A matter of Height

i'm 5'4 not bad for a Filipina. in fact im the tallest in the family. im fine with my height. i wouldn't be comfortable if i'll be taller than that. tall people always gets the attention and people here will pressure you to pursue modelling if you're tall, they'll think your stupid if u didnt take advantage of your height.

When I was younger, I was 8ft 1 inch. My mother was 5'4" and my father 6Ft.1". I was the change of life baby and the only one of 2nd marriages of both my parents. My 3 girl siblings (fathers) were from 5'5" to 5'6". My 2 brothers (Mothers) were both 6'2", their late father was also tall. Others have said that my paternal grandmother was 5'10". My maternal grandmother was about 5'6" and both my grandfathers were about 5'9", so I evidently took my height from my paternal grandmother. But I am 66 yrs old now, and have been losing height for the last few years, which is normal the Dr. says. I am now about 5'6". I always like my tallness, since it helped carry my extra weight well. I have 8 grandchildren who range from 4'10" female to 6'3" male.

hi modestah! in our country, here in the Philippines, 70 inches would be considered tall for females and slightly tall for males. ^__^ i'm only 5'2 and that's considered average here. but some people are telling me that i'm tall. i don't believe them. i think they are just fooled with what i wear because most of the times, i would wear clothes and shoes that would make me look taller. and my height is proportioned with my weight. as for the family, i am the shortest! .

I'm 5'4" which for a UK woman is considered to be roughly average height. I'm a tiny bit taller than my mum, my dad isn't particularly tall for a man (he's not short but he's not like 6' either!) but my brother is quite tall. I guess i'm an average height considering the rest of my family. Height has never been an issue for me, i don't feel too tall or too short, i just don't worry about it. Now weight on the other hand...maybe i'll leave that to another discussion! ;-)

I am 5ft. 1inch tall. I am considered pretty short in most countries I think. My mother was about 5ft 3 and dad was about 5ft 5 so I didnt out grow either of them. The real problem with clothing for me is I am curvacious so I have hips and a butt. My waste before pregnancy I could fit into little girls clothes but I have too much booty. Most other clothes are long on me so I have to either roll them or wear shoes with a heal.

I'm just a little over five feet and I am very much aware that I am short. I usually stand as 3rd from the smallest in my class . My father is short and my mother is a little shorter than my father. All of my siblings are taller than me. It's a good thing that I became taller than my mother, at least I'm not the smallest in the family . When I was younger, I always feel insecure about my height because I don't get noticed. But when I realize I have some talent and I always excel in school, I wasn't shy anymore. My classmates and teachers would always say "I'm small but terrible" and I would just smile. Despite my height, I don't know why most of my suitors are tall. The tallest one was 6'5", a basketball player in the university. My husband is much taller than me at 5'10". I think my daughter will be tall when she grows up because she's bigger than the other children of her age.

these days I'm considered slightly tall I think but dont know for sure (doenst matter to me LOL) but growing up I was considered very tall..I'm 5'9" which to me isnt really THAT tall but when I wear 5" heels AND the fact tht I'm so leggy ppl tend to think I'm much taller than I am LOL

I am five feet three and five/eighth inches which is considered short average in my area. We live in a fairly mixed up area, with Dutch, Filipinos, English, French Canadians, Mennonite, Negro African (one family), and anything else you can think of. Why there might even be Martians here. After all, I live in Canada. When I grew up, it was in an English-Canadian and German-Canadian neighborhood, but I felt out of sorts, because I looked like my maternal grandmother who was part Welsh *the kind descended from the ancient Romans who fled the Saxons* I was short waisted and I could hot fit into the short Miss sizes who had long waists, but I could sure wear clothes that were made in Italy.

I am not tall. I only stand more or less 5 feet and 5 inches. We are really short in our family. And it is just normal in our country to have such height. I just think that it's not in the height, it's the brain and the heart that matter most.

I'm 5'3" so I'm less than average for the US. My Mom was 5'3", too, but she has osteoporosis and has shrunk about 3 and a quarter inches. My Dad was 5'10". His father and brothers were all over 6 feet. Both my grandmothers were like 4'10" or 4'11". I have two daughters; one is 5' and the other is 5'7". lol Mutt and Jeff! I find being short somewhat of an obstacle. I can never reach the top shelves in the supermarket. I used to go looking for someone to help, but most of the time, I just find something long and start pulling things down! lol It's so aggravating! On the other hand, I enjoy it overall being shorter.

I am 17 years old & I am 59 inches. I've not grown in about 2 or 3 years, so doesn't look like I''l grow anymore. My mum is quite small & my dad is average. Most of my friends are average height, which is alot taller than me.

i am 158cm , which is a little short , now , i am living in the southern part of china , people who was born in south are usually short than the north ones , so when i am here , i am not so short , but if i am in northern part , i am a rather short girl .

I am 5ft even. When I lived in Colorado I was the shortest person in my school, when I was a SENIOR! I live in tennessee now and almost every girl is similar to me in height.

I'm 5 foot 6.5 i think haha :) it's a good height for me, kinda in between, i'm taller than my mum but around the same height as my sister and dad. also, my boyfriends over 6 foot so it works out well haha. i wear heels/flats, depending on my mood/if i'm going out... i don't really think about my height because i think it's kinda normal-ish in england, so i'm fine with it.

I am 173cms or 5'8" or 68 inches. I am now taller than my Dad. He is 95. I was taller than my mother and my two older sisters but my younger brother was/is taller than I. At school I was always the tallest and so stood out which was not good. I was always in the back row for photos. In later years at carnivals, I got to carry the school banner in marching squads...that was pretty cool. My mother was always onto me about putting my shoulders back and not slouching so I have good posture. I can reach things that are high up...very helpful for little old ladies in supermarkets. Being tall is preferable to being short in my opinion but trousers are never long enough.

I am 5'6" which seems to be average here. I have seen some really tall people and then some really short people too. My mom has shrunk...I think. My sister and I are the same height but her legs are shorter than mine.

i am 5'-8" which is the average height of males in my country.Issue of height is only among tennagers.when i was in teens ,i tried many things to increase my height such as exercise ,medications ,but only exercise helped me.and when grow out of teenage then you never consider this problem.Be confident and execpt what u are. bye -bye

I am 68 inches tall and sort of the same height as my mother, who is 67 inches. My older brother is a little over 6 feet, and my dad is 6'3". Where I live, I am considered to be average in height. Most of my relatives are primarily tall, and only a few of them are short.

In my country, guys should be taller than girl. If someone has a girlfriend taller than him, others will laugh at him.

I'm 5'6", which is about average for women in the UK I think. I'm taller than my mother and my sister, but shorter than my father. I'm also taller than both my grandmothers and aunts, but two of my cousins are taller than me. (but my uncle is around 6'4" and my father is only 5'11", so I think they inherited their height from their dad!) I'm very comfortable with my height. I can wear flat shoes and not look small, but I can wear heels and not look giantesque.