People who are tall: Do you consider all people who are shorter than you to be "short," or could you also consider them to be tall, too?

Five-foot-eight guys when they meet six-foot-tall women...

"Well, you shouldnt have stopped at five-foot-nine then, little guy." — "Well, you shouldn't have stopped at five-foot-nine then, little guy."

His two sisters are six feet tall and the dad is 66". What happened to him? — His two sisters are six feet tall and the dad is 6'6". What happened to him?

"Almost made it, sport. Just two or three more inches..."

FOR WOMEN 5'9" AND ABOVE AND MEN 6'1" AND ABOVE...

If you had an adult who was the same gender as you, and much shorter than you, would you consider them and all others else like them to be "short"? Or can they also still be tall?

For example, can a 6'1" woman think of a 5'11" guy as being "tall" as well, or is he just short? Can a 6'6" guy think of a 5'10" lady as being legitimately "tall", or would he just think she's "tall for a girl (but not actually tall)?"

I'm a manlet myself (only 71"); I LOATHE it beyond all words, and have had two tall women (three if you count my late ex) paradoxically not consider me to be "short," even though they are all taller than me. I once met a beautiful, gorgeous blonde 6'6" (197 cm) college volleyball player. Her boyfriend was 6'0.5" (184 cm) tall. We were talking and I brought up how envious I was of her height. She was like: "You're not short! No, you're a good height! You're one of us [tall people]; don't worry about it!" That was like, five years ago, on the 4th of July. I'm still confused about it, to this day.

Like, I seriously CAN'T understand that! Even if they say "you're above average," that's still not "tall." That just means "average" guys in the country I'm from are even f*cking TINIER than I am! Like ant-boys. Two largest ethnicities of American men, white and black, seem to be more like 6'1" on "average," but the short Asian and Mexican men, who are usually like 5'7", bring down the national average to be 5'10".

Like, help me understand. Can someone you tower over still be considered "tall" to you? Especially if you're a woman, referring to a guy. Or, are you like me and just see anyone shorter or taller than you as subjectively short or tall.

A_Bell

Yoda Age: 29

I can see that some people are tall. I actually think that I am shorter than I am because most women around me, are a half a foot shorter than me.

I am usually shocked to see me and a group in the reflection of a window or mirror and see that my entire head in over them. Maybe that's part of the reason I prefer to be around men.

That said, I don't think men under 6 feet are tall and for women like 5-8"