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Dishy Rishi is only 5ft5 !!

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newcarcoming · 03/03/2021 23:36

He's dinky!!

He looks so much taller!!

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PolkadotZebras · 05/03/2021 23:15

Also I thought being just under 5ft makes someone technically a dwarf? Maybe 4'10" from memory. So in that case surely it's obvious that someone like that is very much at the extreme and things will not be designed around what would suit them, unless they have them specifically made to do so. Just like for a giant. That's not just "being short", it's exceptionally short by definition.

DeeCeeCherry · 06/03/2021 04:23

YukoandHiro
@DeeCeeCherry I'm afraid it IS just the same for women, it just doesn't have the romantic bent too it. But it's terrible - constant infantilising and piss taking. I'm sad to say it never stops. I'm 5ft and nearly 40 and even now colleagues will make remarks.
The best thing you can do for your DD is help her feel comfortable in her own skin. Help her find clothes that truly fit even though the cost is much higher. Help her find a way to laugh off the bullshit that will follow her around. My mum just dismissed my concerns and it took me years to accept myself as I am. I think if she'd listened earlier and sympathised it might have happened earlier

I hope none of those stupid people are in your personal life, honestly.

Immediately I knew DD was worried about it, we sat down and had a good chat. & Yes I'd spend more on petite range for her, I made sure of that. Always boosted her.

She's 25 now actually, working in a job she loves, well travelled, and has a lovely fiancé. Her height hasn't impeded her.

Agree, your Mum could have listened to your concerns and reassured you. We need to listen to our children.

This thread is an eye-opener, some people so dismissive of shorter people. I hadn't realised that mindset was quite so rife.

DeeCeeCherry · 06/03/2021 04:33

HerselfIndoors
Thank you for the gratuitous Prince photo😁💜

Short, n sexy af

TheViewFromDownHere · 06/03/2021 06:52

"Never marry a short man - Short Man Syndrome"

Works both ways - "Never marry a woman - Pre Menstrual Syndrome"

Antiquated generalisations aside, I'm a mid-forties man who's about 5'01.

I was offered the growth hormone drug at school but I turned it down because I was and still am happy with who I am. I'd even go so far as to say that being offered it in the first place felt like a back-handed way of bullying by the very adults who were meant to be caring and impartial.

How would you feel if your daughters were offered some breast enhancing wonder-drug 'cos her tits were considered too small at 14?!

Apparently I was "Below average height" - Well don't we all need to be included in that calculation for them to arrive at an "average"?!

With online dating these days, anyone below 5'8 automatically gets rejected in the first round.

And with real-world dating we just get laughed out of town.

Knockbacks range from, at best, a polite "no thank you"... to "ha ha ha that's tiny!" (Yeah - that really happened!)

The only way I'm going to lose my virginity will be to pay someone to take it off me!

But apparently that's frowned upon too!!

On the flip side, I'm glad I'm short...

I read so many threads here about women who are with lazy, feckless, cheating, abusive & controlling "D"H's & "D"P's - So if being tall means I'd have to be a prized arsehole - I think I'd rather remain short and single!

MaMaD1990 · 06/03/2021 07:26

This is hilarious, only yesterday did I ask if I was the only one who found him a bit of a dish! Can't believe he's so tiny, he really doesn't look it on TV!

TheRogueApostrophe · 06/03/2021 08:11

Can't believe he's so tiny, he really doesn't look it on TV

Read the room. Please refrain from referring to a perfectly average sized person as "tiny". You sound ridiculous.

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midsomermurderess · 06/03/2021 09:08

'Read the room!' Ask yourself Rogue, who sounds ridiculous. But grievances have to be found, po-faced pompousness must be expressed.

SaharaSavana · 06/03/2021 09:19

@midsomermurderess

'Read the room!' Ask yourself Rogue, who sounds ridiculous. But grievances have to be found, po-faced pompousness must be expressed.
No, it is you who sounds ridiculous. A 5ft 7 tall man is not ‘tiny’ so stop trying to dehumanise and it is not “po-faced pompousness” to pull you upon it. You sound like an ignorant bully.
TheRogueApostrophe · 06/03/2021 09:32

You got there before me SaharaSavana.

SaharaSavana · 06/03/2021 09:35

@TheRogueApostrophe, Us shorties need all the height we can get Grin.

blackheartsgirl · 06/03/2021 09:36

Theviewfromdownhere

Give me a short man anyday. My dp is 5 foot 4

Its his confidence and the fact he's a lovely bloke that makes him so attractive as well as his looks. He's no pushover .though.

Its a blokes self confidence, self awareness, how they treat others and overall decent behaviour that attracts me to a man not how tall they are or how short or how good looking they are. I fancy my other half like crazy because I liked the look of him plus his personality made me fancy him even more. I'm 5 feet 7

I worked with a man once who was five feet. He was happily married and still is with 2 kids. His wife is a foot taller.

He is very attractive because he looks after himself, is confident and just nice. But christ he knew how to use his gob to stand up for himself in work, he was well respected.

Fgs don't pay anyone to lose your virginity. What an absolute turn off

I also hope some people learn a lesson from this thread

BillMasen · 06/03/2021 10:25

It is about confidence. I’m pretty robust and long ago decided the self deprecating route was the one to go down, so will occasionally joke about being short. I’m confident and assertive, but I know when you’re younger it’s harder and the teasing can impact, and shape how you feel about your height.

I do still have times of feeling like the child when dealing with tall people (men mainly)

CovidKingfisher · 06/03/2021 11:34

Apparently I was "Below average height" - Well don't we all need to be included in that calculation for them to arrive at an "average"?!

Exactly! People talking about shorter men as if it's unusual. To get the average height half of the men are taller than that and half are shorter 🤷‍♀️

Agree about Prince, he certainly had something didn't he?!

TheViewFromDownHere · 06/03/2021 15:48

Knockbacks range from, at best, a polite "no thank you"... to "ha ha ha that's tiny!"

Followed immediately by:

This is hilarious Can't believe he's so tiny

No further questions, your honour!

BillMasen · 06/03/2021 20:17

Believe me that’s at the mild and jovial end of what gets said...

TheViewFromDownHere · 06/03/2021 20:24

@BillMasen

Believe me that’s at the mild and jovial end of what gets said...
Yep - I've had arms & drinks rested on my head before!

Or asked where Snow white & the other 6 are!

FranklinHot · 06/03/2021 21:04

Former Home Secretary Jack Straw is also around that height. I was very surprised when I met him once when he visited my town. He looked much taller on TV.

BLTLover · 06/03/2021 22:23

Jack straw is documented as being 5ft9

YukoandHiro · 07/03/2021 07:33

Oh do royally fuck off @PolkadotZebras - dwarfism isn't defined by being 4ft 10in. It's a disability related to growth hormones. Half of the women of Japan and China would be considered dwarves by your batshit ideas.

Bluesheep8 · 07/03/2021 07:51

Can't believe he's so tiny, he really doesn't look it on TV

Many pages in and people are STILL making derogatory comments about one person's height. Never mind 'read the room' what happened to read and learn? From what earlier posters have said about being cruel and rude, I mean.

sparklefarts · 07/03/2021 07:57

Can we PLEASE change Dishy Rishi to

Fishy Rishi?

Or just Tory Cunt?

Either works

sparklefarts · 07/03/2021 08:11

@sparklefarts

Can we PLEASE change Dishy Rishi to

Fishy Rishi?

Or just Tory Cunt?

Either works

Ok I would like to disclaim that I obv hadn't RTFT before posting this but it had nothing to do with his being height and everything to do with his personality 🤣

Also, this thread has been quite the sad eye opener.

I'm not going to lie, when I was younger I dated a shorter man and I felt a bit embarrassed. But this was due to me feeling fat anyway and so fat and tall I just always felt so aware of how big I felt. It was never about his height personally.

I wonder if this is the issue for a lot of women?

How can we fix this? It's quite shit the effect it then has on shorter guys

WireFan · 07/03/2021 10:12

He's the same height as Sadiq Khan then. Doesn't seem to have held either of them back much.

NewRenovation · 07/03/2021 10:55

@WireFan

He's the same height as Sadiq Khan then. Doesn't seem to have held either of them back much.
So that’s alright, then? You might as well say their skin colour didn’t hold them back. Doesn’t mean many others don’t face daily racism and discrimination. As long as two people make it to the top.

You could argue they’ve had to fight against even more than others to get to the top. Doesn’t make it ok, though.

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