Are you happy with your height?

@nangayo (2291)
Nairobi, Kenya
November 8, 2017 1:03am CST
Good morning my lotters. I am a lady tall in height and I work in a law firm. One of my colleagues a lawyer in profession is so possessed with my height that everyday she compares her height with mine. She has tried different high heeled shoes as high as 1 inch to reach my height to no avail. I always joke with her "Let the rain rain on you and you will get much taller". Has your height ever been an issue to you. Has tallness or shortness ever bothered you? I believe most of us height comes from the family.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
I have two sisters who claim to be only 5'11 3/4". One of them writes here on myLot. I'm quite happy to be just as smidgen over 6'5". My oldest son is 6'5 1/2". My youngest will likely be taller when he finishes growing as well. My wife is only 5'8" but is as tall as the tallest man on her side of the family. I have an adult friend at work who is only 4'9" and I thought she was short till I met her mother who looks to be several inches shorter yet. They're both adorable.
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• Canada
8 Nov 17
@nangayo We are tall people but we don't generally spend a lot of time thinking about it.
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• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@koopharper sometimes it can be uncomfortable/awkward in public transportation
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
I guess you have tall people in the family.
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 17
I have to accept and be happy with the current condition. My daughters are taller than their mom.
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 17
@nangayo I reckon so.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
I am also taller than almost everyone in the family and my daughters are all tall too. I guess we have the genes of tallness.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
8 Nov 17
My height is fine by me eventhough my working friends teased me sometimes that if I could only have an extra 2 more inches taller then I can apply for a beauty pageant thing but I really don`t mind as long as I know I carried myself good
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• Germany
8 Nov 17
@hereandthere Are you also teased like that?
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• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@m_audrey6788 yup, which is annoying for someone who avoids attention.
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• Philippines
8 Nov 17
i remember in the past, it's either beauty queen or stewardess
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
I'm just fractions of an inch short to be 5'9"" and I had always been comfortable, grateful and happy with what God gave me
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Wow that's a good height.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
I am the short one in our family. My parents were both four inches taller than me. My seven siblings were all 4-10 inches taller than me. My husband is 7 inches taller...my children from 1-9 inches taller. By now you've come to the conclusion that I am short. When I'm with family...I feel short. I am in fact 5' 7.5" tall. I wear heels...up to 4". I carry myself with pride.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
@nangayo I wore those heels to my daughter's wedding. I could run with those heels.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Wow at least you are proud of your height. I cannot imagine wearing heels up to 4" i don't think i would be able to even walk a meter. Congratulations on that one.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
@Morleyhunt Incredible running with high heels? You are gifted.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
8 Nov 17
I am short and I have to ask taller people at the supermarket to reach up high for me to get something down if I need it. Why do they have to put things up high for people that cannot reach them.
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• Philippines
8 Nov 17
i always offer to help if i can sense someone wants to reach for something. i have a problem searching for things on the bottom selves.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
8 Nov 17
@nangayo Josephine, I do not get taller.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
That is the advantage we taller people have, we can easily reach things. the only disadvantage is that tall people cannot get short but short people can add their height by wearing shoes which are high heeled.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
8 Nov 17
Haha I am also rather tall for a female - at 5'10 but I rarely wear heels. I dont like to tower over others plus heels are just uncomfortable for me. But good for you for embarcing it!
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
I also do not wear heels cause of my height 5'7. 5'10 is tall do you play basketball?
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
i am okay with my heights-i am 5'3'', i rarely have problems with it But it would have been nice to have 2 inches more
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Not a bad height. For me most people are shorter so my height is unique.
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
8 Nov 17
Yes I am happy with my height. I am the tallest in my family.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Wow. Good to hear that am also the tallest in my family.
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@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Nov 17
I'd rather be a bit taller, for seeing over people at concerts and for basketball. But I'm happy with my body overall. It's been good to me so far. I think people attribute "power" to height, among other things.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
My height also has been an advantage to me. While in school it made me always be chosen in certain games which was a privilege for me.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
Sometimes I wish I had two inches more in my height. But it is not an issue for me. I am an average in height so I think this is enough for me. That is good you are taller, you can be a basketball player.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Yes I can be a basketball player. I guess basketball is the only game that height is of essence.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
Even in volleyball height matters
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
8 Nov 17
@nangayo you need to do our country proud
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
8 Nov 17
Great to know about your height...Would like to be an inch tsller
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@kavinitu (5535)
• India
8 Nov 17
My father was tall. We are all brothers and sisters tall. My height is 5.8. I am very happy, my husband is also tall
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@kavinitu (5535)
• India
9 Nov 17
@nangayo Yes, all of our father's relatives are tall and we are also tall. My mother is not tall. You are right. Sometimes the benefits are a lot.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Tall is in your family genes. Sometimes height has an advantage to us tall people.
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• Guangdong, China
8 Nov 17
yes, I'm satisfied with my height. Not as tall as models, but neither too short.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Glad to hear that. Its something we cannot change.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
i wish i was shorter, but there are times i appreciate being tall.
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• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@nangayo i'd rather blend with the crowd.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 17
Any reason for wanting to be shorter.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
I'm 5 foot 9 and when I was at school I always hated being taller than everyone else, but now I like it because it gives me more confidence
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• Germany
9 Nov 17
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• United Kingdom
9 Nov 17
@nangayo I feel sorry for those boys who made fun of me because they're short men now
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
I also remember in school my colleagues teased me because of my tall height but now i have learned to live with it.
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@just4him (306242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Nov 17
My family is short, and I'm shorter than I like to be as I shrunk over the years. I'm under 5', which makes it difficult to reach a lot of things in the cupboards without a stepstool. I could use about 5".
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@just4him (306242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 17
@nangayo I've shrunk four inches. Not too happy about that. But it is what it is.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
13 Nov 17
@just4him Did you carry heavy loads when you were a child. I believe when you carry loads it makes one short.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
Wow you really are short. I believe there is always a reason of each one of us being given their height. Imagine if all of us were short or if all of us were tall how could it have been.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Nov 17
I could wish to be taller but height is something that I never thought or worried about.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
And height is one thing that we cannot change.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
8 Nov 17
I always wish I was taller. I'm 5'3
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
Try High heels They can increase the height.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
13 Nov 17
@nangayo hahaha I'm always in high heels.
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@rey123 (774)
8 Nov 17
I am quite tall......My friends tease me by calling me a 'Coconut Tree'........But I am really content with my height.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 17
I used to be called 'American height' in school most of my fellow students were short.
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