The Long and the Short of it!

LOL! Oh Carol you are so funny! hehehehee I am 5' 4" and I thought that I was vertically challenged!

You have my sympathy Carol. I am tall, but my mother and one of my sisters are short. Tall is definitely an advantage, although clothes are really made for that 5'4" average. Average-length pants are usually a little too short for me and tall-length are too long.

But we all have our hardships. I am left-handed. Don't get me started on the disadvantages there.

I hear you, We must look up other people's noses & get our long sleeves caught on doorknobs & our feet come off the floor when we reach into a chest freezer & stand on the bottom shelf in the supermarket to reach items on the top shelves.......

wow! as a younger woman than me ( i assume) I would expect you to be taller. I'm 5'5...and 55.
My 20 yo is 5'9; my 18 yo is 5'3; my 16 yo is 5'....diminishing return!
I worry about the youngest one...all three are done growing. My best friend who is only 5' was short in our "day." Maybe I should teach her to alter clothing!

lol oh geez.

I'm fairly tall, and that's got bad sides too. I think I'm about 5' 7 but hubby thinks I'm closer to 5' 10.

I keep looking at my feet to see if they're growing Hobbit hair!LOL!

I am 5' 5 and I still feel like you. I have always wanted to be taller.

It is all what you make of it....it appears you do pretty well!

Gee, Carol. You're just a little nipper, aren't you? My grand daughter-in-law to be is about your size and when I hug her her head comes just a little higher than my armpit and I'm only 5' 6". She's the cutest thing I've ever seen, but what gets me is sometimes a size 1 is too big for her. Her dog weighs more than she does. but remember, height is like age (only as old as you act) : it's not how tall you are but how you carry yourself that matters. and you carry yourself like the regal queen you are. I just hope that crown doesn't weigh you down! LOL

I've known and enjoyed a lot of "sweet petites" so you have my full support! You should have seen the 20/20 show a couple of weeks back. This one lady who is a midget and practically has to roll around, has a much taller boyfriend. It was quite a story. Since I'm quite tall (6' 1" or so), my problem is bumping my head on "fixtures." I've done that a few times in my life, and almost wanted to start wearing a rubbery helmet! So I really need to watch where I walk (I think my whole family is a bit on the clumsy side). I guess you could get some higher but stable shoes to help your height a bit, but this way it will challenge your ingenuity and you will find unique ways to cope. I like to get those catalogs that have ergonomic products for the home -- there's one idea! And since we have to hold down the toilet flusher, that's even a challenge for me to reach down. So I'd like to invent a foot pedal flushing device. Enjoy your challenges and I'm sure you will find some creative ways to do that. Thanks for posting this!

LOL Carol !!!!!! I know how you feel and then some....I'm just under 4' 10" !!!

I'm just under 5' 3'' and I know the feeling.

I'm just under 5'2- I understand completely! My favorite is going to the store and not being able to reach things and toilets that are so high your feet don't touch the ground, lol!

i am 5'4" and my sister is 5' 1/2"...she always makes sure she adds that 1/2"!!

my hubby is 6'5" so i never have to reach for anything! :)

I find if I have to use the handicapped toilette my feet dangle. I hate that. And I'm 5'2!!!

Carol, though I am not short, I am the SHORTEST woman on my father's side of the family, and the among the tallest on my mom's side... my sister is six feet tall, and much larger than me...

I used to be tall for my age and always had trouble finding pants long enough. Now I'm just average. But I still have a hard time finding pants to fit the way I want them to. My sister is short and she very much uses it to her advantage! ;-)

LOL! I have a friend who is 4'11 and she swears up and down she's 5'1.

Fun. I'm 5'4 and a half, and so proud of the half:)

Ha Ha Ha
Carol----your article made me laugh. If it helps any I am shrinking. Several years back I am almost positive I was 5'5 and now I am 5'4 so if I keep on going at this rate, I will catch up to you in no time!!

I have the exact same problems - I am only 4'11.

My daughter is the same height as I. Her husband is six foot four inches. When they are in the car, you can't see her because of the head rest and he is in the ceiling, so it looks like no one is driving the car.

I'm 5"3", and totally can relate! LOL

my grandma was 4'11" , ya everything is made for the average height , extra tall people have similar issues

My sister, mother and I were at one time 5 foot 2 inches. Then the summer I turned 13 I grew 4 inches to 5 foot six inches. My older daughter is 5 foot 5 inches, but my younger daughter is about 5 foot 1 inch. Both my sons are tall, one is 6 foot 1 inch.

I am happy where I am height wise.

I'm 5'-7" and I still feel short. Most of my family is 6' or taller but I'm done growing...

I like Sheila, am 5' 4 1/2" and that half inch means a lot. It's 1/2" taller than my older sister! When I was a kid I wanted to be much shorter so I could be a jockey...lol!

i used to tease my 5'2 mother all the time untill now I regret it because my 6'4 son is doing the same to me,,,,

My great grandmother was around 4 foot tall, had to stand on a wooden box to cook. She was a great cook. She didn't take any sassy (s...) from anyone. Saw her back a man up against a wall, he was still trying to get up the wall away for her. She lived to be 94 years old. Thanks for sharing your story.

I feel for you! Petite pants are too long on me alot of times and I can never reach anything I want in a store!

We can always put you on the rack in La La Land and stretch you some.

My mom is 5'2", so I feel for you. I am always have to reach things for her.

I can relate lol, I'm only 5'2" and I get ribbed about it all the time. It doesn't help I'm only 110 lbs either. But in some ways I wouldn't trade my size for anything else. People our size have a certain magical way about them. I think my size, with my personality, seems to charm people, too, or so I have been told. Not too mention, we have a tendency to appear, much younger than we generally are, as well. So its not all bad, being little.

Carol, I certainly understand this article. I myself am only 4'11" and 1/2. The 1/2 is very important to me. I'm sure that first thing in the morning I'm over 5' (it says 5' on my license anyway.) I have to have petite pants hemmed as well, and it irks me that I'm supposed to weigh like 100 pounds tops. I see where you are coming from.

oh Carol... this is quite funny... but i am sorry for your dilemma...
i'm sure it must get frustrating... Blessings to you always...