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If your legs are short/long, does the same apply to your arms?

33 replies

TheOGCCL · 02/04/2023 23:33

Legs I know what constitutes short but not so sure on arms.

I tend to find sleeves too long and my legs are short so maybe my arms are too?

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Fifthtimelucky · 03/04/2023 13:59

Unfortunately I have short legs and arms.

I get T-Rex jokes too (but only from
my husband).

MavisMcMinty · 03/04/2023 14:03

My arm span is exactly the same as my height, same for my partner, so I’ve always assumed that was a normal arm length.

Florissante · 03/04/2023 14:04

Pubesofsoberness · 03/04/2023 03:04

My arms seem average sized but I have quite short legs and a long body

Same here.

StopFeckingFaffing · 03/04/2023 14:10

I am quite tall (5'9") but my legs are proportionate to my body so longer than average but not disproportionate to my height

My arms are definitely longer than average as blouses and other long sleeved tops are always way too short in the sleeve. I have more trouble with sleeve length than trouser length so think I must have abnormally long arms!

doggypogs · 03/04/2023 14:16

I have very noticeably long legs. People have commented on them a lot but my arms are just plain normal. My sister is an actual orangutang on the other hand. Really short legs very long body and gigantic hand found at the end of extremely long arms.
In defence of her ape like look, I hardly noticed these features but she kept insisting she was an orangutan and had very out of proportion features so we measured her arm stretched out length to body ratio and yep she was an ape.

JorisBonson · 03/04/2023 14:20

I have a 33 inch inside leg and my arms are disproportionately short. I look like a t-rex.

Frlrlrubert · 03/04/2023 15:11

Short arms and long legs here.

I once stood back to back with SIL with arms outstretched. I'm 2 inches taller but her armspan was about 3 inches longer.

EL8888 · 03/04/2023 16:45

Blossomandbee · 03/04/2023 08:55

I have very long legs, they are much longer than my 6'4 DH, and my arms are really long too. It's a pain as I have to buy tall range in nearly everything.

I tried on my 6’3 husbands trousers the other day. He reckoned they would be WAY too long for me. I was 🤔. They were only slightly too long and that’s just as they couldn’t get over my pregnant belly

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