To ask how tall you are?

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I'm 5'10 (and a half even) and everywhere I go I feel freakishly tall compared to other women around me.

It's alright though, really!

How tall are you? Do you like being your particular height?

5'4" and quite happy being average! Most of my friends at school were between 5'3" and 5'6" so I just felt I was the right height rather than small or tall. I know lots of taller women these days so I'm on the shorter side of average for younger women, but still fairly middling. I wish my legs were longer and my body shorter though.

5 ft 4 which is a good height for me

6ft 2, have grown (!) to embrace it, hated being tall as a teen though. Desperately wanted to fit in.

5’9. I use to hate being tall and bean pole like as a kid but now I like it. It has advantages.

@BalloonDinosaur I had the same thought as another poster... your 1 year old is nearly 5'3? That's pretty impressive isn't it?

5' 10" and am happy with it (apart from when I go clothes shopping and everything I like is too short in the arms or legs, and the waists on dresses are way above my waistline and sit just under my boobs). Tall clothing ranges are still woefully bad and few and far between, too. I hated my height as a teen as I was 5' 7" by the time I was 13 and all my friends were around 5' 2", but now I don't really feel that tall. It is strange, though, how many people still feel it appropriate to comment when you are a tall women.

I'm 5 ft 8, DH is 6 ft 3, sil is 6 ft and my son is 14 and already 6 ft. I used to hate being tall at school because all my school friends are 5 ft 2 or 3. When I went to university I realised I wasn't that tall, just higher end of average. My sil has never felt really tall, or she's never said so, her husband us 5 ft 6.

5'4.
Was measured at school at 15 and again at a medical at 18 as 5'3 and just assumed that was my height until I was measured at 57 (!) and found I'd gained an inch.
I'm happy with this.

5’10” here too.

I hate shopping. Trousers too short, and not many shoes a size 8 (usually go as far as size 7), so I internet shop now.

Not only that, I’m a 38GG/H in bras

Anyway, I digress, they are slowly closing Long Tall Sally shops. I’m fed up of being tall, it’s not like you can add more material to the bottom of your trousers. ASOS are my hero’s for tall clothes at the minute.

Go to Holland! I’m not exactly freakishly tall (just over 5’7) but I frequently feel tall, especially if I’m wearing heels. Went to Amsterdam and felt positively tiny!

5ft 5, I'm ok with it but wish I had longer legs. 5ft 7 would be perfect as DH is 6ft 5.

5' 7.5" which means that 'regular' trousers are a little bit too short, and 'long' trousers are miles too long. It's a right pain.

5'11" and happy to wear 4" heels.

Love being tall.

5 ft 3 most of my female friends about the same height within a couple of inches which always annoys my how long maxi dresses are and very few for women under 5ft 10. Apart from that and not being great in crowded places I’d rather be my height than tall

5ft 5 inches. I think it's a good height.

5'1". Have always been the shortest within social groups and workplaces.
I was described as "dinky" once which made me feel like a Shetland pony .

5 ft and a bit ive heard all the short jokes in the world its boring and crap being so small

I expected my DDs to be v tall as DH 6ft 5 and I'm 5ft 5 and taller than DM but at 17 DD is still 5ft4. Don't think she'll grow now. Anyone grow much taller after 17?

4'11" I know I'm short and I hate it every day is a battle with something, I have a 6'2" boyfriend and we both get neck ache!

I'm 5'2.

I'm quite happy the size I am, but finding jeans that fit is a pain, and if I was bigger, I could eat more, which would be nice.

I’m 5’11, so i’m well over 6ft in my heels which makes me taller than DP . Fortunately, he isn’t a pathetic insecure tosser, so he’s fine about this.

I travel quite a bit, and it’s interesting how my height makes me stand out in some places, but not in others. In southern Spain, southern Italy or Greece I feel like a freak or a different species. In northern Germany or the Scandinavian countries, if feel normal.

Strange thing about me is that my feet aren't that far above average (nat that I know what average is for feet) at 6.5. I can never find a 6.5 though so have to go for a 7 (or 6) instead.

Yep Scandi countries make me feel small & others make you feel like a giant.

Not so much of an issue now but it was a pain in my 20s that high street dresses & skirts were indecent.

Husband is 6.2 but I would of preferred 6.4/5.

Apparently sons will always be taller than their mums.

5ft 4.
I used to want to be taller but like being a wee person now.

Dipitydoda, Wallis do petite maxi dresses, I’ve had a couple of nice ones from there. As said upthread I am 5ft 1.5in, but have long legs and a short body so often find petite ranges are wrongly proportioned but sleeves and trousers are too long in normal ranges. Also difficult to find shirts that sit at the right length - knee or just above. I have thick ankles and look frumpy in midi length skirts.

Obvious from this thread that tall is desirable and short is not .