Vertically Challenged

Kevin · #1 06-12-2002, 08:07 PM

I guess you'd call me 'average'. I'm 5'7" but it sometimes feels like a lot less.

I work on the school's news program and sometimes get to anchor.

They had me sit on 2 telephone books today so I'd look about as tall as the other anchor.

I felt like I was about to slide out of my chair.

Anyone else have difficulty with their height?

DeltAlum · #2 06-12-2002, 08:47 PM

You remind me of a very funny situation that happened over 25 years ago at a very big top 10 market TV station where I was a director.

The anchors of the 11:00 PM News really didn't like each other. Their names shall forever remain a secret.

One night, the woman anchor brought in a seat cushion so she could look as tall as the man. The next night, he brought one in. The next night, she brought two.

I don't think it ever went past three each, but it was absolutely one of the funniest things I've ever seen among "professionals."

josh8o · #3 06-12-2002, 08:47 PM

hey, up until i was a sophomore in high school i was the short chubby kid...now I'm just kinda normal and really skinny...lol
I'm 5'8" and deal with the same thing. everyone is taller or bigger than me. i remember one formal i went to...my date was taller than me without her shoes on, so when we took pictures i stood up as straight as i could, raised my head up as high as possible to look taller, and she slouched so she wouldn't look as tall.

SigmaChiCard · #4 06-12-2002, 09:35 PM

Hell Yeah
Short people shall nherit the earth.
It's odd, because I really like being short for a number of completely peculiar reasons....1) Any of my big buddis would back me up because I'm smaller than most guys and I feel like the mafia leader typ guy that can be small and talk all the shit I want becuse my thuggs won't let shit happen (though I don't) and 2) because people think it's funny when they're like.."he looks like Tom Cruise....andhe's short like him too"

I'm DRUNK

but I love my vertical blessing a my 5'7" stance and if a girl is taller than me, so be it...though I'm lying an my junior prom photo my date took off her shoes

aephi alum · #5 06-12-2002, 10:18 PM

Allow a vertically challenged female to weigh in!

I'm 5'2" and have to hem EVERY pair of pants I buy... but luckily I've found some nice comfortable high-heeled shoes and boots so that I don't look too short.

I once rented a car and got a free upgrade to "premium" class - Buick Park Avenue. This car is a *boat*. I brought the seat all the way forward and could still hardly reach the pedals... gimme my itty bitty Acura any day

lifesaver · #6 06-12-2002, 10:29 PM

I'm 5' 9 1/2". I hate it. I wish I was 5'11" or taller. We have a brother who is 5'5" AT most, but the cool part is that he doesnt have the little guy syndrome, 'cept for that firm ass handshake. He had the goofy haircut and really round glasses, so naturally his nickname became Millhouse. hahahha Gotta love the chapter nicknaming process.

#7 06-12-2002, 10:35 PM

At 5'2 I sometimes wish that I was 2-3 inches taller (hey I stilll have a chance, according to doctors now you can stop growing at the age of 25). This is mostly when like AEPhi Alum said,you shop around for pants. I hem now, but before i just use to cut and do the fringe thing. Plus some short length pants are even too long, or the shrink too much in the leg when you dry them. Other then that Im pretty happy with it.
Its kind of amsuing sometimes, because I work as a sociotherpist in a children's group home (home for kids sexually, mentally and physicaly abused etc.) and a lot of the clients (kids) and staff think that I am a client when I go to the different buildings up there.

stillwater15 · #8 06-12-2002, 11:07 PM

i'm 5'5" and always wanted to be 5'10". for as long as i can remember, i've thought that tall men (6'3" +) and women (5'10" +) had a certain sex appeal to them. there is something about being short that i just don't like.

amycat412 · #9 06-12-2002, 11:10 PM

sort of off topic, but...

one of my best friends is 5'1 1/2. I am 5'9. She NEVER wears heels. I ALWAYS wear heels. We look ridiculous together.

When we were in the Caribbean a couple of years ago, we were getting ready to go out and she couldn't find anything to wear, being largely unhappy with what she'd packed.

Well, you'd think she'd be out of luck, right?

I tossed her a pair of denim capris of mine with the fabric on the bottom that was oh so hot a few years ago.

On me they are not quite mid calf length.

On my friend, they were regular full length pants.

I found it so funny, I fell off the bed laughing.

But it went the other way too--she had a skirt she considered too short for HER petite little self. So she gave it to me. I wear it all the time.

Amy

winnieb · #10 06-12-2002, 11:54 PM

I also am vertically challenged-- I am 5'3"--I am below average height--but it is very noticable when I am with my husband--who is very much above average height at 7foot tall- (yes that is SEVEN FOOT)!!!
We look like freaks together--there is a 21" height difference between us.
My husband still does not comprehend how short I am and how tall he is. We will be out somewhere and he will point to something up ahead--I will tell him I cannot see it--he keeps pointing and turning my head in the right direction--after having him squat to my level he realizes I never see anything beyond people's backs.
If you are interested in seeing our huge height difference--you can view our wedding pics at:

http://www.geocities.com/bru_family/wands.html

The best man in the pics is 6'6" and my maid of honor is about 5'4"

-Wendi

Rudey · #11 06-13-2002, 12:50 AM

Ok yeah so I wish I was taller than 5'7''. But this means nothing to me. I can wish for money. I can wish for happiness. I can wish for a big house with a wonderful family and a nice Porsche in the garage. Well I can get all that. However, I cannot change my height unless I were to fly to Russia to have surgery very similar to the one done in the movie "Gattica". And that is not what I want. So for now I will remember that I am a package. And overall, I think I'm very lucky to be the package that I am.

AlphaGam-Alum...the pictures were really funny.

-Rudey

DeltAlum · #12 06-13-2002, 12:55 AM

I'm not sure what it is about tall men and tiny women, but I've known at least two guys who were 6'4" and married women who were 4'9".

What was very cool, though, was when I asked one of the women why she married such a big guy and she, without blinking an eye, said, "We're both the same height in bed!"

I love it.

Peaches-n-Cream · #13 06-13-2002, 01:00 AM

I'm 5'9" and my sister is 5'2". Somehow she has had a series of 6' + boyfriends. It's so unfair. I need the tall ones because the short guys never want me. When they ask me to dance and I stand up, these guys look frightened.

RubberSoul · #14 06-13-2002, 01:32 AM

Well for you guys who think you're so short, take heart. I can't stand it if a guy looms over me. Mr. Soul is only 5' 10 1/2 or maybe 5' 11 and that's just fine for me. He's a big guy, so he dwarfs me anyway, but I'm 5'8 so it is a nice height. As long as a guy wasn't obviously shorter (like over an inch shorter) than me I was fine with it. There are a lot of things WAY more important than how tall a guy is!!!!!!

AOX81 · #15 06-13-2002, 12:10 PM

I'm 5'4" and I'm happy with my height. I almost always wear shoes with at least a 2" heel. My ex-boyfriend was the same height as me but when I put shoes on I was taller than him. Neither of us minded. It was kind of nice to NOT have to crank my head and neck back to kiss him.

Plus, I think short guys are cute