My height makes me sad

[eyesk8rboi]

I think this all goes back to the pre-conceived gender norms that are bread into us. I always looked at height as a masculine trait.....

I'm about 5'5" - 5'6" and fully grown and my mother, both of my aunts and my grandmother are all taller than me.....
I always hated the idea of being such a short man....Then I see men short than me and remember that when I was in high school I was taller than most of the boys and they kinda never got any taller....Soooooo.

It also helps to date adorable short girls.   

[Vincent Johnson]

Dude, I know the feeling. I'm literally only 4'10    -_-

Doesn't help that my friend is 6'2 - 6'3 and is 2 years younger than me, so the size difference is extremely obvious. I'm more upset that my shoulders won't seem to broaden out, so I kind of look like a newborn colt when it comes to proportions...

[WolfNightV4X1]

I actually passed by a short man the other day at work. Like really short, he was shorter than me and I'm 5'4. I'm sure he was probably trans but he passed well, had facial hair and muscular tone and everything, and nobody who wasn't looking too deeply would suspect he was trans if he was.

It was cool to see because you know even as a napoleon man I dont think people would bat an eyelash at him not being a man.

[MissKairi]

A short guy is belittled, a tall girl is scary.

yeah it bloody sucks

[eyesk8rboi]

Dude, I know the feeling. I'm literally only 4'10    -_-

Doesn't help that my friend is 6'2 - 6'3 and is 2 years younger than me, so the size difference is extremely obvious. I'm more upset that my shoulders won't seem to broaden out, so I kind of look like a newborn colt when it comes to proportions...

[MeTony]

I know 3 guys that are shorter than me. I'm just 163 cm (5'3). Guys come in all sizes. These guys have had the same problems as you. They have not been taken seriously and not their age.

I count as a short guy, but if you show confidence and feel one with yourself, others will pick that up and treat you like a grown up. If you are uneasy or uncomfortable people will pick that up and act on that.

People are people. They act on gut feeling. If you look nervous in a store, they might think of you as a shoplifter or that something else is wrong. I know, I do the same.

Confidence can come with age, it did for me. You can also act confident.

[invisiblemonsters]

i'm 5'2" and just finished my training to be a firefighter. there were a lot of dudes who you would expect to be a firefighter..you know, tall and built. i had no issues keeping up with them at all. i did everything they could do and my height did not stop me. i was definitely one of the shorter people (that includes some women i know) but no one said anything to me about my height or thought i couldn't do what they could. i actually get more comments about my height at my job then i do doing anything else. generally because i lift heavy things and people don't expect me to be able to.

my height used to bug me, especially before i started passing. growing facial hair helped a lot but doing firefighting, i couldn't grow facial hair so i was constantly on that baby face time but people just assumed i was like 18 instead of 26. in the end, being short doesn't matter and you really do need to be confident. i know it is hard to say that because it's like there is so much dysphoria involved and how others are your height or shorter etc and it doesn't really make you feel better. you just have to realize it isn't something you can change and most people don't care.