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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you considered medication?  It sounds a bit like OCD that you are ruminating on your height so much and can’t move past it.

I am 6-0.  I have females in my family taller than me.  I understand what you are saying and am not at all negating there are parts of it that can be hard.  But also you can move past this and have a great life.

I would also recommend dating apps where you can make your height clear and date guys who know your height and everyone’s interests and intentions are more clear.  I don’t think 6-3 women are going to have a random meet cute with a guy.  But you’ll meet someone great if you are a bit more intentional.[/quote]

I do not have OCD or BDD . [b] I don’t want to be constantly reminded about my height however people do it all the time[/b]  .  I understand woman my height are rare , but as a person who feels uncomfortable in my body being reminded of it all the time makes me feel horrible .

As a fellow tall woman please be more empathetic . I’m not saying I’m oppressed or anything like that ,  I am being human . Once you’re taller than 99 percent of the population it takes a mental toll on you .

If I was your height I wouldn’t even be insecure in my height nor would I type this up . There’s a world of a difference between 6’0 and 6’3.5 . [/quote]

I’m the 16:02 poster. The bolded is your problem. You cannot change this and it is inevitable. Your only path to moving past these feelings is acceptance and coping. Yes, you are unusually tall. Yes, people will comment on it. Yes, that will happen on a daily basis. No, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

So - what can you do? You can turn it into a game, and anytime someone makes a comment you can put a dollar in a jar and then use it to buy something nice for yourself. You can hand out cards like this guy: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/10/tall-teenager-has-business-cards-if-you-ask-about-his-height.html. You can come up with a standard reply, either funny or biting or honest, and just say it every time until it becomes routine. Ideas:

What?? I was only 5’6” when I left the house!

Yeah I think I ate too many Wheaties.

I hadn’t noticed.

You know, it’s actually really rude to comment on people’s appearance.

Oh, yes, I’m having a great day, thanks for asking! And how are you?

Tall you say? That’s entirely new information!

But as long as you walk around just hope hope hoping that no one will notice and/or no one will comment, you are asking to be disappointed and miserable. And that is totally within your control. [/quote]

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