r/short

16 f 5'2 im really saddened by my physical appearance I'm short i hate it i feel I have less to dress on less to look pretty I feel my height nd other insecurities are eating me up from the inside I just want this to end nd live a normal life like others i have always been fascinated by exercises and muscles on woman but whenever I see how tall they r I feel I'm genetically challenged to look as good or build muscles like them.i feel all the things I wanna do can never be done due to my stupid genetics.i feel I can never be hot in my adulthood nd will always remain "cute" i just wanted to be 5'3-5'4 im really embarrassed nd done with this.

Does this one inch make a big difference? I'm 5'5.25" and my friend is 5'4" so i'm an inch taller than him but he said he wishes to be just an inch taller. He said 5'5" people have normal proportions and do not look so short but 5'4" have kiddish proportions. Is my friend just exaggerating?

Im 17 and i didnt really care abt my height as a kid(I was usually the shortest and the fattest) my weight was my biggest concern(still is)

But now not only do I get bullied for my weight but also for my height.

My parents aren't very tall either my dad is 5'7 and my mom is 5'2 yet everyone (family, teachers,househelpers, friends)has an opinion on my height.

As a kid I told myself that i would never care about what my adult height is gonna be since it's "pointless" and it's all genetics but now I hate it , i hate myself so damn much. I feel disgusted when I look at myself and people keep reminding me how short I am (as if i didnt know already) I wish I were taller (5'4-5'6) range then nobody would have said hurtful things abt me but now everyone EVERYONE judges me for my height (parents and grandparents) tho all 4 of aren't tall either . I hate myself so much my height is bothering me so so much , everyone says nothing will suit me (dresses/gowns ) because of my height . I am so so unlucky.

Along with being short I'm also not very good looking and it sucks because everyone makes fun of my looks (height/face/hair)etc.

I hate myself.

I’m a 27 year old male that’s 5’ 5” and things changed after graduating university. People say I’m really good looking and charismatic (kinda of an extrovert), they say if I was taller I’d be a chad and would get way more women.

In university dating was easier. I would have at 2-3 girls a year that would just be madly obsessed with me (the rest would come from my game). But since I graduated and got older, the river had run dry 😔.

I’m currently on 4-5 different dating apps (I’ve never had luck with those) but I have really professional looking photos on there that make me look good. But like 2 likes on each in the last 4 months. It’s gotten to the point where I’m getting frustrated with my results.

I’m looking for other ways to get girls and I was wondering what ways you guys had success with?

Here is what I’ve come up with: cold approach, online dating, social circle, speed dating events.

Also for those of you that are going to say cold approach doesn’t work, your opinion is only valid if you’ve done many approaches.

But just wanna know what you guys think.

I’m a 5’5 guy and I find only a few features attractive on women and that’s why I only find tall women attractive (preferably a head taller then me) but I don’t know if I can find any tall girl to like me back so have any of you guys dated a tall girl before? And I ain’t talking about couples where the girl is slightly taller with heels on. I’m talking about like 5’5 guy 6’1 girl type of couples

5'6 here.

Just overheard all of them nod at how they couldn't be with a shorter dude and seeing a taller girl in a relationship with a shorter man generates disgust and impact, even heard my name and that stung lol.

I'm pretty happy with my life and how it turned out, got a degree, job, gf, everything I could ask for.

Hey guys, I don’t really know what’s going on here. I joined these communities out of curiosity, and I came across a pretty bad one with a Vegeta profile picture. It seems like a lot of people there don’t really understand the real world or human nature and are heavily influenced by social media.

Hi im new to this sub and Reddit in general. This question was probably already asked but I really don’t know how do deal with it. For context I’m 15 y/o, male and 160cm (about 5.2 foot) tall, I’m already way shorter than all of my class mates) So I went to my doctor today and she more or less confirmed that ill most likely won’t grow any taller even though both of my parents are 172 cm (5.6 feet) tall. I always knew I was gonna be shorter that the average person but I was really hoping for a few more centimeters or at least to make it to 170cm. My height has always bothers me but I’ve tried not to focus on it to much. I’ve already had a lot of trouble with my body besides from my height and I really don’t know how to cope besides starting sport again after I recover from my surgery. Does anyone have tips on how to make it through the teenage years as someone with my height? Thank you so much also sorry for my bad grammar english isn’t my first language.

Using public transportation, being short has its advantages. When boarding a plane, I never once have given any thought to the chance of bumping my head. However, once seated, I get a warm fuzzy feeling, as I watch tall people walking down the aisle hunched over. As they get to their seat, they have to contort their body to fit into the provided space.

I even chuckled while typing this.

Obviously, there are some disadvantages to being short. Among them is reaching items on an upper shelf. However, that is what step stools are for. I worry less about low hanging lights or branches. On balance, I like being short.

I realize the concern a lot of guys have is dating. As a gay (bottom) man, who has been with my partner for several decades, being short and looking about a decade younger than I am was actually a positive.

I know that title might come off as bragging but I just want people to know that your height doesn’t define your sex life or your relationships. I’ve mostly dated tall girls as well( 5’8 and up). I’ve never felt insecure or less than anyone else. I couldn’t care less about height. I’m nonchalant when it comes to that aspect in life because we can’t change something that we will always have to live with so we must learn to love ourselves the way we are. We all matter and we’re all valuable assets to society. If you’re having trouble with ladies, prioritize hygiene and self care. And get out to more social settings because women love us short kings, plenty of girls that I’ve gotten to know have had taller boyfriends and they end up cheating on them with me. And a few even left their taller boyfriends at a chance to be with me. I now have a lovely wife who treats me like an absolute king. I’m only 5’7, slightly attractive but I have a way with my words which in my opinion has always been the leading factor as to why women love me. If anyone needs advice on how to approach a women in public, feel free to send me a message. I’ll gladly help anyone who feels helpless when it comes to attracting ladies🙏 don’t give up boys, life will get better and for every short king out there, there will come a time in your lives where height no longer matters at all until then stay strong and focus on self improvement.

This might be a bit tricky to phrase, but I’m curious how people think about their preferences.

When it comes to traits like height (this train of thought really applies to any physical trait), do you think your preference is something you genuinely like on its own? Or could it be influenced by how you expect people with that trait to respond to you?

For example, do you ever find yourself associating someone else's height with how likely someone is to accept you or be attracted to you. Thus, that thought process being the basis that shapes who you’re drawn to?

Personally, I’ve seen people in the sub assume that someone’s height automatically means they’ll be more or less open to dating them, and I’m wondering how much of our “preferences” are actually tied to those kinds of assumptions.

I've also been there and still think that way sometimes cause there is a loud crowd in society which reinforces very typically gendered contrast between men and women, masculine and feminine. Especially in very physical/superficial ways. I've been right sometimes regarding these assumptions but I've been wrong a lot of times too.

Additional question, do you think your preferences have ever been heavily influenced by who you think you should like and the desire for social approval?

If an inch cost $5,000, how many would you buy?

Feel like most of the people on here on men and I see a lot of posts talking about how being short as a woman is fine and way more socially acceptable. I'm really not terribly short for a woman in my country (5'2, 158 cm), it's less than average surely. I am the smallest in my family and there are a lot of things I do not mind about it. I fit very comfortably in airplanes and twin sized beds for example and because I am so short I fit in like 5$ Large kids clothing if I want.

What really bothered me was how other people treat me. It was mostly men who would use it I think to try and flirt with me but it ended up coming off condescending usually. Originally I would laugh it off even though it got old fast (I'm short, everyone tells me that. I get told that a lot. Very original) but then when I started politely telling people who called me short that I wasn't comfortable with it, again mostly men, they'd get upset and use any excuse to skirt them stating a fact. It didn't matter that I said it nicely, or that I tried explaining that it got very tiring being called short every other day, or that being a short woman meant that a lot of people treated me like nothing I did was serious, they would be upset because, it's true, I am short!! Why can't they state a fact?

I don't think that being short is bad. I don't mind it honestly, it does kind of suck as I feel like it has effected my path in physical based media (theatre and dance) but being very tall affects that too. It's mostly just that being told I am short. Constantly. By everyone I know. By strangers. It gets really tiring and after so long of that I guess who wouldn't feel bad about themselves?

My friends who are taller seem to be treated differently, they did well in sports naturally and I have asked and they say people rarely comment on their height.

I mean at the end I am grateful for my health and cannot control others.