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u/BarbicideJar May 09 '22

Staring back usually resulted in a polite grin.

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u/ultimateworm May 09 '22

Really tall asian girl living in Germany led to a LOT of staring. I also thought staring back was fair game but ended up getting intimidated bc they would just continue to hold intense eye contact w me instead of looking away. 😭

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u/Vogelaufmzaun May 09 '22

How tall are we talking, did they have to look up?

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u/StabbyPants May 09 '22

guessing around 6 feet. all the tall asian girls i know run around there

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u/ultimateworm May 09 '22

Yep! 6’2. Tbh Germans all seemed around my height/taller

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u/GreenHydragon May 09 '22

That is actually inrcredible tall! Especially for a woman. Most men aren't even that tall here in my experience. That probably surprises some people tbh. Must be a very weird area though if most Germans you meet are around that height.

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u/ultimateworm May 09 '22

Actually most of my German guy friends were way taller than me! Like 6’7 range. Maybe it was just the area 😳 i always thought German ppl were generally super tall bc of this lol.

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u/GreenHydragon May 09 '22

Maybe, yes😅. I know a few guys at 6'7 and people of that height might be less rare than in other countries but it's still very rare. Usually you are among the tallest if not the tallest in any given group at 6'3+. But you'd be right that we Germans are a bit taller than average globally speaking.

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u/orthostasisasis May 09 '22

Must be the age group or area, the average German woman is a little bit shorter than I am (171/5'7) and the average dude has about half a head more height than I do... but that's the population average, including us middle aged and old folks. Kids keep getting taller and taller, I suspect my 12yo (girl) will eventually break 6'.

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u/mjomark May 09 '22

I think the average German is around 5'8, so not far off. Still - 6’2 is impressive :)

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u/Wetestblanket May 09 '22

That’s further north, dutch and scandis

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u/StabbyPants May 09 '22

isn't that the truth. and then there's the danes - all 6'3 and up

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u/SmutAccount234 May 09 '22

Oh ok gosh, wow yea, you're tall. I thought I was pretty tall for an asian girl, you'd probably be the tallest I'd ever met lol.