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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD has always been on the tall side (99+%).  She was 5' 3" at 11 and is close to 5' 9" now after turning 13.  I have the opposite worries as she may be awkwardly tall (6') in high school (my worries, not hers).  But... we don't dwell on it and celebrate all her awesomeness.  Tall.. short... somewhere in the middle... they are going to exactly as tall as they are going to be.  They're our kids... height should be the last thing we have to worry about.   :)

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While I agree with this, if my daughter grows to only be 4’11’ she will be at a disadvantage. Not the case for 6ft women. 
I’m talking as adults with careers, hoping to be taken seriously. There are exceptions to this but they are that... exceptions. 
I sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very short women face in the work place. Clearly this is vastly less important than her health, etc.[/quote]

Speak for yourself! I’m a short woman (5’0) with a very successful career. I never lacked for boyfriends either. I have never once been disadvantaged in the workplace by my height. I learned early on to say intelligent things and people will listen.

The only disadvantage to being short that’s factual is that I eat less calories to maintain my weight than tall women. [/quote]

I’m not short (in fact I’m on the talk side) but 100% agree. I’ve worked with plenty of short women professionally.

I’d say being tall can be a lot harder, unless you are model material. Dating is super hard bc even tall men seem to want to date shorter girls. I’m 5’8” and dealt with it to some degree but my 6 foot tall friends had the hardest time with it [/quote]

I’m 5’7 and my husband is 6’3. When we were dating I actually had a friend who was an inch or two taller than me berate me for “taking” a guy who could’ve dated a taller girl. It was so bizarre. I know plenty of couples where the woman is taller, or where they’re close in height. Many fewer where there’s a big discrepancy. [/quote]

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