Are You Insecure About Your Height?
The idea of height insecurity was touched on in the comments of a recent post, and I thought it was worthy of some more discussion. Below are comments from Arlene, MarqueeMoon, and Beth.
You know, everyone is always going on and on and on about how models are so impossibly skinny and set an impossible standard for the rest of us women and shouldn’t all models weigh the same as normal people and stop warping our minds in terms of what we feel we’re supposed to look like to be considered attractive? But nobody ever mentions anything about height. Yeah, I’m never going to be 102 pounds, but I’m also never going to be 5?10?
Exactly…I’m barely over 100 lbs, but I’m also only 5?3. I’m skinny as fuck and my weight doesn’t worry me- it’s my height I obsess over. I feel unattractive most of the time because I am not 5?11 and leggy like a model.
Ha. The height thing is so true and it is the main way that Barbie dolls fucked up my head — I never really expected to be wasp-waisted with huge boobs, but damn it, I wanted to be six feet tall. I still don’t quite feel like a grown-up because I’m not as proportionately tall as Barbie.
I’m 5’9″ myself, so I’ve never felt the pressure to be tall or for that matter, any validation because I’m tall. I have always envied shorter fat women who have the “short and cute” thing going on, because they’re still petite, still “smaller” on some level. For many years I was obsessed with being “smaller” than the men I dated, because “women are supposed to be smaller” (not very feminist of me, I know). I’ve dated a lot of tall guys, and my husband is 6’3″, so… there’s that.
There’s also this: when my friend at work complains about being “a midget” I think she can’t possibly be serious, because she’s not only petite height-wise, but thin as well as beautiful, so where’s the problem? But now I realize she may genuinely be insecure about her height, and I find that very interesting. I’ve really been dismissive (in my head) of what it turns out is a genuine insecurity that I have never really given much thought to!
So where do you stand? Are you tall, short, thin, round? Are you insecure about your height? Do we need to start a height acceptance movement? (I think I feel a tagline coming on.)
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I’m 6’0″ on the nose, and beleive it or not, there are times when I would love to be one of you cute, skinny, teeny women. Although I’m somewhat proud of my height, I feel like it makes me a very intimidating person to others, which in turn makes me very self-concious and makes me try even harder to come across nice and funny and smile all the time. Of course being called ‘Sasquatch’ and/or ‘Ostrich’ in school brought on a bunch of insecurities, but being this tall isn’t all it’s cracked up to be! Oh, and let’s not even BEGIN to talk about finding pants that fit! Never mind that being plus sized sucks enough for me, let’s add 8″ to my legs and see how fun THAT can be! I’m not bitter…really!
I’m 5’8″ and I’ve always dreamed of being one of those tiny little pixie girls – like barely 5′ tall. I just imagine that being so little and dainty, I could be generally more feminine and girly (I love being girly). I also love the idea of being easily picked up, because I am weirdly unfeminist and adore being picked up and squealing girlishly, and right now I am just too big – even if I was thin I’d still be pretty much too big.
I am 5’2 and round. I have only wanted to be taller when there are things I can’t reach; middle and top shelf of cupboards, closets, store shelves etc.
5’4″ here, and the only reason I’ve ever wanted to be taller is because it’s so damn hard to find pants off the rack that aren’t too long! Shirt sleeves, too. :)
As a professional opera singer it’s actually to my advantage to be on the petite side, because so many of the leading men are actually very short!
I am 5’8″ and hated it when I was young. Mostly because I shot up and was a 5’6″ D-cup by the time I was 13. That was tough to deal with. I always wanted to be shorter because, as you said, if you’re chubby and short you are “cute”. If you’re a huge awkward teen girl you’re well, sasquatch. I hated that I wasn’t a tiny cheerleader. But now that I’m older I like my height. It makes me feel different and (besides the whole trying to find long pants thing) I think I can pull off lots of clothing styles. I love to wear heels so I’m super tall! This is a good post. I guess there are some physical attributes that I do really love about myself! :)
Super Blonde…the picking up thing!!! How could I forget that?! Now I just figure I have to date a big 6’5″ dude if I want that to happen! :)
I am 5 feet tall and incredibly sensitive about my height. As much as I am obsessive over keeping my weight down, It’s almost worse that I feel like a tiny, weird dwarf whenever I stand next to my taller friends. I LIVE in 4 inch heels! Even though I am not overweight at all, I feel like a tiny, round dumpy all the time. Heightism is just as bad as weightism. Plus you can’t do anything about it!
I’m 5’2. I’m not too overweight (145), but I’ve never been skinny either. I like being short. I like feeling very small next to a man.
I’m something like 5’2″ (1,57m), and I’m… er, square. It doesn’t matter whether I have extra pounds or not, I’m still the square, sturdy type. If we were in a fantasy world, I would probably make a pretty good Dwarf rather than just your random human. ;)
I was more concerned by my height when I was younger, perhaps because I always was the tallest one in my class until about 11, after which I basically stopped growing, and only gained a few more centimeters. Now, I just don’t care that much; it’s just not always convenient when it comes to clothes–I’m tired of having to chop 20 cm from every pair of pants I buy–but I don’t sweat over it.
I’m 4’11”, and mildly twitchy about my height. I was teased a lot about being short when I was a kid, and took until I was about 35 to even vaguely calm down about it.
I’m not girly, and don’t like the idea of being easy to pick up. Squealing is not an option.
However, I’m not one of those thin short women, and I do appreciate that I probably get less flack for my weight than I would if I were a foot taller.
I keep track when people talk about genetic engineering–do they list “tall” as one of the first desirable traits? When it’s listed, I feel as though some noticeable number of people would rather that I don’t exist. For what it’s worth, tall doesn’t seem to be as commonly listed.
And I hated Randy Newman’s “Short People”, though I get the impression short jokes weren’t as common after it came out, so it may have served its purpose.
Other than that, there are minor issues of practicality. There are bookstores where I can’t get at the higher shelves. Having a clerk hand the book or magazine down isn’t the same. I’m more likely to have my view blocked at a public event. Most chairs make it hard for me to rest my feet on the ground (my legs are short relative to my height)–on the other hand, I actually fit into airplane seats.
I’m 5’6″ or 5’7″, depending how recently i’ve been to my chiropractor (no joke). I feel big and small at the same time.
My dad’s parents were of wildly different heights – he was 6’6″, she was 5’3″ (but shrank in her later years to about 5′ even). My dad’s about 5’11”, and my brother is an even 6′. My mom is about 5’4″.
Statistics aside, i don’t really think much about my height, to be honest. I’m not particularly insecure about it, and if someone on the street made a nasty comment about my height, i’d probably blink and laugh at them for thinking i cared.
In my family, I got/get a lot of ribbing for my height (5’6″) but my family was never critical or derisive about my weight. This is what happens when your family of origin starts at 5’8″ and goes to 6’5″ and you’re the shortest one.
Still, I’ve never been particularly bothered by it, unlike I would have been with comments about my weight. Funny, that. Also, I married into a family with a bunch of short people so I actually seem kind of tall when I hang around them. Go figure.
I’m totally with you on the desire to feel smaller somehow. I’m only 5’8″, but I’ve always felt like some gargantuess because of my weight. Not to mention the fact that I’m kind of built like a linebacker (not very large breasts, very wide back, no waist, no hips) so all my life I’ve felt this need to prove that yes, I really am a girl. I’ve also been drawn to taller men for this reason. But strangely enough I don’t mind dating shorter women.
Although I’m pretty much average–5’5″ in shoes–I’ve always seen myself as short, and it is always a shock to realize I’m taller than soemone. Since everyone else in my family is tall, I just have a default opinion of myself as short.
i’m a smidge shorter than 5’3″ and chubby. i don’t want to be that much taller but 5’6″ would be nice. :) so many of the larger girl fashions seem to be made for someone much taller than me and that’s frustrating.
I’m 5’3 and small. While I’ve always wanted to be a bit taller say, 5’6 or 5’7 it was mostly due to the fact that I was an athlete and it would have given me an edge. Now I wish I was a bit taller so guys will stop trying to “protect” me! I can’t do anything without someone wanting to help me because of “you poor little thing you couldn’t possibly lift (insert anything over 5lbs here)!” The attention is nice but not the assumption that I am weak and incapable. Take a look at my guns buddy! They may be small but they can get me through an hour of swimming any day! Sorry for the rant but you are on to something here.
I’ 5’4″ which makes me exactly average height for the US, the UK and Australia (the countries where I have lived), according to most of the statistics I can find on this. However, I still have to get “petite” length pants in shops and most people think I’m short.
I’m surprised so many tall larger women want to be small – we certainly look rounder and there’s less of us to distribute weight over, so we look plumper quicker. Those how to dress shows always recommend massively high heels to “lengthen our legs and slim the silhouette” becase tall generally looks skinnier, and it mimics that gawky growth spurt stage of teenagerhood that seems to be considered the epitome of female attractiveness at the moment. Not that it doesn’t suit teenage girls, its just a bit weird to try and look that way for the rest of our lives.
I guess the point is that most women really are unhappy with their bodies for SOME reason. Is it s smart idea to try to bend the world to our wishes? Aren’t we better off working on our own perspectives and realizing that what other people say about us says more about them than it does about us?
I have spent a large portion of my life perseverating about my weight. So completely absorbed in my own self loathing was I that I completely missed how unhappy the other girls and women are. Recently I started really listening to others and have been astonished at the people who are unhappy with themselves. These women who I would have pegged as tall and willowy – beautiful – are not happy because their wrists are too bony or their legs aren’t shapely or because their breasts aren’t big enough. It suddenly occurred to me that the very things about me that I may not like are the very things that others may find attractive.
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. So – the key is to look kindly on yourself when beholding your own image. We are all okay just the way we are. Take care of the body you have – be healthy – everything else is just gravy – right?
I’m pretty happy with being 5’7″ but sometimes it is slightly annoying because I’m already HUGE and I feel like I scare small children- add that to being TALL too, and it’s not a pretty package. At least for me.
On the flip side, at least I carry my 400+ lbs fairly well due to being taller.
I’m 6’1″. I always just say that I’m a giant, because I kind of am. I’m surrounded by little people, unless I’m around my family of fellow-giants or my boyfriend (who is 6’3″ish). I don’t always like feeling so big compared to other people, but I also accept that it is what it is and I can’t do anything about it (nor would I want to, even if there were things that I could do to change this). I wear heels and I stand tall and proud, so I seem alright from the outside. It’s just that on the inside, sometimes I’m all, “why couldn’t I just be 5’11” like my sister?”
Ah well.
I’m 6′ and I have been this tall since I was 13. I think that made growing up pretty tough. I hate feeling like an amazon woman. I also hate that when in crowded bars I cannot hear what my shorter friends are saying without bending over. Though, it is easy to find people.
It is weird though, I am the only woman in my department and I am the tallest member by about 6″. I think people find me very intimidating as a result.
I’m just under 5’4, which I maintain is the most annoying height ever, because everything is *just* out of reach or *just* too long. I wouldn’t much mind being on the shorter side if it wasn’t so obnoxious.
My height, though, is less to do with genetics (I’m the shortest adult in my entire family, both sides) and more to do with the medications needed to manage my asthma as a kid. When it comes down to a choice between breathing or having gotten my couple of “missing” inches, I’ll take breathing any time.
I’m average height now, but as a kid I was always tall for my age. I hated it because I felt I had to act the age I looked, rather than the age I really was, and it felt like it shortened my childhood.
Currently I’m 5’5 1/2″ and it’s a little weird when I go to my boyfriend’s family’s house because I’m the tallest person there! He comes from a family of very short people, and I’m slightly taller than he is.
I’m 5’7″ and while that’s not exactly Jolly Green Giant tall, it’s only been very recently that I’ve accepted my height. I HATED being tall all my life. Hearing that I was a “giraffe”, being described at my work as, “the tall girl”. Not to mention the fact that I have an eating disorder, and people like to bring up my height inconjunction with my weight. “You could pull off that weight if you were smaller, but since you’re so tall you look unhealthy.” or “You gained weight? I guess because you are so tall that I just didn’t notice at first.” It’s maddening! I’m trying to get the body thing under control, but people feel that they can bring it up, as long as they bring up my height with it. It’s almost never just about my weight, good or bad, they always feel compelled to bring my height into the equation. Every time I think I’m coming closer to accepting myself and getting it under control, someone has to open their mouth and set me back again. Grr…
I’m just a hair under 5’3″ but I always forget that I’m short because I wear chunky heels all the time. In fact, when I’m out of shoes and see someone that I normally see when shod, I always ask (sometimes just in my head) “When did you get taller than me?!?”. I don’t feel short until I realize that most people probably don’t keep a wooden spoon next to the cupboard so they can hook the handle of a mug on the top shelf and slide it down into their hands. =P
5″3/4″ — I joke that I am a cube. as tall as I am wide etc. Even if I was thin I’d never be waif-like — I think I’d still be sturdy. I have a long torso and short legs and wide shoulders so I am not perceived as being “short” even though I am. Trust me when I can’t reach something in the grocery store or other store it is frustrating! so is having my feet “dangle”.
5′ 3/4″ not 5 inches. :)
I’m 5’6″ but my friends often think I am taller. I joke that it’s because I have a “tall personality.”
But I am the shortest of the five sisters in my family — two of whom are close to 6′ — so I do sometimes feel like the odd duck. I just compensate by wearing heels a lot of the time!
I’m 5’0″ and wear a size 28W. I’m practically spherical! I am very comforable with my size, both height and weight. There are certainly times I’d like to be taller and/or thinner (ie. reaching high shelves, painting walls, sitting in airplane seats) but most of the time I take the Popeye approach to life (“I am what I am”). I do often wish that my feet touched the ground when I sit down, but my wish is generally that the chair were shorter, not that my legs were longer. I have never worn a pair of high heels in my life, even when I had a boyfriend who was 6’6″.
At 5’9″, 118 pounds, I am officially model-like, and even so, I still feel “big” because of my height. I thought I was the only one. Turns out I was wrong.
I am 5’1″ and there is a plus side and a down side to it. The plus side is I do feel delicate and petite, especially when I am at my thinnest. This is one of the reasons I make an effort to stay thin. I like it that guys feel protective towards me. It also gives you a wider range of men to choose from (short men date short women, tall men often date short women).
The down side is not being taken seriously at times. You have to work harder to impose yourself if you are a very small woman. Also, I hate it when I go to clubs and only short guys hit on me. I have nothing against dating a short guy, but in a club I feel like they are only going for me because I’m short. It’s shallow, I know. :)
I’m 5′ exactly and I’ve almost always been chubby. I never think of my height unless someone else brings it up. My fiance is 5’7″ and I never think of him as short either – well I guess b/c he’s not short in comparison to me :). It’s only an issue when other people harp on it – but mostly I just think we are cute and our heights compliment each other.
At 5’2″ and 250 lbs, I would rather be taller than thinner. I would rather be 2 inches taller and the same weight (exact same, or proportional, whatevs, two inches isn’t very much) than lose ten, twenty, a hundred pounds. I’m just so freakin’ tired of not being able to reach anything. THERE IS NO SADFACE LARGE ENOUGH.
I should point out that my dad is tall and his family is all tall (and very skinny!) whereas I am almost a clone of my mom and her family, i.e., short and round. Low to the ground. For wind resistance. I’ve long wished to have my paternal relatives’ height.
I fall down a lot, though, so it’s probably good I’m so short. Less of a distance to fall.
I find that being fat makes clothes sizing strange with respect to height, too. I’m 5’5″, but find that “regular” length pants are ridiculously long on me at some stores (Lane Bryant, Eddie Bauer) but the petites are still a bit too short. I blame this on the fact that fat folks are fat in a lot of different ways, so since the stores are trying to make it work for everyone nothing ever fits *you* the way you want it to!!! Especially since I hate sewing!!
I don’t want to seem an asshole, but if an average-weight or slender woman said she’d never been validated for her weight, I would ask this: is it that you’ve never been validated, or that your validation is so much part of the cultural norm that you don’t notice it?
I’m 5’2″ (and pear-shaped, and overweight. Delicate and dainty I am not, no matter my weight.) Being picked up isn’t nice at all when it happens whether you want it to or not, and especially when you suspect it’s because the lifter can show off his strength. Being treated as a leaning post is unpleasant but can be dealt with by punching the leaner squarely in the ribs.
I sit on the bus and I slide off the seat with panic stops because my feet don’t reach the ground. I can’t reach the back of the top shelves in my kitchen even on a chair. I am claustrophobic as shit in crowds because I can’t see anything but backs. Dancing in a crowd requires vigilance ior moderate pain tolerance because someone swinging her arms at her chest level inattentively will hit me in the head.
I think it’s always hard to be different, but I think it really is worse to be short than tall. It’s certainly worse to be a short guy than a tall one.
As to pants, I have a 27″ inseam and the genetic gift of vast “saddlebags.” I wear a 14 petite if I’m lucky and can find a pair that don’t still need to be hemmed. (I am tired of paying to have my pants hemmed, and besides, lined pants and jeans are a bitch-and-a-half to hem by hand.) I wore high-waisted pants throughout the low-waist phase because I couldn’t find anything that dropped to my waist, because fat petites are vehemently restricted to the old-lady department. I tried both Torrid and Lane Bryant, and their pants are too goddamn long and if they fit at the hip, even if they weren’t too long in the leg, the crotch was at my knees.
“I fall down a lot, though, so it’s probably good I’m so short. Less of a distance to fall.”
LOL
4’11 and round… the only thing that bugs me about being short is that when I want to reach something on a higher shelf where ever I am .. I have to find someone to help me.. lol
I’m 5′ tall, and my normal build would best be described as “athletic with boobs.” I used to be more chubby/chunky. And right now I’m a pregnant belly with HUGE boobs. So, yeah, I’ve been all over the place.
Honestly, my height was more of a problem for me when I was larger because I used to always think “If I were just taller I would carry it better and I wouln’t look so short and squat.” But learning body acceptance came along with facing my binge eating problem, so by the time I was smaller, I just didn’t have the patience with body hate to develop any kind of complex about my height as a seperate issue. I still look a little stumpy, that’s just my build, but I prefer to focus my attention on what my body can do, rather than on how it meets any sort of long-legged ideal.
It bothers me more from a functional level. My legs go numb on long plane rides because they don’t reach the floor. Standard kitchen counters are too high for me to chop veggies without developing shoulder pain. And I bought my car solely because it was the most ergonomic model availible in my price range at the time. Even though I was never large enough to have accessability issues from a fat standpoint, I sympathize with the frustration because I’ve always faced those issues from a short standpoint.
Also, I want to add that as a short woman I actually HATE protective guys. I project a much larger-than-life personality because I really don’t like being percieved as a delicate flower in need of help. This also translates to my professional life, where I like to be percieved as in-charge rather than a peacemaker.
Ok… maybe I have more of a napoleon complex than I though I did… :-P
I’m 5’2″ and really, my height has never bothered me at all. Maybe in part because with girls and women, you don’t get made fun of much for being short – boys and men seem to get made fun of much more for being short – I well remember the “shrimp” nickname one boy in grammar school lived with every day, even when it was meant in a good-natured way. In fact, I saw a lot of tall girls take a lot of mocking for being so tall, and I know a lot of them felt very self-conscious and gawky, and would stoop, fretted over whether to wear high heels because that would make them taller than their dates, etc. Boys would seldom date a girl taller than them, at the time. Don’t know if that’s changed or not. But in that atmosphere, I never wished myself taller, and still don’t. Except when I’m trying to reach something on a high shelf.
What really irks me is that 3X clothes are not made to fit someone of my height – three-quarter sleeves are long sleeves on me, and capris are long pants. I guess no one of my height is supposed to allow themselves to get this fat or they don’t get clothes. Something like that.
Well, I’m short (5’1) and fat, but I don’t consider myself as being particularly insecure about my height. Sure, this means that I don’t use the top shelves of my cabinets, but otherwise it’s no biggie. It also means that most guys are taller than me…
Only thing: forget about me wearing capri… They usually make me look like a female Steve Urkel. LOL I don’t really have too much problems finding clothes that fit me (thank god for petite-length pants though!).
This reminded me of a joke I heard once, in response to someone calling your fat, you reply, “I am not fat, I am just short.” I never really found it funny. I am short, 5’2″ and curvy, I used to wish I would grow taller, so that I would thin out, but this will never be my fate and I am getting better with it. The only thing I despise about being short is when tall people lean on me, like put their elbows on my shoulders, argh! pisses me off. But that’s my only complaint really.
I am 5’4.5″ (that .5 is important) and fat (Potato shaped. Not pear. Potato) I only wish I was taller because then it might portion out my weight into something of a less odd shape. Not to get rid of it, but to be a shape that is technically listed as a body shape and not a produce. Actually once I wished I was shorter because I was hanging out with a friend (guy) who was only 5′ and I felt awkward being taller than him.
I would concur with the OP – I’m 5’9″, and I always wanted to be shorter. Largely because it seems like all the 6′ plus guys wanted the 5’2″ minus chicks. (My own parents are a classic example.) But then, from growing up with a short mom (I was taller than she was by 4th grade) and an equally short gramma, I saw the other side of this….that it’s harder to get taken seriously. I’ve had friends and co-workers who were of varying heights over the years, and I have noticed that male superiors are a lot less likely to treat you like you’re stupid if you can look them in the eye – or look down on them.
As for dating, most of the guys I’ve been with were fairly close to me, height wise. Some were insecure about it, others not. The current one is 6’3″ and likes tall chicks, so, score. My brother usually picks tall ones, too (he’s probably 6′ even), although his current is apparently shorter.
I’m 6’1.5″ and let me tell you – it’s no bed of roses at EITHER extreme of the height scale.
And if you are VERY tall (like) and fat, boy howdy, it can be bad. Lots of jokes from insecure guys about how I can beat the crap out of them (umm, I’ve never hit anyone – why would I do that?). I’ve been told time and time again how “intimidating” I am, although I am a total pacifist and like to consider my self pretty sensitive to folks around me.
I can’t find clothes that fit, and shopping in plus sizes makes it worse. Lately, I’ve gotten smaller and can shop in “standard” size stores, but nothing is long enough.
Mostly I get frustrated because I want to feel feminine and pretty, and that’s hard when you are towering over most of the men in the room. My ex was 6’5″ and that was great!
But how sad that I need to be standing next to a fellow giant to feel somehow like a normal girl.
I am 5’5″ and have never had an issue with my height. I wasn’t “short” and I never felt like I wanted to be taller until recently.
This is going to probably fall under the TOO MUCH INFO category, but the ONLY reason I wish I was a wee bit taller is b/c my new 6’0″ BF and I tried some Kama Sutra position that we thought looked kinky, but my hips were just a bit too low.
LOLOL.
I guess that can be remedied by moving the action from the bedroom to the staircase!!!
Reading the comments, I’m struck with how both tall and short women are reminded constantly that they are “not the norm” regardless of whether they are fat or thin.
For my own part, I’m 5’2. Short.
And my frustration in a short, fat body is how the world seems to be built for tall(er) and thin(er) people. The work benches in my kitchen are slightly too high for me to work at comfortably (i.e. without my back hurting) unless I stand on tippy-toes – because it has been designed for tall(er) people. – and reaching things in kitchen cupboards is a nightmare In the car, the car seat headrest pushes my head forward uncomfortably rather than supporting my head and neck (taller people again) and the seatbelt strap saws into my neck unless I pull it down because it is positioned for people whose neck is higher than mine (and who don’t have tits). Cinema seats are both too narrow (unless they have armrests that can be raised) and have the headrest issue as well. And that’s just a few.
Damn you, people who design things, the default person is not a 6’2 ‘average build’ man.
Wow! I thought I was the only one who had height insecurities! I am 5’7″. its the worst…not tall, but not short either. I would love just another 2 inches or so, then I would at least fit into the tall girl category. I am so disappointed because ever since I was about 6 years old my dream was to be 6′ tall and be a runway model. Lame, I know, but I still sometimes long for that! :)
I’m 5’5 and a half (and, yes, halves are important) and most of the time I feel short. I was expecting to grow to be taller (see previous entry) and my husband’s 6’2 – and slender, so he looks even taller.
It’s partly because I have very short legs for my height. Elegant, I’m not. Years ago, a tall workmate called me a hobbit. I think he meant it fondly. But I haven’t forgotten!
I’m intrigued by all these people who think they’d feel more feminine if they were shorter, because I’ve never had the least desire to be “cute”. I like to feel that I’m physically strong and capable, and it really annoys me when I have to get a taller person to reach something for me for that reason. (And it’s a reason why I’d be unhappy wearing high heels day in, day out as some short girls do. I respect their tenacity, but don’t their feet hurt?) I want to be competent, not tiny and helpless and vulnerable, even if that’s “cute”.
I know it’s silly to feel short, because I’m not really small, just average. And sometimes I don’t; at work, they think I’m tall because almost everyone in my department is shorter.
I used to be height angry. I’m just about 5’3 or so but, people always think I’m taller which kind of cracks me up.
However in my time of height envy I’ve wanted to be either shorter or way taller. Anymore though I don’t think about it at all unless someone comments on my posture. Which is fantastic.