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Jeez the doom and gloom on here! Seriously though fellas if your going into these things thinking they are going to fail invariably they will. Marriage and children are wonderful things (stressful) but wonderful. Anything in life is a chance but if you want something badly enough it will work out. And this from a guy with 3 kids (18, 4 and 1) and two marriages.
Hey welcome. How tall are you and why didn't your first marriage work out?
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I am in my late fifties now-- too late to have the life I wanted as a normal size man. I would have loved to be anywhere in the oblivious zone - about 5'10" or so. That would have allowed me to live an entire adult lifetime not being the shortest guy (5'4") in almost every social situation since age 15, along with all the grief that has accompanied it.
Yes, but you've lived a unique life with a different perspective on things. Do you have any kids? It's interesting that you're bothered by your height. A lot of people I know in their 50s, "grew into" being comfortable with it but I understand. When you're short you learn how to see the superficiality in how people interact with one another when it comes to appearance.
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And how did you react? How did others react?
I felt like crap of course. Not because I'm upset that I'm short or anything, but because people think it's completely acceptable to mock someone for their height.
I told them that it's douche-like to make fun of me or point out something about me that I had no control over and can't change. They cringed and one apologized. Another one laughed at said it was "my problem".
What would you have done?