With how tall you are you really don’t need to wear heels. (Thanks, but I wasn’t wearing them to be taller. I’m wearing them because they’re fashionable and I’m trying to fit in like the rest of you. If it makes you self conscious I suggest you get yourself a higher pair of heels to keep up.)
Do you play volleyball? (Yes, I did at one point in my life and sometimes I still do. I took up the sport because people like you told me I should.)
Are you taller than your husband? (Does it matter?)
Are your parents tall? (Not really… they aren’t giants or anything. Maybe it’s all the milk I drank as a child? It does a body good.)
Is it hard to be bigger than everyone else? (Only when people like you call me big. I’m not big. I’m tall. Only I myself am allowed to refer to myself as big. And that’s only after I’ve eaten a massive dinner.)
It’s probably kind of nice to be able to see over people though at movies, right? (Actually, 5’11’’ isn’t that tall. For a girl, maybe. In general, I am not a freak of nature. Taller people actually do sit in front of me in movies and at church and I get just as angry as you that they’re blocking my view.)
I wonder how tall your children will be? (I wonder if you’ll have short children and if they’ll be annoying?)
Is it hard to find pants that fit? (Yes, actually it is… which is why many times my pants are too short and I look dumb.)
At least you’re skinny. (Um, thank you?)
As a side note—while I used to be self conscious of my height, I now like it. A lot. What I don’t like is my boat size feet that come with the package. I came to the conclusion today that they’ve recently grown, which is why all my shoes hurt. I refuse to buy size 11 shoes and will just continue to hobble in pain for the rest of life.
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i was laughing so hard when i read that. and then i thought to myself “dangit! did i say one of those to her this weekend?!”
i love it!
your height and hair made you easy to spot in certain european countries and i liked that. also, when we lived together you could reach things. now i have to climb up the counter to reach the martini glasses.
at least you have height to match your feet…number one thing not too say to someone with size 10 feet: wow with feet that big you think you’d be taller
at least you have height to match your feet…number one thing not too say to someone with size 10 feet: wow with feet that big you think you’d be taller
Em–
You probably did, but I wouldn’t remember. I have people say at least one of these things a day. Yesterday at church I got, “So, you’re saying you never played basketball as a kid?” To which I replied, “Actually, I did. And I sucked which is why I cried whenever I had to go to practice and then I quit. Thanks for reminding me about that horrible period of my childhood.”
Don’t worry, I won’t hate you for making tall comments.
k i’ve read this one like 45 times now, and i can’t stop laughing.
So this reminded me of a forward that I would get in email, but only better. Probably because I can identify with every single one, and I was laughing so hard at work that people didn’t know what was wrong with me. I’m afraid I don’t have an office door that I can shut yet;)
Being tall rules.
So this reminded me of a forward that I would get in email, but only better. Probably because I can identify with every single one, and I was laughing so hard at work that people didn’t know what was wrong with me. I’m afraid I don’t have an office door that I can shut yet;)
Being tall rules.
I loved all your come-backs to stupid “tall comments!” I say we embrace our size 11 feet and be proudly freakish- deal? I too wear 10.5′s for my self-esteem but am really an 11. At least you have cute toes:)
I loved all your come-backs to stupid “tall comments!” I say we embrace our size 11 feet and be proudly freakish- deal? I too wear 10.5′s for my self-esteem but am really an 11. At least you have cute toes:)
Well, I guess these are true for tall boys with slight changes in the questions.ist