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Worried about my height.

VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
in Help / Advice Forum
I hate being a 5'3 1/2 white guy, and I'm 21, so I would think I'm done growing, despite growing half an inch last month.

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  • RayzeRayze Registered User regular
    So, what's your problem? Afraid you won't get a woman? Some women care about height but a lot don't

    Otherwise, this sounds like venting

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    What advice are you looking for?

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    I guess I won't grow anymore.

  • RayzeRayze Registered User regular
    You probably won't. You'll have to deal with that. I'm a 5'1 woman. Wish I was a bit taller but oh well

  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    But I grew half an inch last month.

    COULD I grow to be 5'4-5'5?

  • CreaganCreagan Registered User regular
    If you're 21, you're probably done growing. 21 years is a long time to grow to begin with.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Hey, finally, a question.

    5'4" possibly. Any more than that is doubtful.

    But...5'4"-5'5" is still quite short, objectively...well below average for a white male. So you may as well quit obsessing over whether you'll grow another half inch or inch. If you are bothered by being short at 5'3" and 1/2 it will still bug you to be short at 5'4" or 5'5".

    There is nothing you can do about your height so what you need to do is work on getting over this and not letting it effect how you feel about yourself for the rest of your life.

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  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    I guess I won't grow anymore.

    I also grew half an inch at 20.

    Am I a midget for a white male?

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  • FantasmaFantasma Registered User regular
    Something that could help you a little is just to play some sport once a week, or practice a discipline like Karate. Force your body to grow and be strong.

    Of course, I never had a problem with my height, I am 6'3.

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  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Am I a midget?

    My mom's 5'4, and my dad's 5'8, so I feel like I should be taller.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    "Midget" would be considered a rather offensive term by many. No, you are not a "midget"/little person.

  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    I'm thinking about getting that bone surgery that makes you taller.

    But I WOULD be a midget for white male standards.

  • RayzeRayze Registered User regular
    You're small, deal with it. Just because your parents are a certain height doesn't mean you'll be as tall or short as them

  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    I feel like I should be taller.

    No girl will even give me a chance, so your advice is useless.

    Thanks for wasting my time with shitty advice.

  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited October 2013
    I think that technically you'd have to be under 4'10" to qualify as a midget. Being short is a bummer but surgery is risky, costly, and IIRC exceptionally painful. It's much easier and more efficient to make peace with your size and focus on improving yourself in other ways. On the plus side you're probably eye level with many women's breasts :D.

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  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    Well, it's my parents' fault for giving me shitty genetics.

    I DESERVE a reasonably attractive girlfriend, and I won't get that with a short, ugly girl that looks like a 12 year old.

    I don't want to have to settle for a short, ugly, desperate girl. I don't want people to make fun of me for being stuck with an Oompa Loompa.

  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    You want to know what women hate waaaay more than short guys? Short guys that can't stop obsessing over their height. You're short. It sucks. You can deal with it or you can let it drag you down.

  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    I might as well kill myself.

    No girl will ever want me.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    I am 5'4" and have had sex with multiple women (not at the same time unfortunately).

    That extra inch isn't going to be the breaking point.

    You do not have a problem.


    e: Well, you do have kind of a problem. Let's just say that your height is not the reason women will not want to sleep with you.

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  • VGAddictVGAddict Registered User regular
    But no girl will give me a chance.

    My life sucks. I wish I were dead.

  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    VGAddict wrote: »
    Well, it's my parents' fault for giving me shitty genetics.

    I DESERVE a reasonably attractive girlfriend, and I won't get that with a short, ugly girl that looks like a 12 year old.

    I don't want to have to settle for a short, ugly, desperate girl. I don't want people to make fun of me for being stuck with an Oompa Loompa.

    You don't deserve a fucking thing with that attitude

    Grow up, get some therapy, and deal with the fact that while you're relatively short for a dude your life is far from over

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    You don't deserve shit, and no girl DESERVES to put up with being in a relationship with someone who believes they're owed it. Grow up. Quit whining and do something to make yourself an interesting or even tolerable person, and you will have much better luck finding a relationship.

    Until then, don't make threads unless you're looking for specific advice and can lose the attitude. WE don't deserve YOUR bullshit.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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