To think being short is mostly rubbish!

Not rtft so am sure someone else has said it, but what the chat about ‘a fatty’, not enjoying that turn of phrase at all. Otherwise, as you were. Sorry for your troubles.

I'm 5 ft2 and like it this way but I may have felt differently if I'd been shorter.

Also too scared to use a drive through incase I can’t reach to pay/take the food!

I specifically told the builder that I am 5 foot 1 and he is six foot and pointed to the preferred mirror placement. I also told the electrician. And still they fucked up. Yes they moved it but never filled in the holes 🙃🤡

I’m 5’ 0.5” and it doesn’t really bother me. I don’t like it when I take my shoes off and people say “Ooh aren’t you small” and occasionally a taller person will think they’re superior. I’ve got a small camper van and I can almost stand up in it without putting the pop top up! I am petite though so i guess from a distance I don’t look short and I love my size 36 feet.

I can only eat 900 calories now (as a short AND menopausal woman) without putting weight on

That's insanely hard and my choice is either weight loss injections forever or being fat 🤷‍♀️

5ft 6.5 here and always wanted to be shorter! Dh also not very tall so don't really wear heels :-(
My children are petite, my ds especially hates it.

Just so shit isn't it 😶

That’s insane! We are just as entitled to the tall men as the tall women. Just as they are just as entitled to the shorter men. Why so much of a hoohar from the taller ladies it’s a bit juvenile 🤔😵‍💫 like if your 5’4 or under you will not exceed a maximum height limit of 5’11 for your partner 🫤 eh 🤔

I heard Scott Mills saying you should take a pair of tongs to get car park tickets out and I've seriously thought about it! 🤣🤣

I was speaking on a conference panel once and the setup was ‘bar stools on stage’ - I struggled to get up very inelegantly, and had to sit perched on the edge to be able to have one foot reach the foot rest.

What about - not being able to open/use communal bins! There’s no chance I can lift the lid high enough with one hand to chuck the bag in with the other!

and - not being able to reach the ticket machine at the car park barrier 😫

I'm 4'10" and agree to a point!
But I'm a runner and although I do more steps I don't feel at a disadvantage there.

The worst things for me are

• Clothes - even petite is too long

• I'm size 8 and a healthy bmi but I look like a chunk

• DC friends telling me they're bigger than me when they're 8 or 9...yes I know, you're excited you're taller than a grown up buy it's pretty tedious when the 20th one tells you (and I'm short, not unobservant!!)

• mirrors or shop counters being at eye level

• being ignored/overlooked

• being at armpit level on the tube in hot weather!! 🤢

But benefits are more space on trains and planes 😊

I am 5' 1" and you can guarantee that if I go to a gig or a festival that the 6ft plus blokes flock to stand in front of me! I am sure that they see the short people and do it on purpose.

I was granted the wonderful nickname of Scrappy Doo in a previous workplace 😡

I have eaten too much over the last week so need to reduce again now

4ft 9.5 here.

Really feel the being treated younger, even when working in a senior job.

Still being ID’d at 36.

My maintenance calories are 1300 so needing to lose weight, I can only eat 1000 a day and that’s still only half a pound a week 😭😭😭

@DaemonMoon I think it's the spine and cartilage compressing due to old age and osteoporosis. Not sure you can stop it really. Mum also now has a curvature which doesn't help.

I can’t see that anyone has mentioned one of the main advantages of being small is that your clothes and shoes take up much less space in a case.
My sons are are all 6’+ with big feet, and a flight bag is full with far fewer items than my bag. Thier jeans and jackets and trainers take up so much space!
Theatre and plane seats are really problematic for them, whereas it’s not an issue for me unless I’m standing at a concert.
Food bills are cheaper if you are smaller, because you need less.
Other than that, I think its easier to be tall.

everyone else seems so tall too. I was always one of the smallest at school but didn't feel incredibly conspicuous but all my kids/their friends tower above me, and younger colleagues are all so much taller than me. I spend my life looking up at people!

I feel exactly the same and i’m so 4ft 11. I’ve just eaten a whole lot of biscuits and now massively regretting it as I’ve gone way over my calorie limit for the day. If as nightmare trying to eat anything as you say, boom you’re well over the target and losing weight isn’t easy.

I’m also fed up with the lack of respect and short jokes. I’m in my thirties and thought the jokes would have passed in high school but nope, I even get them when I take my dd to her toddler classes.

I think there's only one isn't there

I didn't even take it seriously

Yes! Thank you for this post!

5'0 here with disproportionately short legs.

People talking to you like you're 12 is the worst thing...

Dangling feet in seats is a daily irritation - feel like I'm never comfortable on transport or at the theatre or even in a dining chair and I've had loads of back problems because of it.

Crowds are hideous - standing at gigs is horribly claustrophobic especially when surrounded by blokes. Someone once used my head as a stand for their newspaper on a crowded tube (it was the Financial Times for the record).

Also - longsightedness is much worse as you're always too close to whatever you're trying to see (eg dinner!)

Definitely feel I've had more sexual harassment etc as I'm an easy target.

Yep - I feel your pain re cars, clothes and calories too.

I guess there are some upsides but lots of disadvantages for sure.

Thanks for the solidarity, fellow petites!

The five foot five people on this thread complaining about being short are pissing me off.