabeth, Eva, and the list goes on!!

small paul says on 2009-12-09 07:04:02 about being short

Need i say anymore about my problem has my nickname explains it all.Now i usually dont mind my height has all my mates are used to me and family members it dont bother them.I seem to encounter alot of discrimination outside now that i am older.I have just turned 18 and my height is a little over 4'9.I tend to round it up to 4'10 no big deal i thought.Until people ask how tall you are and i tell them now if it is a short woman they tend to say are you sure because i am usually 4'10 and you seem shorter than me.So now i have been caught out.I work in a supermarket and my job is usually stacking the shelves generally pushing some mobile stairs around the store.Some woman also say to me can you reach something for me and off i trot with the stairs.I just cant help with the frozen food that is pushed right at the back of the freezer has i had nearly slipped over in it.There are some annoying things like having my 21 year old brother nearly a foot taller than me and my younger sister she is 16 and she is 5'7.She does let me call her my little sister though even though she laughs about it.Lucky for them they ended up with our dad's genes he is 5'10 my mum stands at 5'0 .Thus making me the shortest in our house.I hate having to carry i.d around all the time to prove my age.I suppose when i grow older i will have something to expect has we all grow shorter after a certain age.I know so has my grandmother on my mum's side is 4'7 after starting out at 4'9.So genetics have alot to do with peoples height.

mighty mouse says on 2009-11-30 05:48:12 about being short

I see that being short is touchy for guys and girls.I stand at 5'0 but i decided to bulk up after taking alot of abuse at school when growing up.So now i can handle myself and put idiotic tall guys in their place.Take a month ago i was out with my mates and a smart arse guy decided to go on and on about me being short.I ended up taking offence when the guy decided to try to lift me up now he was about 6'2 and he grabbed my waist and got me so high till my knee reached his crotch.It was a belter all my friends laughed their heads off at this guy.He dropped me and i stood away from him has i felt he was bend down to hold his prized pocessions.I also do karate and reached a black belt so i come in handy for people.Being stronger than alot of my mates is funny but other are shocked when they watch me wrestle with mates.That is one nickname i love and can handle it.Sorry you idiotic tall guys who feel they can belittle the shorter guy.

Little LuLu says on 2009-11-27 20:39:45 about so what if Im short

Hey everyone. Yes Im short!! Im a 40 year old woman who is just 4'10! I was a cheerleader in High School and always been very outgoing. I been married for almost 17 years to a wonderful man who is 5'11 and together we have an great 15 year old who is 5'9. Yeah sometimes being short has its disavantages especially some people give you this funny,odd, and weird looks but I don't care. By the way at 4'10 I drive my Chevy Silverado truck!! It's not how tall you are is how you are as a person and how you treat others. Love Y'all!!

littlelegs says on 2009-11-12 09:17:37 about being short

Of course being short is the pits i mean who wants to be the shortest out of everyone.For a guy it is abit embarrassing.I suppose i should be quite used to it by now has i am now 25 and my adult height is only just under 4'10.I am shorter than my 2 younger sisters and the same height has my mum.My dad is 5'10 and my younger sisters are 5'6 and 5'8.I can remember always being shorter than most of the kids in school.My school uniform at high school was rather long for me and my blazer was nearly down to my knees.I took alot of stick at school and i was always judging myself throughout school to see if their were younger kids than me being shorter.I was lucky if i had the odd couple a year who started out shorter than me and then outgrew me.When we had parents evening at school and me and my mum would turn up to see my teachers a few of them noticed our matching height.The worse was my p.e teacher who said well i see where you get your height from.We didnt argue has he was a strapping guy over 6'0.I had to endure my 2 sisters at school being taller than me and my classmates laughing has they were already a few inches taller than me.I wouldnt have minded being about 5'0 but even i couldnt manage that.I am however a stronger person due to the hassle i used to get when i was younger.I do get abit from my cousins who all but 2 are shorter than me but they are only 10 and 12 and judging by their parents they are tall so i will soon be the shortest in my immediate family.

Mary says on 2009-11-06 18:27:43 about height

Well..I'm 15 and I havent grown since 12 and that's sooo werid and I feel bad for it..I'm just 5"2,my mom is 5"3 and my dad is 5"9,but I'm soo short:(:(..my twin brother is 6"0..Will I grow more??

Shorty Simon says on 2009-10-26 05:35:56 about Hight

Im one of the shortest people I know, im a 20 year old 4'10" male. Never found a girl who was shorter than me, and my shortest date was 5'4 and she still wore heels, so im kinda used to looking up at girls.
Until one day i met my current girl who is a model for a magazine and stands at just under 6ft. I wouldn't normally go for that tall, but she was beatiful. She normally wears at least 4" heels as well, and one night about 21 her modelling mates took me on a night out, all above 5'9", all wore latex suits with massive 8" heeled stilettoes and drawfed my tiny hight. I only reached my girlfrieds waist and she towerd to 6'8".

shortie stella says on 2009-10-09 19:17:38 about being short

I didnt realise that there were so many short people about.Where i live i am the shortest one in town and everyone knows me now.The problem with my height is i have a g.h.problem.I am now 25 years old and my height is only 4'4.My mum is 5'6 and my dad is 5'4.I am the oldest in my family and i have a 24 year old sister who is average height she is 5'7.Then comes my 22 year old brother who is 5'0.I think my mum knew from the start off that i was never gonna be really short has when i was born premature i was lucky to be alive.IT was abit touch and go.I was diagnosed when i was about 2 years old that i was gonna have a lack of g.h.I was too young to know.I do remember my first day at nursery and mum decided to stay for the morning has she thought being nearly 4 i may have some problems at nursery.I was forever having to be picked up to be put on the chair and some kids kept asking mum why was i so little.She did her best to explain.Has i went to primary school it hit me more so there has i saw kids in the infant school that were up to ages 7 and 8.I had a couple of good friends who always looked after me and the t.a's were always on hand if there was any rough action i had to make sure i wasnt in the way.Then junior school came and that is when i started to really struggle with my lack of height.Some kids in my classes were like 6 inches taller than me.I always thought it was abit of a game when it was my birthday mum always did our heights on the height chart and i just grew little bits at a time.That is what my mum told me till i decided to check the height chart and i noticed i was the same height for a couple of years.I found junior school very awkward has i went through that period of school.There were lots of things i couldnt do like some parts of p.e and sports day was a nightmare.Now dont get me wrong but they tried 2 different things with me one was to do it with the younger kids in school which i found i was still shorter than most of them.I just couldnt complete with these young kids and they were always so competative even with me.I was always last so nothing new there.If i did it with kids in my year i was given a start off which didnt even help me they still caught up.My little legs just couldnt go fast enough and when i did try to run fastish i used to fall over.I had to do run with the basket ball and bounce it till we reached the basketball net.When i bounced it it was too high and took me longer and then my little legs were going like the clappers.When i reached the net i had no chance of getting it in and everyone laughed.They tried lowering it but couldnt so a teacher decided to put it on the slant so i could get it in.It was a nightmare that is what i remember with primary school.Then moving to high school that was so daunting everything was just so big.I had no chance of getting on the chairs properly so the school had a couple of stools to help.I never dreamed it would be has bad has what i experienced at school some kids used to call me a freak of nature has i was so short.Then the name calling was hey midget or your'e a dwarf.I didnt even know these words has i had never been called them.On some occassions i had a couple of boys who thought it funny to lift me up to she me what it is like to be tall and spinn me around.This made me dizzy and i used to fall.I wasnt the one who told on them it was a teacher who saw it one day and made a complaint i did see these kids after that.All through high school i just had the how's the weather down there and lots of kids used to tap me on my head as i walked past.It wasnt too bad if they didnt do it so hard sometimes it was hard.My brother and sister where good to me especially at home i suppose i got away light with the tidying the house for mum.My main job was hoovering has i could reach all the low point.I still had to do my washing or drying up.I had 2 stools one in the kitchen and 1 in the bathroom.Washing up was awkward has the water would always drip down my arm and onto my clothes.I could do the drying up better but i never stood a chance with putting away.I tried once and i climbed onto the worktop and stood up and ended up dropping a couple of plates.After that i was given drying up has we couldnt afford to lose all our plates.Since leaving school i have a job now and it works okay for me in an office.I am good with computers and the only thing i had to have done is to have the desktop lowered for me.My chair raises up and down so i can get on and off.I just hate the travelling on the tube has in the monings it is packed and has i wont sit down has it is a pain to do so i leave it.So i have to get near the bars that are in the middle of the train and travel about 8 stops.My mum hates me going out alone has she things something will happen.My dad is okay and even though he isnt massively tall he feels that he needs to be there to make sure everything is okay.I went shopping with my sister and it is good to have her has she makes sure i dont get pushed and that i get served okay.Getting clothes is a nightmare has i measuered myself in the kids section and it always comes up with the age 7/8.The length is good for me sometimes depending on the length some are too long.I do get stares and names called and some kids think i am their age which makes me laugh.

shorty john says on 2009-10-09 18:38:35 about being short

I hate my height so much that i am forever being called names.For me being a guy and short is no end of problems.I have just turned 17 now and i am only 5'0 all my friends at college just laugh when i cant reach something.Well so i thought i was 5'0 i am apparently 4'10 and abit.I was caught out at college when a girl asked me how tall i was and i just said 5'0 why.Well she decided to stand next to me and point out that she was 5'0 and why am i shorter than her then.I said maybe you are wearing heels has i looked at her feet they were flat shoes on her.I looked abit of an idiot.
I do howerver have a sister who is 13 and she is 5'5 and my 18 year old sister is 5'7.They both take after my dad who is 5'9.Then there is me who stands at 4'10 has i have been put right now and my 21 year old brother is just under 5'0.We sadly take after our mum who is 5'2.While growing up i used to always think how great it was to be an older brother and the tallest out of all of us kids.That was until Mark hit his teens and Joanna caught up with him massively.I remember hearing Mark ask mum about why he was shorter than Joanna now and she was 3 years younger than him.Our mum just said something about maybe you are going to take after me rather than your dad.He tried everything to grow he did exercising and drinking loads of milk but nothing worked.When his friends knocked for him to walk to high school i noticed how some were way taller than him.Yet they were all in the same year at school.It found it hard when Joanna reached high school and even his friends were pointing out the fact that Joanna was just starting high school and by this time she was already a couple of inches taller.He used to ask Joanna to try to keep away from him at school has he was fed up with people calling him names at school.It was only till i went to high school that i encountered these same name calling has he had previously.I was called a runt, shrimp, shorty.I hated it when girls were always asking me how old i was and what year i was in.There were a group of girls in my year and i was always told that they loved standing next to me has i made them look taller.I used to just say well wear heels then. I also had my cindy start school while i was nearing the end of school life.While i hadnt grown since i was 12 i noticed that Cindy was also getting taller than me and i had the same problems has Mark had.I had a good set of friends around me has some taller guys would decide to put my backpack on these lockers i had no chance of reaching it even by jumping.I seemed like a freak on some days has the new kids would start school and these girls would say to me Hey John i think someone might be shorter than you.When i looked it was some poor new kid and on some occassions i wasnt even taller.I must have started out at the shortest boy in my year and still ended up short.I think when i started high school my mum had so much problems buying my uniform has the sizes came up too long.The smalles blazer they did was aged 11 and that was still quite long it ended up just above my knees.Every year i started back at school kids in my class would say hey John there seems something different with you Have you grown.We had an end of school disco and i was lucky to bag a girl to take with me from school.Her name was Lillian and she was pretty good about it i did try asking a couple of shortish girls but they all knocked me back.So i asked Lillian has she had been asked i remember her always being quite short like me but then the last 2 years at school she just sprouted upwards.It was quite funny when i asked her has i said jokingly how would you like a nice short guy take you to the disco.She just smiled and said you do mean you dont ya.I just said yeah so she okayed it.Now she was 5'6 without heels on when i picked her up on the night i was worried incase she had high shoes but she toned it down.She was obviously still quite a few inches taller than me but we made it work.The photo taken with us i had to stand on the step above Lillian so we looked confortable with eachother.It worked that did.The dancing throughout the night was good sometimes we had to shout has the music was loud.I did catch her trying to slough to talk to me i just told her dont bother i am good.We can sit down if we want to chat no problem.There were a couple of dances which was slow now it didnt matter if she kicked her shoes off or not as she was still the same height difference anyway.The end of the night kiss was slightly awkward with a couple girls asking if i wanted a lift to kiss her but we done okay with that as well.We had a good night and everything worked out well for us.We are till friends and chat on the phone.I am still on the lookout for a woman who is pretty short i think that she is still going to be taller than me has they seem attracted to me all the time.I have woman at college who are over 5'6 and feel the need to mother me and think i need help all the time.I have noticed about 3 woman there that are also like me under 5'0 i just need the courage to talk to them i suppose has the guy is supposed to be the leader so i hear.

Ana says on 2009-10-08 15:24:16 about omg

Omg..like..i am 14 years old girl..and im like 5'11.And I sooo HATE my weight.I just want to be smaller,because,I'm one of the tallest in my school.Ofc,i mean on girls.Not the tallest,but one of them.:S And I sooo hate it..I would rather like to be like 4'9,than 5'11.!!:(((

lindsey says on 2009-10-07 00:47:46 about short

my 7yr old niece is 5ft8 and i'm 4ft8 i'm 15.am i short.or are kids just getting taller.my 8yr old sis is taller than me.so is my nephew(9).

little legs says on 2009-09-25 08:24:58 about being short

I have always been called little legs and it can be very annoying having the name.I can understand why i get called it but i still dont like it.I am 17 now and a guy i get told all the time that guys grow till they are 21.I wouldnt bank on it has i havent grown since i was 12.I still stand at 4'10 barefooted.When i buy shoes i look for them with abit of height anything just to get me to at least 5'0.My mates are all between 5'6 and 6'2.We get into nightclubs okay when i have i.d on me.My best mate Rob i have known since primary school is the tallest at 6'2.I cant remember a time when i was the same height has him and he just seemed to grow upwards.People tend to laugh when it is just me and him together has i am somewhere near his chest area.I usually find it more comfortable to find a seat if i am lucky and then i am abit higher to him.I suppose that is what you get when your own mum is 4'11 and your dad is 5'1.I am the youngest so i just blame my 19 yr old sister for my lack of height has she is 5'4 my 21 yr old brother is 5'2.I think being shorter than your mum is the most awkward situation to be in especially when she wears heels that are like 4 inches higher.She get to be taller than dad on them occassions.There isnt nothing nice to say about being short sorry.I cant help has i would have loved to be like my sister end of.

macka says on 2009-09-20 07:50:33 about Being Short

I'm short, 1.55 m and i'm 13 someone would say that i still have time to grow but i don't think so, my mum is short like me(maybe i'm 1 cm taller than her). I agree with everyone being short sucks. My dad is 1.64 m and that's not that tall for a guy. My mum'sister is taller than her, and the same situation with my dad. HIs brother is way high than my dad. My parents think that i may follow my uncle and grow 'coz i have long fingers like him(haha, no joke). I blame my parents for being short but it's not their fault, that's the way life works. It's hardbut you must get over it and move on. My best friend is 3 months younger than me and she's 1.68 m(I pray to be tall like her)but she has her own issues. The problem with being short is about many things. First the boys, every pretty boy is hell-tall;Second the clothes, on this age i guess i'm normal for my height but when i grow up the clothes willbe very big problem. I hate being short, but who knows miracles happen, but if not the high-heels are here to help;)!

anon. says on 2009-08-23 19:36:26 about

I'm 4ft4 and 22.My 6yr old sister is 5ft4.

KTCP says on 2009-08-05 22:40:54 about being short

im 4'11" and 3/4" (yes i count the quarters) and im sixteen. I don't mind being short all that much except when it comes to buying pants and dresses. Dresses are always too long its annoying. I can take the jokes for the most part, im actually usually the one making them. But i dont like them being constantly bombarded on me. Like if a person just wont shut up about how short i am, it gets annoying. like, yea, dude, we can all see that im short, chill out.

shortigal says on 2009-07-19 15:55:42 about jus stuff

im 4'8 and im a 17 year old girl and it is kind of hard....i have to have a smile on my face even when the worst things happen and sometimes i just break down.i mean u wud think its easy for a short girl....it's not really. People would stare at me when I get on the bus, or wait for the bus. If I am not with my frenz i get treated with less respect. For instance, when I'm alone people would stare at me and talk within themselves. I have also had people come up to me and ask me bout my age "How old are you?" Well, one day when somebody doesn't ask me that becomes my good day. People also say OMG ur soooo cute and like Id rather be short. And Im like no you dont. They're like Yeah i dont have to bump into anything LOL. They also keep saying ur soo little, i didn't see you, can you reach it, what size of clothes do you wear. Guys have told me you're soo sweet and pretty/....tiny lol i mean i appreciate them....but someone told me that If I was taller I would be hotter....Is that a compliment lol What the heck? I would look the same....just a bit taller. ....so yeah being a short teen is kind of a battle. But I guess that's how it is.....u kno

Alex says on 2009-06-06 23:25:00 about I'm short too

my height is about 152 cm and I'm 15, not gonna grow anymore... almost everyone's much taller than me, but I learned to deal with it and I know it look cute ^_^
Well now I live in israel where people's height is not very high but I'm going to move to US and I know people there are much taller...

live4 says on 2009-03-05 08:21:35 about

I'm ******* short too, I'm almost 18 and people think I'm 15.

That's life i guess, full of challenges..oh well..at least now i know I'm not the only one facing these problems.

small paul says on 2009-01-14 09:25:30 about being short

Has my nickname doesnt need much explaining i wont go into the name calling or abuse.Having always been short and never actually reaching the same height has my peers or friends is no hardship.I look upon it has being different to the rest.I am 22 now and have always had to show i.d everywhere i go it is annoying.I remember from being at primary school and one of the girls said to me i think i was about 7 at the time that i was gonna be a midget.Well that was the first time i heard the word and decided to ask mum about it.She explainned to me that i had a growth inbalance and MAY NOT be has tall has my friends.I was usually lagging about 3 ins below them.I had to still try to do the sports day activities and p.e i did surprise the others when i could climb the rope the fastest.Has time went by we were having a medical before leaving to high school.This was a weight and height measurment.Now i knew i was the shortest i checked in at 4'3 i had 2 girls who were slightly taller and 3 boys also.Mum had no end of problems looking for my school uniform everything had to be altered.My school shoes were only a size 10 in kids.High school was a shock everything just seemed so big.From the ages of 12 to 15 i grew from 4'4 to 4'7 a whole 3 ins i thought.There was 2 girls shorter than me i thought wayay least i aint the shortest.Only to be told that girls are bound to be shorter than boys.I felt just great at that assumption.When i left school at 16 and half i managed a height of 4'9.I was the shortest boy who had left school in years i was told.My friends had bagged loads of height they were around 5'2 to 5'9.The next shortest guy to me was 4'11.The girls ended up taller than me also with one being 4'10.I have 2 older sibling 1 is 25 and she is 5'5 and then is a brother he is 28 and 5'8.So they arent massively tall my sister is classed has just over average height and my brother is classed has just under.ME well i am classed has a short arse or way under average height so there.

Kai Longe says on 2009-01-14 09:10:56 about being short

I have parents who are from Korea my mum is from the South and dad is from the North.For some reason my mum grew taller than dad due to the way of life.In the North my dad told us how he was treated very differently to the south.He was forced to do into the north korean army.With most of the population there being short there was never a height limit.So some soldiers were from the height of 4'9 to 5'6.He decided to cross the border and get into South Korea where he had to hide for days.He managed to find a farm to hide and came across an old shed.This is where mum found him and fed him up.Mum comes from a short family has well but was surprised to see him.My mum used to be about 4'10 and dad was barely 4'9 when they met.Both of them were only about 19 yrs old.Dad had reached an extra inch taller thus making him 4'10 but mum also grew within this timeadding an inch or so.When we came along even to this day their story is astonishing and unbelievable.Between them they ended up having 6 children and to us we reached our goal to be like mum and dad.The 2 girls took after mum and all managed to get just under 5'0 whereas us 4 boys took after dad we are very slight of build and our heights range from 4'8 to 4'10.Our friends ask us all the time did we mind our sisters being taller than us to which the answer is always a stern NO.

Strbrz says on 2009-01-11 23:49:00 about

im 4'11. i stopped growing at 14, now im almost 18 and i still get treated like a little kid. people still call me names like "mouse" and "hamster" and "shorty" and i HATE it. and people ALWAYS tease me about having small feet, i wear a size 5 1/2. its like, "yeah, im short GET THE HECK OVER IT AND STOP TEASING ME." seriously, people need to get over the height factor. and people always think im younger than i really am, people still think im about 14 or something. and i can NEVER find a pair of jeans that fit me. i always have to hack off some inches before wearing.
but now im trying to just accept it. i will not wear high heels, i wear flats and hold my head up and tell myself its better to be cute and small than a towering giant. i am PROUD to be short. (not that theres anything wrong with being tall, because im sure tall people get teased just as much as short people. ITS THOSE AVERAGE SIZED PEOPLES FAULT!!! lol.)
one thing thats good about being short is that you dont have to worry too much about many guys being shorter than you, but honestly, thats not a bit deal anyway.
im just lucky im a girl. i know its way harder to be a short guy. but honestly, 5'6 does not seem very short to me. 5'4 maybe. but not 5'6.

Lickle Mickey says on 2009-01-08 08:01:30 about being short

I love being short NOW whereas i didnt like it before when i was growing up.When i was born i had a twin sister both my parents were surprised has it was my sister that showed up on the scans.So she was born with a weight of 8.10.Me i showed up at 3.6 so quite a bit of difference there.I was rushed straight away to the i.t.u.I stayed for about 2 months.All through my childhood i lagged behind Stella.I was always in the same class has Stella with classmates pointing out the difference between us.At first through primary school i was okay i didnt mind being 4 ins shorter than Stella.We were one of the oldest in class and having the class picture taken was awful for me.I was always put in the front of the picture with Stella at the back.I had a few really good friends who were also shorter than the rest of the class.There was Billy he was such a pain has he tried to compete with the rest of the class at football he was forever knocked off the ball.He even tried to act tough but was always put in his place.We then started secondary school and Stella was in the bottom half of the classes.I was in the top i used to say that what i lacked in height i made up with brains.There were lots of new classmates and they took me for what i was.I think i was about 4'4 when i started has my school clothes were age 7 and still needed adjusting.My blazer was down near my knees and school bag was very heavy.I used to stick with my short friends in the classes.There were 2 chinese kids they were also twins and both exactly my height.I also had an Indian boy who was slightly taller not by much though he was very shy with people.Then last my 2 best friends they were girls and they used to joke that they loved being with me because it made them look taller than they were.When i left school i managed to gain 3 ins at school.So my height was 4'7 i didnt mind has i used to say all the time that girls were usually meant to be shorter than boys.I have now stayed at this height not even gaining an extra inch.Stella reached an height of 5'7 so a full foot taller.Now i didnt mind her being taller but she did tend to think that i couldnt do anything for myself.Mum would never let me sleep on the top bunk incase i fell.She used to say the drop would kill me.All my clothes were also hung lower than Stellas to me it was fine has at least she couldnt borrow my clothes.Stella found a job in a supermarket whereas i worked in a bank.I have worked my way up to section leader but i feel that will be my lot has they tend to use me to teach staff the work and then they disappear only to come back with a promotion.The bank is very supportive though has i have my desk set so it can be adjusted and my chair is slightly smaller than the rest and it also has a foot stool so my legs dont get pins and needles in them.I do find that alot of the staff are surprised at how well i have got on abd they never talk down to me.They say shall we sit down and talk because the guys are like about 6'0 one is 6'7 i dont have a chance of talking face to face with some of them.The woman are all over 5'0 but that is good has they are very sensitive people to me if i need help with getting a file down.All i can say is dont let your height get you down..

Mitchel Aragonis says on 2009-01-07 09:23:39 about

I see that there are quite a few short people shame i never ever get to meet many.Now i come from a family of Spanish and Irish.Now both of these arent very tall nations.I have spent time in Spain where most of the adults are no taller than 5'7.In Ireland it is very similar to where i am now in England.My dad is from Spain and mum is from Ireland.My dad is only 5'4 tall and mum is 4'11.I have 2 older siblings a sister who is 32 and she is 5'2 and my brother who is 38 he is 5'0.Me i am 28 and my height is 4'10 i couldnt even make mum's height.I have had very few knockbacks regarding my height has for some reason the woman like my sense of humour and personality.So i can handle that i find that mostly these tall guys cant handle it.They mention alot of the times when i am with a woman they say what you doing with that.Dont ask me why maybe beause they try to be manly wbut it never works for them hey.So i have never bother about my height or a womans height.I have met woman between 4'9 and 5'10.I wasnt too keen on the 5'10 has they still wanted to wear high heels and thus taking them over 6'0 tall.It was like David and Goliath on some dates.Now i am serious with a woman and even though she is abit taller than me we never let it bother us.Being with Carlista is like a fantasy i have to pinch myself that i am not dreaming sometimes.When we go out she likes to wear heels and the maximum are 3 ins so she stands at about 5'5 whereas without shoes it doesnt take much working out she is about 5'2.I mean it is lovely when we kick our shoes off after going out and the height is okay for us.Being only 5 ins shorter than her is not a problem kissing is easy and dont forget we are all the same lying down.I am glad that i dont have to get on tiptoes to kiss her has she is just less than her head that is taler.

Mushtaq Alliz says on 2009-01-07 09:05:57 about being short

I hear your pain on being short,only for me it is harder because i am an asian guy.I apparently have brought shame on my father because i have not reached a suitable height for him.I am now 21yrs old and my father says that he feels he can not find a partner for me to marry.All the families he has contacted have said no to him.Now it is not my fault that i was only able to gain a height of 4'10.My mum is only 4'11 and dad is 5'1.He feels i have let him down because i have a younger sister who is 20 yrs old and she is 5'2 and an older brother who is 5'4.All through my childhood i was always told by him that men are brothers are taller than their sisters.Which is not always the case is it.I have met 5 partners who have turned me down for my height and said the same has usual if only you were taller.Now some of these woman are mostly my height i did meet a woman who was 5'8 her father just laughed has i walked out of the room.I am planning to leave India for a better way of life and hopefully to meet someone of my own free choice.I can see where i got my height from my mother but i did mention that my dad's mother was also short and possibly that made it so.I remember that my dad said dont you dare put the blame on my mother has she did well for himself. I tried things to make me taller but my dad felt the need to hang me from a door frame and that did not help how sad was that.So i will gladmy grace this worl in my own fashionable height and be a distinguished gentleman for a lucky woman.

minty says on 2009-01-05 07:56:32 about being short

Can someone tell me WHY does it bother a woman so much it a guy is shorter than her.For some reason Height seems to bother a woman more than a guy.I have read it in magazines and on the internet.These woman have got to be the most superficial people around.They all say that they would never go with a guy who is shorter than them.Well if that is the case WHY do short woman always end up with a guy who is nearly a foot taller than them.Well if you ask me it look paedo it looks like a DAD taking his DAUGHTER out it dont look right sorry.So all you tall woman wont have any tall men has the short woman have them.
I have just got married to a wonderful woman, we are both 30 years old now and been partners for 10 years.We were both at the same school we left and then met up a few years later.Now being short has never bothered me i mean woman used to always want to chat with me.It seemed to bother tall boys at school i ended with a date for the disco and alot didnt.I remember being 1 of 6 short guys we were all between 5'0 and 5'3.Me 5'1 there were alot of short girls in our year i think about at least 10 of them.They were between 4'9 and 5'2.I used to joke about my height saying how thankful i was to have reached a little over 5'0.I decided to take Janine to the disco she was abit taller than me i think 5'3.When i picked her up at her house to my surprise she wore high heels.I said to her WOW how tall are you she said that her heels were 4 ins so she was possibly about 5'7.I joked that i bet she didnt wear them all night,she did well has she lasted till 30 mins from the end of the disco.She decided to kick them off and i said how that was much better i could kiss her properly.
After school i met up with Lousia she is half italian we went on regular dates with other friends.She came from my school and that is who i married.We had lived together before marriage has it was best all round.Now Louisa is about 2 ins shorter than myself until she put her shoes on has she likes abit of a heel.Now she is my ideal height because after the school disco i was never gonna date a tall woman.Louisa is also the same she always likes the shorter guy so it was a good match.
SHORT PEOPLE STICK TOGETHER
TALL PEOPLE STICK TOGETHER .....

Julie Rochester says on 2009-01-05 07:37:34 about being short

I understand what you say in your article everything rings true to me.I am now 25 years old and my height is only 4'10 i was gutted when i was told by my doctor that i would not reach 5'0.I suppose least he was right hey.i have a younger brother who is 5'11 and he is 23 yrs old and my youngest sister Donna she is 21 years she is 5'9.For some reason they both got me dad height he is 6'2 ME i got mum's height she is 5'0.Shame she couldnt get me to 5'0 like herself.She tells me all the time that it is no different being 4'10 has it is being 5'0 has there isnt much in it.Mum was quite strange whn we were growing up i think that she didnt want any of us being short for some reason.She was always making us drink our milk up daily and to take vitamin caps,IT was a ritual every birthday we had we had to endure the height check.I think it started when i was about 5 yrs old.Mum had bought a height check chart and it used to say at what height the age was.Peter also started when he was 5 years old,then came Donna.I used to treat it has a game when it was my birthday mum used to go right stand straight against the wall.She would then write my age and date on it.I did notice when i was 8 or 9 that some of the kids in class looked abit taller than me.Some girls even mentioned it to me a boy came up to me and said that if i didnt start growing he would have to call me a dwarf.Well i mentioned it to mum and that is when she stressed out about it.I was taken to the doctor who did some physical checks on me.He checked my bone structure and said that i take after her.My mum had her height checked and she was told that she was 5'0.I was told to come back in a month and the results would be back soon.It was then that i was told that i would not even reach 5'0 possibly somewhere between 4'9 and 4'11.My height in the meantime was only 3'11.Most of my friends were taller than me but still hung around with me.My best friend was Maisie she was about 4 ins taller than me.My height steadied at 4'2 age 13 years old.Donna was already nearly taller than me by a few inches so was Peter and they were both younger.I dont remember having my growth spurt has being shorter than the rest of the class it made no difference.I had no shortage of boys asking me to go to the end of school disco i decided on Liam he was shorter than alot of the boys in our year so it was nice not having to look upwards at the tall guys.Liam asked me politly if i was gonna be wearing high heels i just said was he joking i would fall and break me neck and we both laughed.Liam said OH THAT IS GOOD HAS I LIKE IT HAS IT IS.There was me waiting at the door when it as time to be picked up Liam came in briefly and said HI to mum and dad he looked really smart in his suit and i had my dress that had to be altered to make it shorter.So out we went ME standing at 4'11 with shoes 1 inch high and Liam was standing at 5'3 I mentioned that he looked taller to my astonishment he said that he bought shoes with the highes heel and laughed.he showed me the shoes and they had 3 ins on them.I just laughed and said that he cheated.Even though he was still shorter than most of the people even girls that were there HE would love to be that tall (i.r.l).I said that it wasnt that much taller than he was anyway.I still see Liam around and sadly to say he didnt get the extra inches he had hoped for but still wears shoes with an heel on them.

Kai Kwoi Lee says on 2009-01-05 07:07:22 about being short

I love being short i am 18 now and my height is 4'9.At first when i realised i was gonna be short i made the best of it.I have a twin sister who lucky for he gained abit more height than i could.Her height is 4'10 so not exactly a giant i would have liked it to have been the other way round but i think it is to do with her being born before me.Now mum is also 4'10 and dad is 5'0.It possibly would have bothered me if my parents were way taller than that but i can handle it.WORK WITH YOUR HEIGHT AND DONT LET IT BE A HINDRANCE.

thereisnoperfect says on 2008-12-11 17:58:37 about being short,look perfect

in where i live ,the average height is quite low.despite it,i feel short.i'm about 5ft2 and i can't say i'm very obsessive.
is being short the worst thing ever?
no.
i suggest every people to love their phsycal appearances.there is something you cant change and you should learn to live with them.and think that they are not flaws they are differences.my family used to say things like these to me and i used to think that they are bullshit.but then i understood they are not.it really doesnt matter how tall or thin you are.you dont have to look like the women in the magazines to be attractive.everyone thinks they look "perfect" but perfect is a relative thing.in fact there is no perfect.

SHIRIKOOSH says on 2008-11-11 08:30:37 about MY STORY

HELLO! you write fantastic by the way
i'm 15 year old girl from Israel and i'm only 1.54 meters. i'm so obssesed with being tall!! all my friends are about 1.65/1.75 meters tall.
anywhere I go I look at people and check if i'm shorter than them or think how perfect it would be if I would have theire height
ohhh that's not fair!!!

vladmir says on 2008-10-01 21:12:19 about short

i'm a 17 male and im 5' 5''ish (on good days haha) and it sucks because alot of the girls are wayyy taller than me. plus, almost eveyone has somthing to say. you have to understand that in my school, its full of giants. mostly every1 is 6' tall and up. but i dont let it get me down, nor should anyone. i lift weights alooooot and im a varsity football player and my wrestling score is 21-0

Allen Jenkins-Smith says on 2008-10-01 07:47:57 about being short

I didnt realise there are so many short people out there.It seems like woman are from 4'8 to 5'3 something like that.I think that if the average height was changed down then the clothes sold in the shops would be shorter.That makes sense doesnt it.I am sad to say that i being on the below average height for a male it is abit painful.I am training at the local hospital to help out on wards.I do things like feed patients at lunch/supper time and do the beds to help out the nurses.I am 17 now and my height is 4'10 i cant see myself growing any taller has my mum is only 4'10 also and dad is 5'2.My younger sister is 13 and my height already it looks like she will be taller than me and mum.My mum comes in handy for altering my trousers and her own.I remember at school other pupils used to say that i should check in with the dwarf society has i would probably qualify.Now that used to annoy me alot.I was bullied a little till i decided to try karate i ended up with a black belt after 4 yrs worth of it.It has come in handy for me on occassions has when guys try to start trouble in the clubs i just tend to wind them and they end up on the floor.Well i isnt my fault if i can only reach their chests when they are over 6'0.Lucky for me it is never me that gets chucked out but the other guys.Now my job that i do is very good has i am helping not only the patients but taking some of the slack from the nurses.A couple of weeks ago i was told to make one of the beds with a nurse.Now she was one side i was the other but for somereason i was able to do my side before hers.She laughed and said what a fast little guy you are.To which made me laugh.I then had to get a patient out of her bed to sit in the chair i tried to lift her but didnt give up.The woman was about 5'9 and i struggled like mad but did it in the end.The only problem i have it having to wait for one of the nurses to reache the clean laundry off the shelves.I can only manage to carry a few has i cant see over them otherwise.I think that i choose to do this because i felt there would be people my height working there.So apart from about 6 nurses on the ward they are short has me.The taller ones are between 5'5 and 5'10.For some reason i tend to be on a par with the philippino woman i can look them straight in the eye instead of upwards.It was about last month when i asked one of the nurses out on my ward to my surprise .... she said YES...So far we have had some good times working together and going out.The thing is that i think she seems abit more serious than me and i am worried about the height of both of us.I mean when i was younger i used to always blame my mum for all the problems i had due to my height and i was really bad on her.Now what i dont want is for my kids to blame me about their height.I mean i know that short woman want tall guys.So why not tall woman and short guys.That would work out for me.I mean i wouldnt mind if the woman was about 5'8 the most has then even though she would have about 10 inches on me it shouldnt matter has long has we both love each other lol.

lis says on 2008-09-17 15:33:11 about height

Yeah being small can suck. I'm a 17 year old girl and I'm 5ft 3. I don't know how I ended up small. I mean my mum is 5ft 5 which is quite short but its over the average for a woman here and my dad and all his brothers are over 6ft. My cousins who are girls to are tall, one is 6ft the other is 5ft 10. It's embarrasing when all your family is taller than you. I'm not small boned either so I tend to put on weight easily which isn't helped by my height. I was always small from the first day of school. The last time we got measured at school, I was 14 all the class were over 5ft except me I was 4ft 11 at the time.

austin says on 2008-09-14 20:34:33 about shortness

yeah im a guy...not gonna lie it really does suck being short..im only 5'5..and it blows bigtime =( but nothing i can do about it so i guess its something we short people have to live with

pearly says on 2008-08-22 18:25:05 about being short

I like the article and everything rings true to me has well.Having a twin sister and being shorter than her doesnt right true but it is.My mum used to measure our heights every year on our birthday.At the start it turned out she was bigger in weight and length to me.I apparently didnt get much nutirients inside.Now when we started school together Trisha was like 4 ins taller and alway proud about it.She was always showing off saying how much taller she was.She continued to grow has she got older i never got a chance to catch up.I had some good friends who were also quite short and i tend to keep with them.When we had a height check before we went ot high school it turned out Trisha was a whole 6 ins taller than me.Mum took me to the doctors to check me out he said that i was gonna be a slow grower and if i am lucky i may reach 5'0.Now i was 14 yrs old and my growth spurt was rather slow i stopped growing at 16 yrs old with a height of 4'10 Trisha was 5'6 a full 8 ins taller even to this day she will mention my height and say things about me.WE live and learn i suppose just accept what we have and use it.

moonfire says on 2008-08-08 15:34:09 about height

I have this same complex. Not only am I only 5'4", but small boned so the guys reject me for the not only taller, but THICKER women!!! P****S me off!!! They also look at me as delicate and unable to defend myself, so they don't take me seriously. So I act tough and rude with aggressive gestures to make myself look bigger and tougher. Nobody in my family is as small as me and I hate it.

meli says on 2008-08-06 11:35:19 about height

yah i feel the same way! I used to really want to be a model for the longest time and i just will never be tall enough. I am 5'' which probably beats every one one a shortness level. i am short. but ive found guys like to be talling then girls and that its easier to get around. im less clumsy then tall people. people who are short will one day rule!

:S says on 2008-07-04 10:27:24 about Height

I'm 16 and I'm 4'11 too, there are a lot of people in Indonesia with this height and even shorter...

The official height of being a midget is 4'10 but there are people shorter than that that have proportional bodies here.

so don't feel too bad.

I want to be tall too and yes I suppose it's hard, I dread going overseas where I'm positive people will tower over me.

But this discussion has made me feel better knowing that I'm not alone.

Now I REALLY want to reach at LEAST 5'2 !!!

I never did really pray, but I guess I'll give it a shot.

I'll pray for all you people too :D

The reble says on 2008-05-23 08:27:53 about being short

Being short used to be a problem when i was younger but has we all grow up lol lol it does get abit easier.Take it from me.Now being 45 yrs old i have taken alot of hassle being short and male.My height used to be 4'11 i just couldnt make it 5'0 which was a shame.The point is that i was measured for work about 3 months ago to be told i was 4'10.Now either i have always thought i was 4'11 or i am shrinking boo hoo.Now i didnt expect to be a giant has my mum was 5'1 and dad 5'0.My 2 sisters are all younger than me and their heights are Janine 29 yrs old and 5'3, Julieann 32 yrs old and 5'2, then Marie 37 yrs old she is 5'5.I have 2 brothers Michael he is 40 yrs old and 5'0 then there is Richard 42 yrs old he is 5'2.Okay so i am only a couple of ins shorter than my family.Being young i was alway saying to my family why i didnt get to be over 5'0 like all of them but after noticing that we were all mainly short anyway did matter in the end.I remember having my great grandmother around and thinking what a great woman she was has being a rather short person she had so much respect from us all.I remember she was around 4'10 up till she died before she went into hospital she had lost quite abit of height by the end i remember her to this day she was the only person shorter than me which i wasnt proud of she ended up around 4'8.She used to tell me stories and say about her life growing up.She told me about a wedding she went to one of her brothers and she was quite abit shorter than everyone and one of her grandchildren mentioned her height to which she wasnt too pleased has the remark was not too nice in the first place.Her comeback was pretty good and put her grandchild in her place.So no matter how hard life gets there are always people worse off than you.

haley<3 says on 2008-04-25 15:16:44 about wanting to grow taller

i am 13 years old and im 4'9 the doctors say im going to be 4'11 but i wanna be taller and i have the best boyfriend in the world and im scared because of my height he will dump me for a taller prettier girl. my mom is 5'2 my dad is only 5'5 and i have a little sister who is 11 shes 4'8 but yet shes going to be taller then me it sucks but when my mom was younger she was told tht she was only gonna be like 4'11 but now shes 5'2 hopefully i grow taller! and i have the dream of being a SCENE model lol i know really weird but yea if tht doesnt work out i want to be a singer. the thing is in this world theres this fasination with tall people and tht they are the ones who can only be leader and have bigger hearts they get all teh guys and the money its retarded! i wanna grow taller so if nayone knows a medicine tht they have tried and it actaully makes u grow please email me at : haleycakes468@yahoo.com

Brint says on 2008-04-18 21:43:44 about Height problem

im 18 but im only 5'7" and EVERYWHERE i go people think that im 13 or 12, For a woman that height is tall and good, but for a guy its so annoying and i wish i could grow just a little bit more... 3 more inches, that would be perfect. Its really annoying because mostly everyone else is 5'11" and up, i feel stuck like im a little kid. I heard that men stop growing at age 21 and im a late bloomer so im crossing my fingers, but my parents are around 5'9" and 5'5" so im sure thats just wishfull thinking. Anyone know if drinking milk and playing basketball will help? Cause if not, please tell me so i can stop wasting my time.

jessica says on 2008-04-14 08:33:01 about being short

I am a short student at collage i am 19 now and i stopped growing when i was 10 yrs old.I know when because i was in primary school and still the shortest in class.I had reached 4'8 age 10 now being 19 yrs old, i was measured when we did a project at secondary school i ages and sizes it was.I was 16 yrs old and measured at 4'10 with shoes on that wasnt too bad i thought then people had to take their shoes off we had to stand near our first marks and i turned out at 4'8.Has soon has it was finished i put my shoes on straight away has i was shocked at our short i was compared to my class.The nearest was 5'2 and she stressed about her height has well.I used to say just be grateful for what you have.I mean you have a good 6 ins on me.Some people went like AAHH aint she cute whereas some was very rude.Like quite put your shoes on before you disappear.Out of the boys they where rather taller than the girls and they didnt have to take their shoes off to do it.I noticed that there were 4 boys shorter than the rest.I hadnt taken any notice till this task came.The poor boys measured upin who was the oldest to youngest in class and then the height.The four shorter boys were embarrassed has 2 of them were actually the oldest in class and about a over a foot shorter.The other 2 were youngest in class.Now these 4 boys always hung around together has they were good friends anyway.The boys were like bookends 2 were 4'10 and then 4'11.When we had an end of school disco there were 2 boys could get a date with a girl has they were knocked back.I was asked out by Justin who was 4'10.He explainned how his mum had to alter the suit he bought.The other guy was with a girl who was around 5'5.We let the other 2 guys hand with us.I was also kind enough to dance with them has well has Justin.
Being a collage was very daunting has i hadnt seen Justin for 2 years then he was on a course at the same collage.I knew him straight away has i went to talk to him i was still wearing my 2in shoes and Justin was now exactly has he was.He didnt grow another inch after school so he stayed at 4'10.It was nice to see him has we were still eye to eye with eachother lol lol.
We are still great friends.Justin's 3 other friends managed to grow abit taller they are 5'2 5'6 and 5'7.Poor Justine didnt grow but to me he is great has he is.

Mike says on 2008-04-14 08:03:01 about being short

Being short is the pits especially when even your own younger sister is taller.Being 22 yrs old and 4'9.5 i couldnt even make it to 4'10 unless i have shoes on.My sister is 18 yrs old and 5'6.I got my height from my mum has she is 5'0 and dad is 5'7.Even now i am the one mentioning my height has it still gets me down.My friends think it funny me being shorter than my mum and sister.My sister is always told she look alot older .Whereas i am always looking younger.I cant go to a club with the bouncers asking my age.Sometimes when i am turned away my friends stay in the club.I would love to be at least my mum's height i mean 5'0 isnt too much to ask for is it.If i could have had treatment i would have i mean my body is the size of like 10 yrs old who always point this out.My cousin is 18 and he is 6'2 i dont know know what happened to me in the height gene.Can anyone spare any inches for me lol lol sorry for moaning but it is annoying.

mini me says on 2008-04-10 15:29:09 about so what if i am short

I a short female my height is 4'7.I knew i wouldnt be a giant has my dad is 5'7 and mum is 4'11.I have a younger sister who is 5'5 and a younger brother who is 5'8.I am 35 yrs old now and being 3 yrs older than my sister and 5 yrs older than my brother.I just didnt expect them to grow that taller than me.I always thought that being the oldest would be the taller one or that my brother would be taller which was fair enough.I remember growing up and my relatives would always point out that my sister and brother were getting taller.It always made me feel quite bad and i would go off in a huff.My sister would always say dont take any notice of what they are saying.I couldnt handle having to always look up to my sister when we spoke or went anywhere.I was always thought to be the youngest when we went out.The last time we went to a club together i would wear my shoes with about 3 ins on them so it still didnt take me to 5'0 i was always around 4'10.My sister when she wore her shoes she was about 5'8.When i was a teenager i used to always wear shoes indoors to give me a little height.I was in good company when it came to our height has mum used to be such a help has she was always rather shorter than alot of people.I have a nan who is 4'10 tall but she did start out at 5'0 she is now 90 yrs old.I also have a grandad who is 4'9 now he started out at 4'11.

dan says on 2008-03-22 04:48:11 about short