What is this generation’s obsession with height about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from London and wanted to share my observations:

I went to many events - opera, museums, work stuff etc and I didn’t see a single family (or couple) where the guy was under 5’9 unless it was an immigrant couple.

The height penalty is acute and can be overcome through money or status but I think the honest thing you can tell short sons is in 2024, below avg height must be compensated with excellent career/money prospects

What’s the height penalty? Men under 5’9” find love, build a family, go through life like everyone else. Tall men are not any smarter than short men, not more personable or don’t always have a better personality.

Jeff Bezos is 5’7”, Mark Zuckerberg is 5’7”, Bill Gates is 5’9”, Warren Buffet 5’10”, Super billionaire Jack Ma is 4’11” to name just a few.

People will not let their height get in their way if they are ambitious and driven. Men who go to college to become an entrepreneur or engineer or doctor or teacher or tradesmen are not judged by their height but by their competence in their field and their honesty and likability.

Who goes to museums and stares at people to gauge their height and not to see the exhibits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Unfortunately made varsity in his sport as freshman - so drubbing the big guys in their sport of choice has inflicted some of the abuse - but doesn’t explain it all.

Thanks to PP who said parents act like height is an accomplishment. He works really hard in his sport and is pretty solid citizen. But the daily - sounds like hourly on some days - emphasis makes me doubt humanity sometimes. Are we really this primal?

Had some acquaintances who went on and on and on about how tall their son was when the boys were playing AAA Hockey as U14?15? (Can't exactly remember). He was...but they failed to notice that he stopped growing for almost a year and by the time they took him to have him checked, too late. He's 5'7" now at 23. Lots of early puberty and absurd focus on height, but it's not always what they think it wiil be.

Also: there's really nothing wrong with whatever your height is as long as nobody has given you a complex about it.

You are ridiculous. They failed to notice he stopped growing? Many boys are done growing at 14. What do you think they should have done about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I come from a mostly tall family but there are three notable exceptions- me, my daughter and my niece, all 5’2”. I have three sisters 5’9” and a brother 6’2”. Their children are even taller. There’s a random gene that can come out without warning and you got a short kid.

The one thing my mean younger sisters called me was limbs because my arms and legs were skinny and awkward. No real height jokes.

So true, I was the short kid. I think my family is still hoping I might grow another 6 inches lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from London and wanted to share my observations:

I went to many events - opera, museums, work stuff etc and I didn’t see a single family (or couple) where the guy was under 5’9 unless it was an immigrant couple.

The height penalty is acute and can be overcome through money or status but I think the honest thing you can tell short sons is in 2024, below avg height must be compensated with excellent career/money prospects

What’s the height penalty? Men under 5’9” find love, build a family, go through life like everyone else. Tall men are not any smarter than short men, not more personable or don’t always have a better personality.

Jeff Bezos is 5’7”, Mark Zuckerberg is 5’7”, Bill Gates is 5’9”, Warren Buffet 5’10”, Super billionaire Jack Ma is 4’11” to name just a few.

People will not let their height get in their way if they are ambitious and driven. Men who go to college to become an entrepreneur or engineer or doctor or teacher or tradesmen are not judged by their height but by their competence in their field and their honesty and likability.

Who goes to museums and stares at people to gauge their height and not to see the exhibits.

I think you made pp’s and other posters’ points with those examples

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently 5”7 and I was 5”5 when I graduated HS in ‘95 and I was never bothered by height. I played varsity golf in HS and D1 golf. I married a cheerleader who is 5”7.

Why does marrying a cheerleader matter?

Same reason height matters

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately it’s mostly sports. Our varsity baseball coach told a few juniors last year that, were they an inch or two taller, they would’ve made the team. So it had nothing to do with their ability or work ethic- just height

I’ve seen this too. A dear friend’s son was told he didn’t make the baseball(!) team because he was too short

[Anonymous]

This is not new, folks, except that when I was a kid, too tall was also bad. Now there seems to be no "too tall." But I've been short my whole life (female, 5'2") and I have always hated. I was bullied all through school, and still feel like it's hard to get people to take me seriously when they are always having to look down at me. Thank god DS is average height and developed right on time so that he was never short compared to his classmates. He's got a lot of challenges, but at least in that he was spared, and I'm so glad of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately it’s mostly sports. Our varsity baseball coach told a few juniors last year that, were they an inch or two taller, they would’ve made the team. So it had nothing to do with their ability or work ethic- just height

I’ve seen this too. A dear friend’s son was told he didn’t make the baseball(!) team because he was too short

If that friend is in FCPS, we might know the same person as I also have a friend whose son was told the exact same thing (unless there are multiple baseball coaches saying the same to lots of kids across the country…could very well be).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately it’s mostly sports. Our varsity baseball coach told a few juniors last year that, were they an inch or two taller, they would’ve made the team. So it had nothing to do with their ability or work ethic- just height

I’ve seen this too. A dear friend’s son was told he didn’t make the baseball(!) team because he was too short

If that friend is in FCPS, we might know the same person as I also have a friend whose son was told the exact same thing (unless there are multiple baseball coaches saying the same to lots of kids across the country…could very well be).

My son is an underclassmen on JV (not FCPS) in a large public HS and this would not surprise me at all. Looking at the varsity team, over half the players are a genuine 6ft+.The rest are at least 5’10”. Not even one shorter kid, which would seem statistically unusual. That said, I’m not sure if shorter players are actually cut for that reason. Could be other reasons I suppose.

[Anonymous]

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My son is an underclassmen on JV (not FCPS) in a large public HS and this would not surprise me at all. Looking at the varsity team, over half the players are a genuine 6ft+.The rest are at least 5’10”. Not even one shorter kid, which would seem statistically unusual. That said, I’m not sure if shorter players are actually cut for that reason. Could be other reasons I suppose.

That's like looking at the basketball team and saying that its statistically unusual that all the kids are so tall.

Height helps in baseball. Not as much in basketball, but still does. OFers. Corner IFers. your reach and your vertical helps.

So, coach may have been a little insensitive in how he shared the news about them not making the team. But I'm not sure that coach is in the wrong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not new, folks, except that when I was a kid, too tall was also bad. Now there seems to be no "too tall." But I've been short my whole life (female, 5'2") and I have always hated. I was bullied all through school, and still feel like it's hard to get people to take me seriously when they are always having to look down at me. Thank god DS is average height and developed right on time so that he was never short compared to his classmates. He's got a lot of challenges, but at least in that he was spared, and I'm so glad of it.

I am also a short woman at 5’2 and I had the opposite experience. When I was younger a lot of people told me in a very positive way that I was “tiny and cute” and I don’t feel like I’ve had any issues as an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from London and wanted to share my observations:

I went to many events - opera, museums, work stuff etc and I didn’t see a single family (or couple) where the guy was under 5’9 unless it was an immigrant couple.

The height penalty is acute and can be overcome through money or status but I think the honest thing you can tell short sons is in 2024, below avg height must be compensated with excellent career/money prospects

Oh well if you just got back from London I guess its settled.

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound? Any idea at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from London and wanted to share my observations:

I went to many events - opera, museums, work stuff etc and I didn’t see a single family (or couple) where the guy was under 5’9 unless it was an immigrant couple.

The height penalty is acute and can be overcome through money or status but I think the honest thing you can tell short sons is in 2024, below avg height must be compensated with excellent career/money prospects

Oh well if you just got back from London I guess its settled.

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound? Any idea at all?

To those with lived experience as short men or with short relatives, you are the stupid-sounding one.

[Anonymous]

I got to say as a man who’s just turned 51 in my younger days I didn’t really get much attention from woman at all but I noticed a few years ago I started to get a lot of attention from woman all of sudden like lots of it and it’s from ones alot younger than myself I’m 6 foot 2 and was bullied by girls for being ‘lanky’ as a child lol I think the internet plays a huge part but it’s been fantastic for me I’ve had more sex in my late life than I ever did as a youngster it’s great 👍 I may be tall but I wouldn’t call myself good looking by any means

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got to say as a man who’s just turned 51 in my younger days I didn’t really get much attention from woman at all but I noticed a few years ago I started to get a lot of attention from woman all of sudden like lots of it and it’s from ones alot younger than myself I’m 6 foot 2 and was bullied by girls for being ‘lanky’ as a child lol I think the internet plays a huge part but it’s been fantastic for me I’ve had more sex in my late life than I ever did as a youngster it’s great 👍 I may be tall but I wouldn’t call myself good looking by any means

WTH