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Dishy Rishi is only 5ft5 !!

455 replies

newcarcoming · 03/03/2021 23:36

He's dinky!!

He looks so much taller!!

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Wondermule · 04/03/2021 16:09

@CovidKingfisher

Let’s mock him for his ethnicity shall we? Ffs.

No one is doing this though, are they? Ffs

But what is the difference? Would you mock someone for their ethnicity, another physical aspect that they cannot choose?
killickthere · 04/03/2021 16:12

@kooked

Its a no from me. He's not Dishy in the slightest, he's a Tory ffs. He could be the most aesthetically pleasing man on the whole planet ... unfortunately personality and credibility are big things to me.
As she put it....
WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 04/03/2021 16:22

@Ylfa

The whole premise of the OP is pretty racist isn’t it?
Racist?

Jesus, how many knots did you have to tie yourself in to come up with that??

🤦🏻‍♀️

GreenSlide · 04/03/2021 16:24

@Wondermule

I love the ‘assumption’ on here that any man in power must be exactly 6ft 🙄 when average is something like 5’9.

How dare they not be the tall dreamboat of some random mumsnetter’s imaginings?!

I challenge anyone posting mocking remarks to upload a full length photo of themselves for comments, because they can clearly take what they give out.

I don't think it's that. Sunak just looks really tall on the telly.
BillMasen · 04/03/2021 16:27

And yet again we have a thread where some poster think it’s ok to laugh as shorter men. A frequent occurrence on here (although there are a lot of poster calling this out)

How are any of the below acceptable?

Never marry a short man
Bet he buys from the school uniform section
He’s dinky
Wonder if he has short man syndrome
He looks weak
He’s a bit of a borrower
He’s pass through the eye of a needle

It can be tough being shorted, and the above are pretty typical. You get it from colleagues, dates, friends, strangers.

Parkperson · 04/03/2021 16:29

I agree that many comments on here border on being racist.
Rishi's ethnicity is Indian and he is above the height for the average Indian man. He cannot help his height which is due to his ethnicity. It is a bit like mocking black hair and black hairstyles. I hoped we had moved on from that kind of discrimination. Apparently not, on Mumsnet

stairway · 04/03/2021 16:30

As a smaller than average person, I really don’t understand the obsession with height.

GreenlandTheMovie · 04/03/2021 16:32

@Parkperson

I agree that many comments on here border on being racist. Rishi's ethnicity is Indian and he is above the height for the average Indian man. He cannot help his height which is due to his ethnicity. It is a bit like mocking black hair and black hairstyles. I hoped we had moved on from that kind of discrimination. Apparently not, on Mumsnet
I'm short.

I'm white.

I've been mocked and insulted for my lack of height.

This is not a racist issue.

Oblomov21 · 04/03/2021 16:33

Bet this thread gets deleted.
I'm very short and height doesn't bother me.

Wondermule · 04/03/2021 16:33

@Parkperson

I agree that many comments on here border on being racist. Rishi's ethnicity is Indian and he is above the height for the average Indian man. He cannot help his height which is due to his ethnicity. It is a bit like mocking black hair and black hairstyles. I hoped we had moved on from that kind of discrimination. Apparently not, on Mumsnet
Quite. It’s really depressing how certain aspects of a persons appearance are off limits (and rightly so), yet others are completely fair game. There is no justification for mocking somebody’s immutable physical characteristics.

Just look how mad mumsnet went when the covid obesity thread started 🙄 ‘shaming’ ‘bullying’ and ‘oh do fuck offs’ ‘goady as fuck’ everywhere. Yet a thread started to mock a man about his height (and face it, that’s why this thread has been started, it wasn’t going to descend into a discussion about relativity on screens was it?) and everyone takes delight in making nasty comments.

Couldn’t make it up could you?

WentworthPrison · 04/03/2021 16:34

I'm really short. Some of these comments are disgraceful.

BillMasen · 04/03/2021 16:35

@WentworthPrison

I'm really short. Some of these comments are disgraceful.
But broadly accepted on here and in society, and if you object then you are the one with the “short man problem”
CandyLeBonBon · 04/03/2021 16:39

@Bluesheep8

You think it's not ok to be told that people shouldn't marry you if you're short? We're you a mean girl in school? It sounds like you were

It wasn't the OP who said that.

No. I realise that. Although the OP has sneered and the idea that these judgements could be considered offensive, by using the term 'professionally offended', so I don't think she's quite as innocent as you might think.

Mumsnet being what it is, it doesn't take a genius to work out that a thread like this is a dog whistle to all the mean girls.

Woebegonad · 04/03/2021 16:40

Never marry a short man

What utter crap.

Never marry a pig-thick, shallow and superficial woman who thinks that physical characteristics over which no one has any control are somehow correlated with suitability as marriage partners, more like.

stairway · 04/03/2021 16:43

Height can of course be linked to ethnicity , if you look at average height per country the difference can be quite a lot. Hopefully one day society will move on from mocking people based on their physical characteristics.

Bluesheep8 · 04/03/2021 16:45

Mumsnet being what it is, it doesn't take a genius to work out that a thread like this is a dog whistle to all the mean girls.

Well yes, when you put it like that....

RickiTarr · 04/03/2021 16:46

Who is this..So clueless!!

Sorry @Seasthedaytoday - that was the scrumptious Tom Hollander

Seasthedaytoday · 04/03/2021 16:47

@RickiTarr

Who is this..So clueless!!

Sorry @Seasthedaytoday - that was the scrumptious Tom Hollander

Ooh, I've never heard of him but he is very nice ;-)
Parkperson · 04/03/2021 16:47

Exactly @stairway. Height is linked to ethnicity and this thread is really distasteful.

Amanduh · 04/03/2021 16:48

Well if he’s shorter because of his ethnicity how isn’t that mocking him for it? Hmm also would you mock someone over their hair colour? Or skin? It’s the same thing. Something he has no control over and is the way he is made.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 04/03/2021 16:52

@Bobkitten

Thanks to those who have made nice comments about my son.

I wonder if some of the others on this thread would be willing to make similar comments (“borrower” / “puny”, etc) directly to my child’s face?

This is a young person who is kind, funny, compassionate, smart and thoughtful. He loves animals. He has a lot to offer the world. Oh, and he’s also short and likely to be a short adult - which apparently for some of you means you can dismiss all the rest, because by default he is no longer ‘manly.’

My boy’s learned throughout his years in primary to rip the piss out of his own height, in order to ‘own’ those comments, so that others making them have no power over him. I feel sad he feels he has to do this. He is reasonably popular and confident, but I expect some of you would argue that’s a sign of ‘short man syndrome.’

@Bobkitten

My family ate all short, I'm barely 5ft and my parents are on the short side of average. My Dad had a big personality (and well built/fit) , so never seemed short/small.

My brother was small when he was young, but he's now 6ft 5" and built like a brick outhouse. With me & my parents he looked properly out of place 🤣. He was definitely my Dads (he's so like him, just much taller!). I think the height is from a great grandad.

Your DS might grow like my brother.
He may not, like my Dad.

Hopefully he'll be happy in life whatever!

ExcusesAndAccusations · 04/03/2021 16:53

Tom Hollander is a talented actor but I think he’s a bit niche as a crush - that phot is quite flattering.

Kit Harrington is somewhere between 5’6” and 5’8”, probably the former. He definitely counts as a shorter crush.

Dashel · 04/03/2021 16:56

My DH is called little my his boss who is probably only 5 inches taller than him. I don’t get it, he isn’t particularly short but it’s a constant joke about his height. He has to take in good grace as it’s his boss, but it’s rude and unnecessary and after two years of it, it does annoys him, but I think that’s fair. The joke has worn thin.

He has a good job, works hard, has had a promotion and was selected for it by this boss. He has great feedback but then it gets added on, you did great at X task ....for a short arse.

He doesn’t have any small man syndrome, he’s calm, contentious and doesn’t have temper issues (apart from muttering loudly at the tv about how Game of Thrones ended). His ex was very tall and was taller than him, he never cared, if I had stilettos on, then I would be taller than him and he doesn’t care. When his mum suggested I wear flats for the wedding so I would be shorter, he told her not to be silly and it didn’t matter.

We shouldn’t be judging people on their height, it’s impossible to change and it really doesn’t matter.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 04/03/2021 16:56

@newcarcoming
@chillibeansauce

Hmmm clearly when I've seen him, he hasn't been standing near anyone else.

Bring very slim clearly helps you look much taller. I'm barely 5ft, I look shorter 😂

LongTimeMammaBear · 04/03/2021 16:57

Good things come in small packages

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