How has your height affected you throughout your life? has it made you more confident/less confident, and why?

[doopayo]

I’m 5”0 and I feel pretty neutral about my height, most people in my family are short so it’s nothing out of the ordinary, I wish I could be taller but there’s nothing you can do to fix genetics or anything you can really do to guarantee height increase

[Lynx122]

I've never really thought about it. I got bullied when I was 12-14 and I only started growing a lot when I was 16-17 so by the time I was tall I was emotionally damaged and I didn't feel confident at all. I've been working through it for a long time, now I do feel pretty confident maybe people do fuck with me less because I'm big but I don't really know. For me it's more about my mental health and working through things that are holding me back I don't think about my height or how it's affecting my life.

[Lynx122]

thanks for MHO :)

[Glasgow55]

I'm 66 now, so my body's starting to shrink. But in my prime, I was 6'2" and have always had broad shoulders, and exercised regularly, so I've always looked pretty big and fit. This has caused lots of shorter, smaller people to be aggressive towards me, and although I'm a pacifist by nature, I've had to defend myself more often than i'd liked. That said though, I'm happy to be the height I am, and was.

[Glasgow55]

Thank you.

[Account]

I have to shorten the vast majority of my clothes and sometimes even x-small shirts do not fit me.

Also, I have to work my way up to the front of a concert, or else I won't see anything.

[Siren777]

5"3 almost meet the average requirement. For some reason I always thought I was average height but now im considered between short & average🤦🏻‍♀️

[doopayo]

Same! Once people started getting growth spurts now all of a sudden I went from being average to short

[Daviddd5412]

Honestly I've never even thought about it. I'm 5'9 though so I guess I'm the average height.

Why do you wish you were taller?

[doopayo]

Most clothes are made for people with average height so clothes won’t fit me because I’m too short and not necessarily cause it’s too big in size. And there are so many clothes that look so good on taller people that I could never pull off cause it just doesn’t go with my height.

[Daviddd5412]

Ah that makes sense I guess

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I earned accolades to prove and support my confidence in myself. I'm only 5'2" and often felt upset at myself for a lack in preferred height but I never felt insecure for being short since I more than made up for it in many other ways.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Nope.
I am just 162cm tall and this usually means discounts on tailored suits.
Plus I'm not afraid of taking on both women and men way taller than me.

[Thatoneasian]

Nope but I don’t feel insecure about my height. In my race I’m above average but I still would like to be taller

[Diversity_Hire]

I'm 6'5" and it's a blessing and a curse. On one hand I can reach the top shelf; on the other hand I hit my head on everything. Add to that a lot of people are intimidated by my size, and that sucks.

[Hanoi_Jane00]

Yeah I'm short too. Funny thing is that I won't date guys under 6ft

[doopayo]

Dang, I could never. Whenever I’m beside a significantly taller guy I just feel like a toddler or something 😭

[Jamie05rhs]

I am an average height, so my height has never had any affect on me whatsoever.

[Lucious22]

It’s always been a confident booster, I am 6,1 and it’s really just been a positive through my life

[msc545]

It has made me less confident, thanks to women who reject anyone under 6' tall.

[bklynbadboy1]

I'm very tall but I love it the only time it really effected me is when I play sports

[Luckycharms12]

Im 5f11 never had any complaints don't want to be bigger or smaller

[Cicero79]

Good things come in small packages.

[NatalieKeller95]

I'm 5'1 and I'm fine with it