im short!!!!!!!!!! - General Health Message Board

goingthroughit · 01-23-2006, 03:25 AM

hey everyone!

does anybody know anything that could help increase height? like stretching exercises, pills, whatever.....

i just turned 20, 2 days ago. i am desperate! i am only 5'0" tall.

and i know how unattractive being short is.. i've never heard anyone complimented a person about his/her short height...

help? please????

and my boyfriend is almost 1 foot taller than me. (dont you think we'd look funny walking together???)

Sharon76 · 01-23-2006, 04:28 AM

Hi

I'm only 5ft 2 tall and i wouldnt worry too much about being short. My husband is 5ft 9.

Sometimes it does bother me because i am limited to what trousers or jeans i can buy but apart from that i'm fine with it

Concentrate on building up your confidence and im sure you will be happy with your height

I don't think it is unattractive being short, if anything i would guess men find it off putting dating women who are taller than them.

goingthroughit · 01-23-2006, 04:45 AM

but most of my friends make fun of my height.. i am most insecure when im in a crowd, where i could really compare my height to everybody else's...

what hurts is that when my boyfriend's friends are there, and my boyfriend is not around, they usually try to **** me off and tell me how he would look better walking along with a taller girl... i know they just meant it as a joke, but i usually take it personally since i am extremely insecure about it.... :'(

i tried goin to sites that sells height enhancers... they're too expensive and i dont have my own income yet since im a full time student. and im not even sure if they work....

i really admire your confidence.. actually, my height didn't really bother me at all before.. just when my new friends (all of them are a lot taller than me) tease me about it.. and worse, my boyfriend's friends.....

spider37 · 01-23-2006, 05:35 AM

i think the worse thing about being short is when you told you are cute i to am only 5ft tall no grown woman want's to hear how cute she is like a child but i wouldn't bother with the moron's who make fun of your height i have had to deal with that my whole life you get past it after awhile

Misty800 · 01-23-2006, 01:02 PM

My daughter is only 5' and has never had a problem. She is a very secure, self-confident person and successful in her profession. Her personality is terrific, fun, brilliant, etc. Of course being her mom I am a little prejudiced!! She did not have much chance of being tall, I am only 5'2" and her grandparents are all short.

Do not waste your money or health on stuff advertised to help you grown in height. Being a healthy short person is preferred.

As far as friends giving you a hard time, learn how to reverse it, use it to your advantage. Of course you could call them "long shanks"!!

I have another daughter 5'3" married to a 6'7 fella and both his parents are over 6'. She says it has never bothered her walking along with them, towering above her. She too is self confident, secure and successful in her profession.