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I’m 5ft1.5 and everyone calls me tiny

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Lolita55 · 04/02/2020 19:18

Is it really that short? I know it’s on the shorter end of adult female height but it’s hardly a midget/dwarf size is it?

My partner is 5ft11 and everyone he knows tells him that about me and people I know often comment it too. I don’t think nearly 5ft2 is all that uncommon. Even average height seems to be only 5ft3 / 5ft4 for women in the UK.

I find a lot of women are only about 1-2 inches taller than me so visually look like the same height as me but even they think I’m tiny.

I am fairly skinny too (on thinner side of healthy BMI) but for some people being thin makes them look taller and I have narrow shoulders and a 28 inch rib cage which is probably adding to the small stature to the point I feel self conscious about it.

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BuzzShitbagBobbly · 05/02/2020 15:23

The only adults I know who use half-inches when asked their height (which itself is not that often) are the ones who make a thing of being short.

By saying "five foot, one and a half inches" it somehow makes you seem shorter than just saying "five foot one"

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 05/02/2020 15:32

Shamazing

I don’t have those vibes of don’t fuck with me. Handy that I can be so deceiving Grin

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