lawl

It's a fair question tho

I mean, some people have to practically bend down to talk to me, and it's not like I'm the shortest person out there.

How do they not have chronic back pain?

Now I'm curious how short you are.

I'm 5'1"

Hey, me too!

I'm not like... Lisbeth or something

Oh, yay!!

I'm 5'2''

Short people unite

If we stand on each other's shoulders, we can totally be noticed!

Hey, I guess that means I'm the tall one in this plurk!

My mom is 5'2" and she makes fun of me for being short

Which I think might be overkill.

Er, yes.

laaaawl lisbeth height jokes hehe

I'm 5'10ish?

She's just pleased she's not the shortest anymore

YES, SEE

I get "You're short!" a lot from my biological family and they're maybe 5-6" taller at the most

I don't.. ever feel like I need to bend down to talk to short people

I don't think I do

hugs, sure, bending down a little but

You'd have to like crane your neck down, wouldn't you?

I can tilt my head down haha

My sister is shorter than I am, but I don't mention it.

Well, we tilt our heads upwards, right? XD

Well, yes, that's true

Or we jump on other things

I usually just climb the shelves at supermarkets

Yes, this

If they want me to stop ruining their furniture they'd best make their shelves accessable

(my work shoes have 7" heels, so I even out at 5'8" in them. constantly surprised I don't get a nosebleed when I change shoes.)

.......holy shit

YES THIS

How have you not broken your ankles?

I've never noticed an issue with tilting my head down to talk to someone

Wow. 7'' heels? Wow.

The upside to being small is that if you need to climb on something, you're usually slight enough that it's okay.

6 3/4" actually, but basically.

I think that only becomes an issue if you're literally standing DIRECTLY IN FRONT of them, very very close

... These are considered "small" by some of my coworkers.

like, romantic couple close

And weaving in and out of crowds is easier.

lol at romantic close

I went to prom with a guy who was 6'2"

this is what put the question in mind, actually

... it didn't work very well

XD

Oh, my boyfriend for a little while was about that height

Also, in airplanes, I can usually stand up when the plane lands, even if I'm in a window seat, and not hit my head on the carry-on compartment.

We danced together about twice before going for people closer to our respective heights

He used to pick me up instead of bending down

apparently it was more comfortable

My roomie at school was 5'2

Awwww!

there was this one salad bar at one of the dining halls that I just COULDN'T bend down enough and reach back enough to get the back row

so I'd make her get it for me cause she could

okay, that's pretty hilarious

I'm glad we short people do have access to some things

hahaha

my roommate is also 5'2" so we just don't even bother putting things in our top cabinets

neither of us will ever be able to reach them so it's sort of stupid to try

yeah in our dorm room I just claimed the top shelves cause she couldn't reach them. easy to divy things up lawl

That does make things easier :|a

The tallest man in my entire family is my brother, and he's only 5'8"

so that's less of an option for us

...the tallest woman, meanwhile, is 5'2" and a half

rasputanian I had a roommate who was 5'11"/6' or so and ALWAYS PUT MY SHIT ON THE TOP SHELF

It just never occurred to him that I might not be able to reach it

oh god

.....that asshole

Or find it

Since I can't, you know, easily scan the top of the refrigerator or bookcase

sigh

Yeah but he was just an idiot all around really

He still is XD

People don't realise things, though

I hate bending down to get any of my stuff on shelves so I always go higher

My parents are perfectly normal heights. 5'6'' Mum and 5'11'' Dad. But somehow their genes combined created wee folk.

But yes. iPod missing for five days? "Oh sorry, I put it on top of the shelf, I thought you'd check there."

I spent eight years married to a shortsighted man with my 20/20 vision

and I never quite broke myself of pointng to distant birds and going OOOH LOOK AT THAT when he physically couldn't see them

...sometimes it's kind of great to be the less disabled one

...of course, it's possible that I'm just an ass.

My dad has a tremor in his hand so he can't hold a book steady while I'm trying to read over his shoulder

But he never lets me hold the book because he's used to reading with a shaking hand

Yeah, you adjust

also I am 5'5" and neither short enough to have to crane nor tall enough to have to stoop

SORRY ABOUT THAT

Ooooh, how lucky!

I saw a guy who must have been about 7 feet tall on the train a few days ago and I literally couldn't see his face because it was too far away and it was dark out

I kind of hate it? Five inches shorter and I could have been petite. Five taller and I'd have made statuesque.

As it is, I just manage to be dumpy.

believe me, petite isn't always that great

No, I don't think anything is

I work with kids with disabilities and two of my three kids are now too tall for me to really be able to keep control if they try to bite me

Yeeek

I'll never work with any kid over the age of like 14 anyway, just for that reason

but as it is I'm at a disadvantage

I'm also just physically small so if a kid tries to pull me to the ground I have a harder time staying upright

I'm trained so I don't usually manage to actually fall, but it's still an issue

See, I think you always have to crane down to see me

From your spot in the clouds