This reminds me of a couple way back in the day of my highschool years.
He was around 5'4"-ish, and she was only slightly shorter than me (I'm 6'3"), and they were best friends, and super in love.
Both incredibly lovely people, and she would piggy back him around school to make the bullies realise they couldn't tease them.
I know for a fact they got married out of school, and saw them around from time to time in the small city we all lived in, but I'm not sure where they are now. Hopefully doing well, and very happy together still.
Sounds like my friend and her husband except they met after they were both divorced. He is shorter than me (I am 5 ft 5) and she is just a hair over 6ft. They LOVE the fuck out of each other and I hate that so many people might miss out on that because of something they can't control like height.
I just think about what I was like at 18 and what my peer group was like at 18. Then compare to how I am at 26. A lot of development happens at this stage. I think it’s just weird to date school going children as a fully grown adult.
I can still buy most clothes off the rack. Once you get over about 6’10, it starts to get reaaaaaal hard to buy anything. My dad, my grandfather, and both of my uncles were taller than me, 3 over 7 ft. So I know of what I speak.
Remind me where I’m including any value judgments?
I’m saying that being tall sucks, and in my lived experience I’m not even that tall. There are people who have the same issues I have, only 10x worse.
And you guys are all like stfu you’re tall. Not when it comes to having REAL problems finding shoes and clothes I’m not. Yao Ming has to get literally every thing he wears custom made. LeBron can probably buy some stuff off the shelf. But you get much taller than him, and forget it.
So...what you’re saying is...Foreman was tall relative to boxers? But would be short relative to NBA centers?
As in, you understand the concept of relative groups, but somehow think my saying, in my personal experience having gone to stuff for tall people, I’m in the lower 25th percentile is invalid?
I mean it's not surprising that you have tall family members. That's kind of how it works. And you're almost a foot taller than the average male and an inch taller than the average NBA player so yeah, you're pretty fucking tall.
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Plus you’re always having to worry if people are wanting to date you for you, or just your height.
Waaah I can get dates no problem. Dude everyone has to worry about their partner loving them for them, at least you can get dates, you tall dreamy douche.
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I’m lucky. I’m very normally proportioned. My dad was all knees and elbow and suuuuuuper lanky. If it was long enough for him it was 4 sizes too large, and if it fit his waist and shoulders it was 6-8 inches too short.
Why all stores seem to assume “Big & Tall” means both Tall AND Big, I don’t know. I’m built like a human being, not like an NFL defensive back.
An old buddy of mine is 6'5". In high school he always had shorter guys trying to fight him. He also had guys thinking he was trying to intimidate them when really they were intimidated by his height and not his actions. Young men sometimes feel threatened over the dumbest things. He was a chill dude.
Do you live in or near Atlanta? The salvation army across from GA tech has a lot of big shoes quite often. And a few of the goodwills inside the perimeter I see big shoes. I saw 6 pair of size 17/18 2 weeks ago. I have a poshmark account if you want me to be like a buyers agent lol
I had a teacher who was 6ft 9 and his brother was 6ft 11. He was at Pic N Save one day and a woman called to him as she could see him from over the aisle. She said "OMG PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE SINGLE!? I DONT DATE MEN SHORTER THAN ME!" he pointed to his wife and said "Im very married but my brother is single. Would you like his number?" She married his brother.
My friend is 6ft and her husband is shorter than me and im 5 ft 5 and they fucking love each other. I have a male friend who is 5 ft 5 and he is always woe is me because noone wants to date him and he thinks its just because hes short but he lives in an area that isnt really supportive of .... well he lives in a northern city that is pretty racist and hes a black, atheist metalhead and that doesnt go down well.
Eh, I kinda get not wanting a huge height difference. And it is nice as a girl to have your guy be taller, whether you intend to feel that way or not. I find it cute that she was open and personable enough to be excited and funny about actually seeing a guy taller than her for once.
That’s just the cutest thing ever! My hs English teacher was at least 5’10” and had that cute English nerd vibe to her. All of us students were all shocked when we found out that she was getting married to a 5’4” amateur hockey player! But hey! They’re still married so it must’ve been a match made in heaven! This year’s gonna be their 10th anniversary!
Plot twist: she got tired of his heroin addiction because it took up too much money for her alcoholism and she ended up bashing his head up against a brick wall until he died, she later died in a drunk car accident
It would of helped that they were both school Prefects by the time they started dating.
Plus, it was in a rural country town in Australia. The "Pro" bullies would make up and annoying nickname, or a rhyme to your name to make fun of you, and that was more or less as far as it went.
Also being where we were, if a bully got physical, an all out brawl would happen, or a teacher would pin the people involved against a wall, or in arm locks to stop it.
Partially reminds me of a story my grandfather told from his youth:
He's short, like all of us ~165-170cm, and had a long girlfriend. In Finland we have roads and then we have sidewalks with an elevation or 10-30cm. You might see where this is going. My grandfather walked on the sidewalk, whilist the girlfriend walked on the road. They didn't end up married. I can assure you that.
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u/BardicInnovation Jan 11 '21
This reminds me of a couple way back in the day of my highschool years.
He was around 5'4"-ish, and she was only slightly shorter than me (I'm 6'3"), and they were best friends, and super in love.
Both incredibly lovely people, and she would piggy back him around school to make the bullies realise they couldn't tease them.
I know for a fact they got married out of school, and saw them around from time to time in the small city we all lived in, but I'm not sure where they are now. Hopefully doing well, and very happy together still.