If you were a short child, did you end up becoming a short adult?

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Anonymous wrote:I am short. 5'4" short. I hate it. I was average height in elementary school, maybe on the taller side. There were shorter kids than me. They ended up being shorter than me. Progression was similar.
There was a short boy, who ended up being really tall. The rest of us were just on the same curve the whole time.

You’re not short you’re average. What do you want to be a giant? That’s a great height. Not so short that you can’t reach anything, not so tall that you tower over everyone. To me between 5’4” and 5’7” is the sweet spot for women.

Well, that is your opinion. My opinion is that I am short. If you grew up in a country where your bridesmaids were taller than you 6' groom, you might see height differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am short. 5'4" short. I hate it. I was average height in elementary school, maybe on the taller side. There were shorter kids than me. They ended up being shorter than me. Progression was similar.
There was a short boy, who ended up being really tall. The rest of us were just on the same curve the whole time.

You’re not short you’re average. What do you want to be a giant? That’s a great height. Not so short that you can’t reach anything, not so tall that you tower over everyone. To me between 5’4” and 5’7” is the sweet spot for women.

Well, that is your opinion. My opinion is that I am short. If you grew up in a country where your bridesmaids were taller than you 6' groom, you might see height differently.

Yes, my opinion. But if you are now living in America you are average height. You want to be taller than 6’?

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

Same. I was the oldest in my class and shortest in the grade until 8th grade. I’m now 5’5”, so not tall by any means, but the ped told my parents I might not break 5 feet. I didn’t get my period until I was almost 13, so I think that had a lot to do with it.

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YUP!

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Male, right through ES I was always one of the shortest boys in my class. I really grew starting late freshmen year in HS and topped out at 5’10”. When I was a freshman a doctor told my parents I would likely be 5’6”.

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Yes, I was a small baby (average weight at birth but had a lot of food sensitivities and was 16lbs at age 1), a smallish child, and now a smallish adult (5'1"). I am shorter than my parents and siblings. But I am not so short that it causes major limitations in my life. I may need clothing altered and sometimes I have trouble reaching something on a top shelf in my house (but that's what stepstools are for) or a store, but it's overall fine.

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Nope— the opposite. Big baby, tall/big child, and now a petite woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course!

Not a given. I was a short child. Shortest girl in my grade until 6th grade. My brother who is 4 years younger surpassed me in height by the time he was 6 and I was 10! I grew to 5’5 by sophomore year of high school which is the same height I am now as an adult, so not super tall but taller than the average woman and I am rarely the shortest woman in a group. (My younger brother is 6’4 btw 😂 and has always been the tall one in any group).

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Anonymous wrote:I was extremely short in elementary but didn't get my period until I was 14...allowing me to grow longer...I'm still short (5'2) however just less so in comparison to other perite women

This “rule” isn’t always true. I got my period at age 11 and grew 4+ inches after that to reach my full adult height of 5’5.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am short. 5'4" short. I hate it. I was average height in elementary school, maybe on the taller side. There were shorter kids than me. They ended up being shorter than me. Progression was similar.
There was a short boy, who ended up being really tall. The rest of us were just on the same curve the whole time.

You’re not short you’re average. What do you want to be a giant? That’s a great height. Not so short that you can’t reach anything, not so tall that you tower over everyone. To me between 5’4” and 5’7” is the sweet spot for women.

Well, that is your opinion. My opinion is that I am short. If you grew up in a country where your bridesmaids were taller than you 6' groom, you might see height differently.

NP here, 5'7 and I'm also on the short side, definitely the shortest in my family. I hate it. I'd love to be at least 5'9.

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Anonymous wrote:5”4 is an average height for women. Why is that something that’s controversial?

It's not unless you think facts are optional.

It's because it doesn't take genetic background into consideration and that’s what people are comparing themselves against. I'm 5'4. For every country of my heritage (white, Northern European) the average height is 5'6 to 5'7, so 5'4 is short. Sure, the average female height in Nicaragua is 5'1, so maybe 5'4 is tall! But people compare themselves most directly to people who look like them. The US is extremely heterogenous so you get a lot of extremes that play into that average but it might feel like that doesn't apply to you. It goes in both directions.

wtf. This is the US, so people compare themselves to those they see around them every day, which includes people of all races. Unless you are a racist who only hangs out with other people from Northern Europe.

Please remove this racist post.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

Same, except I’m now 5’6. But, I didn’t hit that height until 18 or so. But, now I have a 6’5 husband and my teen boys are 6’3 and 6’5, so I’m back to feeling like an elf, even though i objectively realize (when I’m around other women) that I’m generally one of the taller ones in the group.

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^^ an elf?

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Yup. I come from a long line of short people and I topped off at 5

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5”4 is an average height for women. Why is that something that’s controversial?

It's not unless you think facts are optional.

It's because it doesn't take genetic background into consideration and that’s what people are comparing themselves against. I'm 5'4. For every country of my heritage (white, Northern European) the average height is 5'6 to 5'7, so 5'4 is short. Sure, the average female height in Nicaragua is 5'1, so maybe 5'4 is tall! But people compare themselves most directly to people who look like them. The US is extremely heterogenous so you get a lot of extremes that play into that average but it might feel like that doesn't apply to you. It goes in both directions.

wtf. This is the US, so people compare themselves to those they see around them every day, which includes people of all races. Unless you are a racist who only hangs out with other people from Northern Europe.

Really? I have a very diverse social circle but I don't compare my height to people with very different genetic profiles and height potential.