How tall are you?

[Ava]

I ask because the other day I was complaining about being short(i'm 5'5or6) to my mom(who is 5'8) and she tells me that the average height of American women is 5'4. i had a hard time believe this so i googled and sure enough she was right(guess i should listen to her from now on, lol). i don't see many people who are shorter than me so i still have a hard time believing that those figures are correct.

so how tall are you?

[fizzgig]

1. 5'6'' or so

but i wear tall shoes a lot

[Ava]

4. i try to wear heels

but i'm just not willing to hurt for beauty :rofl:

[fizzgig]

12. i don't wear heels in the traditional sense

my doctor would kick my ass

and i'm not willing to hurt for beauty, either :rofl:

[Ava]

14. i need to get me some bono shoes!

(notice his shoes in this pic, lol)

[fizzgig]

22. i have a pair of vinyl boots

the soles are at least that thick

i love em, even if they're a pain to drive in

[Ava]

24. i think i'll get me some of these

:P

[fizzgig]

30. i say go for it

i think they're damn cute

[Ava]

32. they look heavy though

:rofl:

[The Wielding Truth]

78. Wo... friends in high places! Bono must want to deal from

a position of strength or maybe he has foot problems.....

:wow: :hi: School good this yr?

[Erva]

112. 5'9"

I wish I was taller.

[lizziegrace]

2. 5'6"

average...

[Shine]

13. Ditto!

but WE are hardly "average", my dear!! :hug: :pals:

[Debi]

3. 5'2"

Well, there's a quarter inch in there, but I think I've already started shrinking.

[supernova]

5. 5' 1"

It's hardly worth it most of the time to add that extra inch.... still. ;-)

I don't meet many people who are shorter than me.

[MissMillie]

44. me too

and I don't care that I'm below average in height. I make up for it in love.

[Rosemary2205]

85. me too.

[DarkTirade]

6. I'm average height. :)

For a guy, at least.

And no, you're not short. Out of all the girls I've dated, only two of them were over 5'2. One was 5'6, and the other was freakishly tall for a girl and was taller than me whenever she wore heels. Which was amusing, because they would inevitably hurt her feet so she'd start out a date being taller than me, and end it by being shorter than me because she'd taken her shoes off halfway through the night. :)

[billyskank]

7. Five eight

I am a short arse. :(

[Ava]

16. well then i'm REALLY a short arse

:rofl:

[billyskank]

23. Not for a girl

but I am for a guy.

[Ava]

25. then just find a short girl to make you look tall

duh :P ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Depends on which leg...

5'1" on the short one, 5'2.5" on the other. :shrug:

And I'm a 30 y.o woman.

[Ava]

21. i'm the same with with being taller on one side(though it's less of a difference)

one of my arms is longer than the other too

[bicentennial_baby]

40. It's b/c I broke my femur at age 11

Was in traction for 6 weeks, and a half-body cast for 8 weeks...The broken one didn't catch up with the other. :shrug:

[Droopy]

9. 5'10" which I think is about average for a guy

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. 5' 10"

The triplets' mother is 6'.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. 5 feet nothing.

[billyoc]

15. 6' 2". I hit my head a lot.

:rofl:

[Ava]

17. my stepdad is 6'1

when we moved into our current house he kept hitting his head on the chandelier before we got our table moved in :rofl:

[graywarrior]

18. 5'4"

Bwahahahahahahaha. People think I'm taller for some reason.

[Ava]

27. i totally pictured you taller

like much taller. like a scary giant lady. :rofl:

:hide:

[graywarrior]

47. Grrrrrr. Even when I tell someone standing right in front of my how tall I am, the think I'm lying.

I'm an enigma.

[lost-in-nj]

19. 5' 4"

I guess I'm average.....

figures....
my Mom was very tall 5"10"
but she wore it well......


lost

[SPKrazy]

76. 5'4" is "average

but it's a nice height I think.

It also means roughly half of the people are taller but half are shorter too :D

:hi:

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

20. 5'7" n/t

[LostInAnomie]

26. 6'0" - 6'1"

It varies.

Although, for some reason, people think I am a lot shorter than I really am.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

126. Exactly the same here. Except for the "thinking I am shorter" part. -nt

[Maine-ah]

28. lol, short you are not.

to me, you are almost a giantess....

I am 4'11"

[wildhorses]

29. too dang tall -- 5'10"

not good x(

but, at least my feet reach the ground :P

:hi:

[LaraMN]

35. I have it on good authority

that 5'10" is the height of stellar geniuses who are perfect in every way.



:P

[wildhorses]

46. of course we are --

:pals:

:rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

52. I love being tall. 5' 10" here as well.

:D

[madinmaryland]

31. My wife is 5'-11.75" I'm only 5'-8"

Go figure!

[mzteris]

33. no - you're not short

- my sister was always called "the short one" 5'6-1/2" and she was the shortest in the immediate family. She used to get SO MAD at us. lol...... "I'm not SHORT. I'm AVERAGE. You're all (to the women) just freakishly tall!" :rofl:

mom was 5'11"
dad - 5'8"
brother - 6'
me - I was 5'& 7-3/4's until I started shrinking. wah. Now I'm like just over 5'6". I think of myself as "short" now, too. (Especially now that 2 of 3 children are taller than me! :cry:)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. 5'8".

[Kutjara]

36. 6'1". I've been over six feet since the age of 11.

I had my growth spurt ridiculously early, Unfortunately, my school had the boneheaded policy of lining up kids for everything based on height. So I was always the last one to get lunch, pick up sports equipment or get on the bus. For a long time, I hated being tall and developed a stoop in an effort to appear shorter. You can only put up with being called "Lurch" so many times before you get the itch to go bowling for Columbine.

Band instruments were allocated by how big you were. Small people got the cool instruments (trumpet, saxaphone, clarinet), while the tall and the fat had to play Sousaphones, baritone horns and tubas. There was no instrument storage for students, so you got to play what you could carry home.

[Blue Poppy]

89. 6'2" and I had to deal with the "line up by height" too!

I thought I was the only one! It always sucked being at the end of the line. I didn't get Lurch but I did get Jolly Green Giant. It was tough being a gangly, geeky girl.
Having comments made about your height really screws with your self esteem, even ones made with the best intentions. I never went up to anybody and marveled "Gee, you're FAT!".

[pink-o]

124. Okay, you win!

I had to open this thread and scroll thru, cuz I was smugly thinking there could be NO OTHER woman taller than my 6'1" and all the fun/baggage that goes with it.

But I bet I'm older than you. I've been this height since 1969 when I was 14 years old.

And yeah, WTF is up with all these people who have asked me for almost 45 years "How did you get so tall?" Is there any stupider question in the world??

I used to have many sarcastic but also some serious answers. I finally settled on this: "I grew up next to a Nuclear Waste Dump. I guess it had an affect."

Oh, and BTW tall-ees: How many of you experienced actual growing pains? I used to cry and hold my femur, it hurt so much!!

[SPKrazy]

37. 6' 0

used to be a bit taller I swear...

:shrug:

:hi:

[TZ]

38. You are taller than the tallest member of my immediate family!

Whom is my Uncle at 5'5. I am 5'0 exactly. Ava you are FAAAAR from short!!!:D

[RevolutionaryActs]

39. 5'9, and let me tell you, it's such a pain in the ass to find shirts that fit!

Although now that the longer, baby doll style, is in fashion it's getting easier. Yay!

But we won't even get started on pants! :o

[bicentennial_baby]

43. Waaaaah! Can I call the Waaahmbulance?

:P

try being 5'1"-5'2"...Big on top, small on the bottom...My wedding dress alterations cost more than the dress! :crazy:

I'm going to buy clothes in a few weeks... :scared:

[RevolutionaryActs]

79. Let's just face it

unless you're 5'5 and 115/120lbs, you can't buy clothes! :P

[billyskank]

69. Pants are optional.

:P

[RevolutionaryActs]

80. Pev

Or did mean you I can wear skirts? :o

[Cabcere]

41. I'm 5'7"

Just don't ask about my weight! :P

[Generic Brad]

42. Tall enough for my feet to reach the ground

[DarkTirade]

96. Good thing you're not any taller, or else you'd have to hunch over all the time.

That could get uncomfortable.

[Nikia]

45. 5'5''

I started feeling short in junior high and even more so in high school. I had been one of the taller children in my class every year. I quit growing in height in fifth grade. Then everyone started getting taller than me. Yes, some of the girls were still shorter than me but when you go from being one of the taller kids to below average (with the girls and boys combined) you feel short.
Your generation might be getting taller though. Good nutrition on the part of your parents and when you were growing up also affects growth. More Americans have had both of these things now than in the past.

[Left Is Write]

48. I am 5'4". I don't think 5'6" counts as short.

:hi:

[suzbaby]

49. 5' 4" (n/t)

[Guava Jelly]

50. 5'9"

:D

[bridgit]

51. 5-4...

[laylah]

53. 5'3" myself...

there was a time I was 5'3 1/2" but gravity (and age) got 'hold of me :rofl:

[brentspeak]

54. Since when was 5'5" or 5'6" for a woman, "short"?

[sarge43]

55. 5'5". Husband's 5'8"

However, both our families belong to Clan Short Arse.

[MysticalChicken]

56. 5'7"

I wish I were short, though. It's so adorable. If there's such a thing as reincarnation, I don't want to come back any taller than 5'3", and even that's pushing it.

[applegrove]

57. 5'8" and 1/2

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. 5'7"

But I used to be at least 5'8"!:cry:

I've been slowly shrinking for a number of years...

*sigh*

:hi:

[RushIsRot]

59. 5'7"

[mwdem]

60. 5'10"

I'm all legs, and it's hard to find pant and jeans that fit!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. 5'5" is short?

Fuck. My 5'0" makes me a fucking midget. :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

71. Did anybody hear that midget just now?

:P

[Rising Phoenix]

62. 5'4....I'm so average

[last_texas_dem]

63. 5'9"

Which I've heard is average male height, but I have a little bit of trouble believing it. Perhaps it is average male height worldwide, but in America 5'10" or 5'11" seems like a more believable average height.

[Zookeeper]

64. 5'7. I felt tall when I lived in S.F., but don't feel so tall in MN. n/t

[SPKrazy]

75. did the cold weather shrink you?

:shrug:

:hi:


;)

[Zookeeper]

106. ....

'Just my brain.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

129. ...

all our brains shrink

use it or lose it apparently to some degree though

:hi:

;)

[bigwillq]

65. 5-3 (nt)

[av8rdave]

66. 6' 0"

[originalpckelly]

67. I'm a 5' 10" guy (the average height.) Women aren't as tall as men usually.

Actually, like you said, you're slightly taller than average.

[mitchum]

68. 6' 0"

[Thirtieschild]

70. Used to be 5'6", shocked the first time they measured me at 5'5"

The joys of aging. Didn't expect this one.

[raccoon]

108. Umm, how old are you? That's something probably not far down the road for me. nt

[bamacrat]

72. Just barely 5'11. n/t

[blockhead]

73. 6' 1"

6'2" on my back.:P

[Blue-Jay]

74. 5'11"

[mentalsolstice]

77. 5'2", but starting to get shorter

Being 5'6" is not short. When the fashions trend towards high heels, I find myself having to get petite-sized pants hemmed. I've seen petite inseams listed as anywhere between 27" to 30". My optimal inseam is 28" with a 1" heel (I can't wear a heel more than 1"). Lately, I've seen most "petite" inseams trend toward 29-30", because higher heels are favored right now.

On the upside...for casual clothing such as t-shirts, shorts, cargo pants and trail shoes, I can shop in the boys department and save gobs of money! Several times I've had store clerks remark that I must have houseful of boys, and I tell them "no, it's all for me."

I love Keens trail shoes...and for a women they run around $85-90.00. But because I fit into a youth size 4, I only pay $45-50 for basically the same shoe.

[Jack_Dawson]

81. 6'3"

207 lbs. A strappin' young lad.

:beer:

[lumberingbear]

82. 6'5"

Bears are suppose to be tall!!!

[LadyAziz]

83. 5'11

[Tektonik]

84. 6'5" here

6'6" if I'm standing really really straight :P

[BlooInBloo]

86. 6'2". I egotistically use "short" to mean "everyone shorter than me"....

... And analogously for "tall".

[Aristus]

87. 5'10".

B-)

[Skittles]

88. contrary to popular belief, Skittles is not 5'10"

I measure in at five feet four and a half inches :D

[snailly]

91. So with my 2 and a half inches on you

I could probably kick your ass?

Don't hurt me, Skittles.

---runs for cover

[Skittles]

92. ask my six feet tall brothers

yes INDEED :D

[billyskank]

104. Which is quite tall enough to KICK YOUR ASS

:D

[snailly]

90. 5'7"

[MikeH]

93. 6'4"

It is a gruesome story how I came to be tall. I was once a little boy, and then I grew some.

[legally blonde]

94. I'm 5'7"

My mom and two sisters are all 5'4" (I got my long legs from my dad's side), so I definitely feel tall around them. I grew two inches in college, so you could grow some more (if I remember correctly from your previous posts, you are fairly young).

[unsavedtrash]

95. No wonder I've had to special order my dress shoes since I was 15.

I'm 6'0 and I wear a size 14 shoe.

[alittlelark]

97. 5'7"

[BreweryYardRat]

98. 6'2".

6'3" in combat boots.

[mvd]

99. With shoes, about 5'3"

Short for a man.

[Omphaloskepsis]

100. I'm a little shy of 6' and 140 pounds.

My doctor is concerned. But that has been my weight for the last 16 years.

[Downtown Hound]

101. 6'3"

[Kool Kitty]

102. 4'11".

Little me.

[NewJeffCT]

115. about the height of my ex-wife

and she was from NJ, too.

[Kool Kitty]

121. They seem to grow us short here.

;) My Mom was only 4'9".

[NewJeffCT]

128. the odd thing

my ex was very fair skinned, and her dad & mom were both around 5'7" or so... and her sister was like 5'8" and olive-skinned.

The other odd thing was that my ex was very busty and her sister was fairly flat-chested.

[Kool Kitty]

135. I am a blond. My sister has olive skin

and dark hair and she is 5'6". My Dad was 5'8". Maybe it is a Jersey thing. Me-busty. My sister-not busty.

[krispos42]

103. Somewhere between these two...

And, no, it's not photoshopped or any other trick. Real picture.

[Mythsaje]

105. Six foot exactly...

My wife is 5'4".

[raccoon]

107. Let me get this straight. You're a woman, you're 5'6" and you think you're short?

You must be living in the Land of the Giants.

[eyepaddle]

109. 6'4", but since most men overestimate their own height people often

think I'm taller than that.

In fact I'm actually 6'3 1/2", but since you'll generally see me with shoes on, etc, I find it saves time by just saying 6' 4"

My mom is proud of it. I thnk she views me as a job well done!

[ghostsofgiants]

110. I'm 6'2"...but I'm a guy and I know I'm tall, haha.

[mainegreen]

111. 6'2.

My neighbor in Holland when I was a kid, though was 7'4ish.
I felt very short next to him

[ceile]

113. 5'6 -shortest in my immediate family . Sucks.

Brothers over 6ft, sis 5'11, even my mom is 5'8.

[NewJeffCT]

114. about 5'10"

so, about normal for here in CT for a guy, but I think it's a bit shorter than the national average.

My wife is 5'5" and is the tallest woman in my immediate family: My mom and her sister are about 5'3"/5'4" My two cousins are both about 5'1" - my two grandmothers were about that in their primes as well. My sister in law is about 5'3" and my mother-in-law is probably under 5'0"

[soleft]

116. five three

My son is almost five eleven. Not sure where he gets it from

[Flaxbee]

117. 5'7", and I'm one of the shorter women in my family

I have three sisters who are taller, two who are shorter. Mom is also shorter.

My husband is 6'4", so I wear heels a lot.

[huskerlaw]

118. 5'5"

I seem to be about average. Though not if you consider the average length of jeans. Most of those are made for 6'2" Amazons.

[redqueen]

119. Right about 5'3" in shoes.

Just under, if barefoot.

[Blue_In_AK]

120. I am a very average 5'4".

[tigereye]

122. 5'4" ironically.

but I've lately encountered women much shorter than me! :wow:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

123. Same height as you.... n/t

[NMDemDist2]

125. 5foot 2&3/4 inches

yes, I count the 3/4 inch :P

[TK421]

127. 6"3

And it REALLY sucks going down the stairs in my apartment because there is a concrete overhang that I ALWAYS bang my head on!!!

[Lethe]

130. 6'0 feet

i probably would have grown more but i smoked tobacco, weed, and drank alcohol at an early age when i was still growing.

[KamaAina]

131. 191.77cm

6' 3 1/2". Bloody non-metric chauvinists! :P

[JTG of the PRB]

132. 5' 10 3/4''

But when I'm wearing shoes I make it up to an even 6'. Sometimes I feel kind of short, and other times I feel tall.

But I'm not really THAT tall.

[ptvet]

133. 6'3" n/t

[Pushed To The Left]

134. 6'0"

A lot of people who know me seem to think I'm taller than that for some reason. I have been the same height since I was 15!

[sakabatou]

136. 6'0"

[Jamastiene]

137. I'm 5' 5-1/2".

but my cats and my mom's dog think I'm 10 feet tall. :D

[dropkickpa]

138. 5'0"

Stop your whining Lurch. :rofl: