Being short is worse than going bald for me

[Obsidian]

When I was in 5th grade I hit 5'2 and I had size 9 feet, I thought I was going to be pretty tall. Well through those next three years of school, I didn't get tall while everyone else did I grew at best somewhere between 2-2 1/2 inches. Entering high school was a nightmare, the taunts of "Awww you're just a little guy" or people trying to stuff you into lockers was hard enough. Looking over your shoulder when your in the bathroom to see if the jocks are going to give you an atomic wedgie. I remember being told I should try out for the lollipop guild at the Wizard of Oz school play. Every day of my life was miserable, to have girls literally look at down at you in some cases and tell you "Sorry, it's just the height thing" and then walk off as if, hey no worries for me. I was lucky enough to finally get to 5'5 my senior year and have a girl actually want to date me. Yet she broke my heart later on saying one of the reasons was "Remember at prom where I had to take my heels off because I would be at direct height with you? I want to thank you, you made me realize what type of guy I want to be with, a guy who is over 6 foot." To say that isn't as crushing as any bald comment if not worse is just moronic on your part. I finally reached 5'7 1/2 but trust me I still feel tiny as hell. People say 5'8 or 5'9 is standard Caucasian height in the United States. That is bulls***, I see more guys at 5'10 or taller at my school and in the world.I see girls easily reaching my height in junior high or middle school and getting taller too.

I'm sure some guy will come here and say "Not as bad as being tall and bald". Screw off, at least if I wasn't the shortest male member in a family of 5'11 to 6'1's I could feel at least I could compenstate for that.


Rant Over.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Obsidian, it could be worse. You could be ugly too. At least most girls will find you attractive. You are just going to have to date girls shorter than you. Being ugly is worse than being short and bald.

 

[cuebald]

I'm 5'7" and I weigh 120lbs so I am very small indeed
luckily in the UK people are a little smaller so it's not so bad
never had a problem with women (infact the ones I see all seem to be taller than I)
I'd rather be 5'7 NW1 than 5'10 NW5

but then I don't seem to have this "alpha male" complex that I read so much about

 

[amsch]

Obsidian, it could be worse. You could be ugly too. At least most girls will find you attractive. You are just going to have to date girls shorter than you. Being ugly is worse than being short and bald.

puh, that hurts..

 

[DoctorHouse]

Why does it hurt Amsch? Do you consider yourself ugly?

 

[amsch]

Why does it hurt Amsch? Do you consider yourself ugly?

Not just me

 

[Obsidian]

There are only a small amount of people who are truely ugly, everyone has undesirable features. Do I consider myself ugly because I am losing my hair? No, undesirable? Yes.

 

[heyitsthatguy]

Im 5'10" and im not happy with my heigh...I guess some people are just never happy with what they've got.

 

[Bald Dave]

I know how you feel dude. i am 5"6 and balding like hell. It can be a burden but only if you let it. Try and blank out all the short and bald jokes - i know its diffecult but as soon as you forget about the morons giving you these hurful comments the better. At the end of the day nobodys perfect and everyone has their flaws - too tall, too short, balding, spotty, ginger, glasses - list is endless! The sooner you try and except yourself for who you are the sooner people around you will give you respect you deserve.

As for that b**ch who dumped you for being short i bet she has got faults as well. Just keep your chin up and someone special will come your way

 

[iwantperfection]

being small must be sh*t. im 6ft and feel average. Loads of ppl taller than me i know. Being small and belad would suck esp people looking down on your thinning crown!

 

[Thickandthin]

I do have a lot of sympathy for short guys.

I'm also 6' and at school I am, honest to god, probably slightly below average. There are tons and tons and tons of guys who are like 6'2"-6'5" walking around. I don't understand it, or where that 5'9" as average statistic came from. Obviously there are some shorter guys, but it seems like most are either my height or above it.

I've also had girls tell me in an offhand sort of way that I am not tall, but merely average in height. :dunno:

 

[Obsidian]

My real only defense about the short thing is saying "I'm not short, I just got something weighing me down :tongue: "

 

[uncomfortable man]

One of my friends is shorter than you and he gets hot snatch on a regular basis. He is handsome and so are you, plus you don't have hairloss to hold you back so I see no reason why you can't pull. Do you get rejected by women because of your height on a regular basis?

 

[Nathaniel]

I'm 5'7" and I weigh 120lbs so I am very small indeed
luckily in the UK people are a little smaller so it's not so bad
never had a problem with women (infact the ones I see all seem to be taller than I)
I'd rather be 5'7 NW1 than 5'10 NW5

but then I don't seem to have this "alpha male" complex that I read so much about

Really? I'm 5'11 and I see so many guys here in the UK who are taller and bigger than me. Even the girls, so many of them are at least 5'6-5'7 so in high heels they are around my height!

I also feel I should be taller, maybe 6'2 to compensate for this, but I guess I shouldn't complain (like mentioned, we are never happy with anything).

 

[kerzyguy]

im 5'8 170, i feel ripped off, as my dad is 6'1 my bro is 6'0, my uncle is 6'4!|

most girls dont even care about anything like that, im short and stocky, not the best looking guy either, and im quite popular with girls and manage to get some pretty hot ***, but i do hate being short, but its not gonna stop me from living, i wish i could say the same about my hair paranoia

ps dont get ripped then stop working out like i did, u become a slab and that bothers me more than anything else

 

[5920715]

If you can regrow your hair maybe you can increase your height?

h**p://www.giantscientific.com/height_gain_forum/viewforum.php?f=1

h**p://www.shortsupport.org/Health/Increase/info.html

 

[DoctorHouse]

im 5'8 170, i feel ripped off, as my dad is 6'1 my bro is 6'0, my uncle is 6'4!|

most girls dont even care about anything like that, im short and stocky, not the best looking guy either, and im quite popular with girls and manage to get some pretty hot ***, but i do hate being short, but its not gonna stop me from living, i wish i could say the same about my hair paranoia

ps dont get ripped then stop working out like i did, u become a slab and that bothers me more than anything else

If that is the case, you could lose your hair since part of your genetics does not appear to correlate with your dad or your brother. Do you look like your dad or your mom?

 

[kerzyguy]

im 5'8 170, i feel ripped off, as my dad is 6'1 my bro is 6'0, my uncle is 6'4!|

most girls dont even care about anything like that, im short and stocky, not the best looking guy either, and im quite popular with girls and manage to get some pretty hot ***, but i do hate being short, but its not gonna stop me from living, i wish i could say the same about my hair paranoia

ps dont get ripped then stop working out like i did, u become a slab and that bothers me more than anything else

If that is the case, you could lose your hair since part of your genetics does not appear to correlate with your dad or your brother. Do you look like your dad or your mom?

i look identical to my dad, well thats what ive been told, i met soem guy my dad went to high school with and he was like "holy, you look just like your dad when he was your age", but the shortness comes from my maternal grandmas brothers who all had nw1's tho my moms dad was like 5'10, while my great uncles were like 5'6

 

[DoctorHouse]

For some reason I see a lot of hot women with short guys. I was slightly over 6 feet when I got to my full height. I was taller than most of my classmates but the younger kids today seem to be about my height or taller. However, we have a lot of people from Puerto Rico here and they all tend to be short. My theory on why a lot of hot women like shorter guys is they seem to be less intimidating looking. Taller guys give a "higher" presence. If it makes you feel any better, sometimes I feel I would give up some of my height to at least look a shorter buffed fitness model in perfect proportion with a thick NW1 and never lose any of my hair ever.

 

[kerzyguy]

from my experience, i jsut find that some guys just click with women and women naturally like certain guys, like i said above, doesnt matter what u look like at all or height or w.e, if you can talk right and just have the right vibe, a perfect 10 will dig you