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Hello short guys.
Im 48 years old and am 5' 5". I have gotten depressed lately about my height after a *bleep* insulted me in front of my girlfriend in a bar saying "is she with you?? No way!!" And laughing to his friends. He was like 6' 5" and it was obviously an insult about my height. I just calmy said "yes she is" and walked by but it through me off that night and all night I was insecure about my height and what people were thinking. It really is a helpless feeling. I started feeling insecure with my girlfriend but played it off. I started comparing my height to all others, men and woman, and found most men towered over me, and most woman were taller as well in heels. I literally felt like I was standing in a hole and everyone was looking down on me (figuratively and literally). Its been three days and I cant shake this feeling.
Anyone else feel like this and how can I learn to get over feeling insecure about my height?
Thanks for any thoughts.
I see how that would get under my skin, but at 48? I'm younger than you, but clearly this guy has a major insecurity issues. Why at 6'5 would he need to get in some guy's face, a man a foot shorter just to shoot off at the mouth? Maybe because he thought "damn, how could he get her while I'm walking solo".
He'd never admit it, but the guy is jelly lol
When I look at actors like Daniel Radcliffe or Macaulay Culkin, I think of failed artists in the sense that when all of the cuteness disappeared, there were no roles for them. I'm talking about actors of our generation. Tom Cruise, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman are from a different era where the average height for men was a tad lower. Tom Cruise played lead roles through most of his career, but he is borderline short.
See Radcliffe, he played a lead role in a romantic comedy. It seems like that's all that's left for short adult actors, movies that play up dumb stereotypes of short guys being buffoons (Ben Stiller, David Spade, Martin, etc).
Kristen Bell? Why the heck is she not on this list? Most of these actresses the OP has are rather old IMO no offense.
Heightism never "goes away". It's built into modern society as much but not as acknowledged as racism and sexism. It simply may mean less to you, but it definitley remains and is probably stronger than you remember it as a young man.