I used to think I was at least 5'6", but recently discovered that I'm 5'4"...  It kinda sucks, but I have met men shorter than me so I guess it's not all that bad... However it's still been bothering me since I found out...

I was wondering, how tall are you guys? For those of you who are short, how do you deal with it? Sorry if this has already been discussed. ^_^;

I deal with it by the fact that gender is a thing you can 'easily' change. Height isn't.

I'm 5'3"ish, I used to be small as a girl, I'm even smaller as a guy. Especially here in the Netherlands, people are bloody tall here!

I'm about 5'3" or at least I was last time I checked which was a while ago. But I've never had a problem with height. My best friend as little kid, who was a boy, was really short. And I've always kinda wanted to be short, even though I'm not. But that's because my dad is really tall and somehow I've luckily seem to have gotten some of that DNA. But who knows, maybe I'm done growing and won't get much taller? Then I'll definitely be considered short when I'm older.

just got measured at the doc, I'm 5' 6.5" (with vans on thats a really short shoe)

I deal with it by embracing it, and joking about it.. like at work when a coworker was trying to reach something and I said "I really would lend you a hand but I'm to short to reach it either"(har har im a short guy who admits it)

Using humor sounds like a great way to deal with it. 

I'm a little worried about being made fun of for it though. I was teased in school so much that I dropped out... But maybe if I make fun of myself before anyone else can, it wont be too big of a deal. 

Count your blessings - I'm a 6'3" trans woman (I stood out uncomfortably in a crowd even when I still looked like a man) with multiple scalp scars from banging my head on door frames .

Not making light of your height, just empathising from the other direction .

I'm almost 5'8" so it's not a problem for me. I'll never be considered tall for a guy but it's the lower end of average, and no one thinks anything of it.

Side-note: there's a guy in my English class who's about 25 years old and under 5' tall. 

@ Padma; I'm sorry to hear that. I hadn't thought of how it must be for some trans-women...

But you know, you have to be a tall woman to be a supermodel. I'm sure there are alot of aspiring models that would kill to be your height.   

Quote from: .Alexander on September 16, 2011, 05:36:42 AM
@ Padma; I'm sorry to hear that. I hadn't thought of how it must be for some trans-women...

But you know, you have to be a tall woman to be a supermodel. I'm sure there are alot of aspiring models that would kill to be your height.   

Oh, don't let me hijack this topic - I'd just kill for smaller feet! Anyway, it doesn't matter what your height is, if you're hot you're hot . Wiry, compact men are very tasty...

It's actually possible that you shrunk a couple inches from poor posture and not stretching . I know when I was working on it I was 5'5 at the end of the day but now I'm 5'4 at the end of the day. I hate being short, it bothers me alot.

Quote from: .Alexander on September 16, 2011, 05:04:59 AM
But maybe if I make fun of myself before anyone else can, it wont be too big of a deal. 

yep, thats what I learned from joey of full house lol

I love sexy short men! My boyfriend is 5'4 and he's a genetic male. Don't worry about it.

From the excellent blog, http://->-bleeped-<-yeahshortguys.tumblr.com/



Short=hawt. Those tall awkward guys are all just jealous of ya.



Elijah Wood, who is drop-dead gorgeous, is about 5'5" and describes himself as "a little guy."

im 5'8" or 5'9" im taller then almost all my family on my moms side she is 5'9" (she might have shrunk because im taller then her now) and the second tallest. so im taller then my moms 4 sisters and one of her brothers. my dad is 6'2" everyone on my dads side is taller then me besides his mom and i think im around the hight of one of my uncles. even though im taller then the average genetic females, my hight still bothers me. most of my guy friends are much taller then me and only the short ones are my hight. im happy that im taller then all the girls im friends with besides one.

I'm 5'10" and I never thought of it as a problem until I got a girlfriend who's already almost 6' and LOVES to wear heels when we go out.... *sigh*

Quote from: Wolfsnake on September 16, 2011, 01:14:58 PM


From the excellent blog, http://->-bleeped-<-yeahshortguys.tumblr.com/



Short=hawt. Those tall awkward guys are all just jealous of ya.



Elijah Wood, who is drop-dead gorgeous, is about 5'5" and describes himself as "a little guy."

yes to this post, Elijah wood is so hot, and so is Daniel Radcliffe.

i'm 5'7 and it doesn't bother me. confidence is key man! plenty of short cisguys out there

Yes, count your blessings. I'm 5'1.

I'm 5'3" and it bothers me a little because I want to get back into theatre and musical theatre, and in onstage pairings between girls and guys they usually like the guy to be taller than the girl. So it might be harder for me to be cast as a male lead because I won't be taller than the female lead unless she's really short.

Quote from: Jeh on September 16, 2011, 04:39:41 PM
I'm 5'3" and it bothers me a little because I want to get back into theatre and musical theatre, and in onstage pairings between girls and guys they usually like the guy to be taller than the girl. So it might be harder for me to be cast as a male lead because I won't be taller than the female lead unless she's really short.

would they let you ware lifts on stage?