People taller than me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a 6'8" woman (drank lots of milk) and never feel threatened by those taller than me. Those shorter than me I perceive as weaklings.

My sil is 6'5 and I'm 5'7. I wear the highest heels or stand on my tip toes around her. Tall women are magnificent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here - hah no I am not threatened by them (I don’t think). I guess by throws me off I mean I take notice immediately when another woman is taller than me. And I internally notice is more so than when someone is shorter than me. I have no idea why.

And no my circle of friends are a mix of races. Not just Asian.

I’m honestly confused as to why this is something you need to get input on. We all notice certain things about other people. What’s the problem?

Op - sorry was just musing and wondered if others also felt like this.

Yes, but not enough to bring it up. I'm lucky to be 5"7' because food was no good when I was a child and my parents are fairly short.
In EU I seem to be exactly in the middle in terms of female height. In this area of US, I'm usually taller than others. The few taller women do stick out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 6' tall woman and I've never understood the superficial obsession with height. My husband is 5'8" and I never give it a second thought. I had a 2-year relationship with a guy who was 5'4" and his height never crossed my mind.

You did not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the opposite, OP. I’m 5’3” and take note of women shorter than I am.

Ironically, two of the tallest women I know are Asian and with their tall husbands, have kids like 6’7”.

I'm 5'1ish and am so used to be the shortest I only notice if an adult is shorter than I am. Feels odd to look down at someone than to look up. I'm used to people being taller, you aren't OP

[Anonymous]

I am 6'. I feel the same. But I am a lot taller than you.

I wonder if it's just disorienting because we are n't used to it and it messes up our literal sense of scale and balance?

[Anonymous]

I am six foot two inch and and we had a six foot four inch girl on my college basketball team.

Oddly she looked short when with her boyfriend Bill Wennington who was 7 feet.

But weirdly talk next to me

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’10” and find it very strange that someone three inches shorter than me would feel “off balance” in my presence. Frankly that’s super weird.

[Anonymous]

My friends all call me Shorty.

[Anonymous]

I don't like the feeling of having to crane my neck back to look at someone and I don't like the feeling of being towered over at a close distance.

But both of those things can be resolved by just taking a couple steps back, or sitting down to converse.

[Anonymous]

I’m not even 5’3”.

I would have loved to have been taller. I’m the shortest in the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a 6'8" woman (drank lots of milk) and never feel threatened by those taller than me. Those shorter than me I perceive as weaklings.

Call me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’10” and find it very strange that someone three inches shorter than me would feel “off balance” in my presence. Frankly that’s super weird.

I’m the same height and female. I find if people are secure in themselves then it is not an issue. For most people I deal with, it is not an issue. Occasionally, there are people, usually short men, who seem uncomfortable with it. Many cultures do socialize people to accept an arbitrary ideal that men should be taller, more successful and richer. That is changing of course.

We have a lot of height variation in my family and I encourage both DC (one tall one short) to seek happiness and peace within themselves. If we compare ourselves to others continually we will always find reasons to be dissatisfied.