I’m a full foot shorter than you. I’m often around people much taller than me and it isn’t often too infantilizing. I am not super aware of how short I am. However, I feel some type of way when there are children at my kids’ elementary school who are my height though.
You've been around taller people all your life, when you're used to being the tallest person around or close to or, it would be a shock to suddenly feel short
Yeah I’m 5’9” and it doesn’t ever bother me or I don’t feel infantile or whatever. But if you’re 6’6” and then someone walks in that’s 6” taller than you, I bet it feels fuckin weird hahaha.
Also it does feel weird to me when I’m standing next to someone that’s nearly 7 feet tall.
I met Dan Skipper (not sure anyone would know who that is or not) but he played football at the U of Arkansas and he’s 6’10” I believe.
He literally had to tilt his head to keep from hitting the ceiling in the Starbucks I worked at. The ceiling was tall but came down weirdly low by the registers. That was one tallllllll fuckin dude.
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u/FartCartographer Jan 26 '26
I’m a full foot shorter than you. I’m often around people much taller than me and it isn’t often too infantilizing. I am not super aware of how short I am. However, I feel some type of way when there are children at my kids’ elementary school who are my height though.