to not want to be called a dwarf?!

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Because I'm not!
Today bumped into a friend (s) and her friend (a)-who I've met socially once or twice, was pushing ds along in the pram and they both waved hello. A booms 'bloody hell! You're SUCH a dwarf! Youre bloody tiny pushing that pram, bit tall for you isnt it!'
Fwiw I'm 5 ft 2. I know I'm small but there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. I fricking hate people commenting on my height, just find it knocks the wind out of my sails and its downright rude.
I was brought up to never comment on someone's appearance unless it was to compliment. I wish is was a rare occurance but it was practically every day through school/uni and about monthly now.

What?! My mum is exactly the same height and in no way is she a dwarf.

Not that theres anything wrong with people who have dwarfism.

In fact your friend is not just insulting you but all those that do have dwarfism! She sounds like an idiot.

Well, that was rude of her! I work with a very petite woman. I'm 5'10" with a tendency to wear heels. I have only commented on her height once, and that was after she said that I made her feel like a child when I stood next to her. I said I felt like a heffalump standing next to her!

Micah, that makes her a twat.

If someone called me a dwarf Id definitely twat them

Instead of saying short I say vertically challenged

I don't mind loved ones and favourite colleagues calling me short stuff/little one/shortie etc because it's done affectionately, it's when complete strangers comment. How rude to comment on a physical attribute to someone you have never met. I usually have a suitable comment, depending who they are.

MIL and DC are the same height (5') and id say neither of them is a dwarf (certainly not 9 year old DC!)

Short, yes, but not a dwarf

I am 5'10" with a broad-shouldered build (and generously norked).

My husband the short shit jokingly calls me the Amazon.

That's OK, my son stands 9" taller than DH, and he isn't finished growing

I'm 4'11" and do not have dwarfism. I have a friend who is 4'9" and not a dwarf either!

I wouldn't be offended, but that might be because I don't see anything wrong with being a dwarf. I'm just under 5'.

I am 5'2 as well.
Affectionately known as the hobbit to friends and family who are all so much taller than me

My DD is 20 years old, and 5ft tall. It doesnt seem to matter so much now that she is older, but when I look back down the years when people thought it was ok to comment about her height in her hearing..then having to tell her to ignore people..then having to deal with her low self-esteem due to stupid comments..it just makes me angry. Id always tell off people who yapped on about her height. Well..her boyfriend is 6ft so I don't suppose he minds her height . Insensitive people get on my last nerve

I think it's offensive not because there is something wrong with people with dwarfism but because it implies that conditions like achondroplasia are just being a bit short. They aren't! It's insulting to suggest that they are. I'd never approach someone with achondroplasia and pretend that I know what it's like to be a dwarf because I don't. I wouldn't like to be called a dwarf because I think it minimises the impact dwarfism has on people's lives.

This is so rude. There was absolutely no need for her to make this comment.

I'm 5ft 1" I get called all sorts but that's because I am a sarcastic pisswitch who gives as good as she gets

I am 5 foot 2 and love being tiny.

My dss are 6 foot 2 like dh and my dds are 5 foot 6/7.

I still rule the bloody roost.

They are jealous op.

I'm 5 foot 2 as well and I've never thought of myself as being short - just "average". This is news to me! I'm also the tallest woman in my office (they are all ridiculously tiny).

If anyone comments on dd1's height I tell them I'm giving her growth inhibitors she needs to be short to be an olympic gymnast :))

Dd2 gets a lot of "oh isn't she tall" comments. She's on the smaller side of her class, the only ones shorter are 6 m younger. She's very slender though so looks proportionally tall. I think I will start saying "oh yes, she needs long levers for when she starts rowing, we're aiming for 2024".

Quite Fuzzy. I'm 4ft 10 but wouldn't presume to know how someone feels who has dwarfism. I'm just a bit short. I work with teenagers and they tower over me, they find it very amusing!

I am 5ft. I love being short, I feel sorry for tall people- all that unnecessary height.

You're not short, you're fun sized.

If it bugs you, I'd tell your friend to knock it off. The thing about teasing friends is that you need to be sure they're ok with it and not sensitive about what you're teasing them about. Appearance is generally off the table.

I'm 5 ft 2 it's not that small! Who cares anyway? Your height isn't a measure of your value as a person . How rude and pathetic of them!

Not only do I think it is downright rude, I think it is nasty and says a lot about the person making comments like that.

I would love to say something like "that comment says far more abut you than it does about me"

I am taller than most of my friends, and all of OH's family, but they are lovely and I don't notice their height.

Right - because being a dwarf, an actual disability - is such an insult?

"Eeew, help!, shriek, harrumph...how DARE you liken me to someone with that disability, it's too awful....!

You need to listen to yourselves. All of you.

A very, very nasty thread.

And not because of the person who started the thread.

Sorry, I meant 'and not because of the person who made the comment'.