I am really short but don't have dwarfism - ask away!

[Anonymous]

I guess you love whom you love... but as a woman who is 6 feet tall, short women with really tall men always really annoyed me before I married. Seriously, you have the entire population that is taller than you and you have to pick the few people who are taller than me?

I secretly think some of these women have been treated as cute their whole lives and have some sort of weird complex where they have to feel like a little kid. I have definitely notice that very short women have personalities that are... well, like little kids who need to be taken care of. I know that's not nic and iwouldn't say it in real life because it'ssuper unPC, but I definietly think it.

[Anonymous]

I'm 4'11" and my husband is 5'10", so he is pretty average. I usually wear a size 4 or 2, sometimes even a 0 depending on where I am shopping, but I weigh 124. I am muscular and I have a large frame for my short size. My inseam is 27" and my shoe size is 5. I have to hem everything. I find the biggest PITA to be my shoe size. Clothes can be altered, many shoe manufacturers do not even make a size 5.

Please do not tell me,"Oh but you can get all those great shoes on sale, it's always the small ones." It isn't true. If I were a size 6, then you would be right 5 not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree w/ a couple of PP's. The OP's height is not THAT short.

What's your definition of really short? You're short at 5 3 so I'd say 5, which is less common, is pretty short.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is 4'11 and my FIL was a large-framed 6'2. She wears a size 5 shoe and when DH was growing up, the shoe selection in their area was very limited so when she found 5s, she'd buy several pairs. Oddly enough, she has a 6'1 twin brother and her older broker is also over 6'. My husband is 6'1 as well and I'm 5'3, which I consider short but not that short. We honeymooned in Malta where all the people, especially the older folks, are tiny. I seriously felt like a giant next to them.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess you love whom you love... but as a woman who is 6 feet tall, short women with really tall men always really annoyed me before I married. Seriously, you have the entire population that is taller than you and you have to pick the few people who are taller than me?

I secretly think some of these women have been treated as cute their whole lives and have some sort of weird complex where they have to feel like a little kid. I have definitely notice that very short women have personalities that are... well, like little kids who need to be taken care of. I know that's not nic and iwouldn't say it in real life because it'ssuper unPC, but I definietly think it.

Haha, this may be somewhat true, I'm only 5'1" and people have always, always treated me like a little sister. In high school, college, even at most of my jobs (and I have a very serious career, especially the men, they either treat me like a little sis or a daughter, eek!) which is all very odd because I have always been very mature for my age.
My friends always ask why I dress up so much for work, I wear full suits daily even though I guess I don't need to, but I feel like it helps me to be taken seriously. Plus I look a little younger than I really am so it has always been a challenge to be taken seriously. I also have to get everything hemmed, otherwise it looks like I'm playing dress up with my moms work clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess you love whom you love... but as a woman who is 6 feet tall, short women with really tall men always really annoyed me before I married. Seriously, you have the entire population that is taller than you and you have to pick the few people who are taller than me?

I secretly think some of these women have been treated as cute their whole lives and have some sort of weird complex where they have to feel like a little kid. I have definitely notice that very short women have personalities that are... well, like little kids who need to be taken care of. I know that's not nic and iwouldn't say it in real life because it'ssuper unPC, but I definietly think it.

Haha, this may be somewhat true, I'm only 5'1" and people have always, always treated me like a little sister. In high school, college, even at most of my jobs (and I have a very serious career, especially the men, they either treat me like a little sis or a daughter, eek!) which is all very odd because I have always been very mature for my age.
My friends always ask why I dress up so much for work, I wear full suits daily even though I guess I don't need to, but I feel like it helps me to be taken seriously. Plus I look a little younger than I really am so it has always been a challenge to be taken seriously. I also have to get everything hemmed, otherwise it looks like I'm playing dress up with my moms work clothes.

Totally agree with this. I'm 5'0 and look young for my age; at 36, most people mistake me for mid 20's. It's great socially, but professionally it sucks. Always in suits, etc., at work to counteract this. Such a pain to get them hemmed and tailored. Recently chopped my longer hair to a layered bob too to try to look a little more mature.

Funny enough, I have a twin brother who is 5'11. I was taller than him until I hit puberty at age 12; then I pretty much stopped growing.

[Anonymous]

Average heights by country...

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/height-chart.shtml

[Anonymous]

What's with all the tall dudes with super-short women? Is it some type of fetish?

[Anonymous]

Look at figure skating pairs - gorilla/flea combos are very common there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm PP who's 5'2 (barely) and 90 pounds. Pssh, they're just jealous!! Everyone thinks I'm 16 and I'm 31..I shop in the kids section and wear a size girls 12..cheaper too!!

Yes! PP you really get me! We get the best designer fashions for a fraction of the price -- Little Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Stella McCartney...

Geez, get a room, you two. Or I guess you could just get a capsule.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is 5 feet tall and FIL is 6-4. They're divorced now, and her second husband is about 5-5. We have a terrific picture of the two of them swinging together on a porch swing, and both of their feet are hanging from the ground.

My SIL is 4-11 and her husband is easily 6 feet--so cute!

[Anonymous]

12:43 - ITA. SIL and MIL are like this. They act kind of helpless. Well, maybe its not an act. Weird.