5'2" and it really bothers me. Makes finding pants tough in the mens section...hell it was tough even in the ladies.  My hubby is 6'5" and our fiancee is 5'8"......

My dad was 5'8" and my mom is 5'2", my dads mom was only 4' something....so yeah I got screwed. I'm 34 so no chance of growth for me on T.

Quote from: Kurzar on November 11, 2009, 03:58:37 PM
5'2" and it really bothers me. Makes finding pants tough in the mens section...hell it was tough even in the ladies.

You can always shorten a pair of pants. It's easy really, I could show you in 2-3 minutes and you'd never need to worry 'bout length again, can just focus on getting a pair that sits "perfect" width wise.
In my case, no such luck. All the women in my family are "all legs". So I wear a 36/36 in jeans, and that's cutting it as short as I can wear without looking, well, stupid.
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And for you guys that like the girls.
My sister (Just barely under the 6 foot mark, tall blonde who won a Miss Northern Iceland title) is married to a man who's about 5'6. Attraction isn't all about feet and inches.

to be honest I'm not sure how tall I am

I think I am either 5'6 or 5'7 I HOPE, I do with I was taller to pass more, but I think i will be getting taller cause my mom is 5'8 I think, and I have kinda big feet so my parents say that means I will grow more, and maybe T will help

am only 4 "11

I think you shoulda had more of a break up between 5'4 and 5'7
5'4 is very short for a guy and 5'7 is on the short side of average for a guy.

I'm 5'4, but my height does not in any way effect my dysphoria.  I like being short. 

Im 5'4". it does not affect my dysphoria at all, I knew a guy who was 5'3 and I like being a small little man.

5'8" here guess that puts me in the average group.

I just measured, I'm 5'5

so, bummer I thought I was taller, maybe I measured wrong

I'm 5'6", but I'm not done growing yet. I hope to be about the same height as my dad (although it doesn't seem likely); about 5'11".

Quote from: Elijah on November 11, 2009, 07:31:05 PM
I just measured, I'm 5'5

so, bummer I thought I was taller, maybe I measured wrong

Your height also varies during the day. In the mornings you're a bit taller because the cartilage in your knees hasn't compressed like it does throughout the day. Your spine does this too. It resets when you rest.

So you may be 1cm or so taller in the mornings, but lose that during the duration of the day.

If you don't already stand tall, that helps to bring you up to your full height. I know I don't completely because of my chest.

I was 4'11.75" until HRT.  Over the last year and change, I'm now 5'1.66"-ish -- which I was not expecting, based on my age, alone.

As for whether or not being very short (especially for a guy) has affected my own dysphoria?

I've also felt a sort of solidarity with short men.  Always.  My idols as a singer have been Roger Daltrey (5'4"-ish [though he claims 5'5.5", I know this is a crock based on photos of him near doors and certain UK landmarks I know the exact size and dimensions of]), Prince (5'3" -- this has been confirmed by a friend of a friend who's been to his house), Marc Bolan (also 5'3"-ish [though he claimed 5'7" in life -- see Daltrey]).  My father was 5'5" most of his adult life, died closer to 5'4"; his own father was allegedly 5'1" -- so I also come from a fair line of short people.

The only times I wish I were taller is when I realise, for a moment, that I'm not using the top shelves in my kitchen cabinetry. 

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Quote from: Miniar on November 11, 2009, 04:20:21 PM
Attraction isn't all about feet and inches.

Yerah, tell it to the gay guys I try to pick up.

[ba-dum tish ]

Quote from: Cairus on November 11, 2009, 02:05:43 PM
My height really bothers me because I like to take on a dominant/masculine role in relationships, and I feel aesthetically self conscious/ridiculous topping people who are capable of looking down their nose at me ON ACCIDENT due to the sheer height difference. But if I assert myself, I'm trying too hard, and it looks like I'm an angry little dude fuming with Short Man Syndrome.

I'm totally the same way. People expect my fiancee to be masculine and dominant only because she's taller than me (by a foot  )...when in reality she's pretty girly and I'm calling all the shots, so to speak.

I'm 5'7". Sometimes it bothers me, especially since I'm around a few tall cis guys quite often, yet a lot of women are shorter than I am (as well as a lot of cis guys.) Also, I get a wierd sense of joy in knowing that I'm about three inches above the average height for women and three inches below the average height for men - it makes me feel as though I'm perfectly in the middle.

Quote from: J.J. on November 11, 2009, 11:48:11 PM
I'm 5'7". Sometimes it bothers me, especially since I'm around a few tall cis guys quite often, yet a lot of women are shorter than I am (as well as a lot of cis guys.) Also, I get a wierd sense of joy in knowing that I'm about three inches above the average height for women and three inches below the average height for men - it makes me feel as though I'm perfectly in the middle.

Me too, me too.

I remember I was at Micky D's and there was this guy who was shorter than me. But he looked really rugged and manly, and while I'm comfortable with my height, it kind of boosted my ego.

I'm 5'6", and while it bothered me prior to going on T, I don't even think about it anymore. I suppose it used to bug me more when I was married, because my ex-wife was 6'1", but I've seen plenty of guys who are my height or shorter. The only time I really think about it anymore is when I'm around my little brother... he's 7 years younger than me, and 6'5". I got screwed on height. However, my dad is 5'9", my mom 5'7", and my older brother is only 5'7". So perhaps I'm not that bad off, after all.

As for growing once on T, I've never heard of anyone over 22 experiencing that. I started T at 25 and saw everything but my height increase.

SD

Quote from: Sebastien on November 12, 2009, 12:22:19 AMAs for growing once on T, I've never heard of anyone over 22 experiencing that. I started T at 25 and saw everything but my height increase.

I sorta know (from LJ) one guy who started transitioning in his 30s and claims he gained just under an inch in height -- but he's also one of those pagans who will ring bells and start chanting when pagans like myself realise that we're better off going to the doctor, so I take what he says with a grain of salt.  (And yes, he has insurance -- at least as per his LJ, he works for his local uni and has it in his own right, and his partner's job offers domestic partner benefits, as well, and that's his secondary.  He's just a flake who'd rather... well... ring bells and chant cos the "Western medicine" that made it possible for him to transition is apparently good for nothing else. [eyeroll])

Myself?  Twenty-eight, and I've had it confirmed by my doctor that I've gained two inches in this last year.  Now, she points out that not all of it may be HRT-induced, as I had chest surgery first and they were as big as my head (serious), so that's obviouysly relieved some compression -- but at the same time, my feet have gone up a size.  Shoes I bought just eighteen months previous don't fit me anymore, so obviously there's been growth there.

Of course, my gloves still fit, as do my hats (well, not counting the wool fisherman's cap that my room-mate accidentally threw in the washing), so I can hardly say that "everything else" has experienced growth.

Eh, it's half and half when it comes to western medicine. The other stuff does work, but it has to have a balance. You have to know what calls for what kind of treatment. A good mix of both, I say.

I remember Dennis saying he thought he grew on T, but apparently he was just standing taller than before. But I can also see how extra weight could add to the compression.

The only way to know for sure is to check if your growth plates have fused.

Quote from: SilverFang on November 11, 2009, 01:28:44 PM

Or you know. . . there's always makemetaller.org

I can't believe that actually exsists 

I am 5'7" maybe a little taller I don't know for def.

Jay

5'9'' you peeps are making me feel like a giant lol jk
jessica

.... Am I the tallest bloke here?

If this was the Irken Empire I'd be the emperor then