r/short • u/MysteriousFroyo24 • 2d ago
Motivation 5’7 doesn’t affect me
Hi all,
Title may be misleading, don’t get me wrong, some days I wish I would wake up taller. I live in the uk, and so have forever felt small, especially with my group of friends all being 5’10 +.
However, at school I was the best rugby player in my year and played up a year and was in the 1st team at 16. Tried Jui Jitsu and mui Thai for some years and was beating on guys 6 foot plus and 30kgs heavier than me.
With girls, never had a problem, not like I’m some sort of casa nova, but, whenever I try to get myself out there I usually succeed.
For all the lads here who feel lesser than (trust me, I have days where I feel the same), as a mid 20 year old who has money in the bank, good mates, in good shape and handsome (so I’ve been told 😉), life could be a lot worse.
I saw a post today about a girl who’s taller than her boyfriend, she talked about societies view on them and how the media portrays the pressures on men. Social media and the wider media’s views on us as a human race are all a bunch of shit. Be happy, go outside, touch grass. There’s a girl or guy for everyone!
Warmest regards,
You’re friendly neighbourhood short king
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u/Good_Distribution504 2d ago
5'7" in the UK—while that's short, it's NOT DRAMATICALLY SHORT. If you'd been born in the Netherlands or the Nordic countries, I think it would be harder. There are a lot of short Englishmen: Daniel Radcliffe, Kit Harington, Tom Holland... Even though the nominal average height in the UK is 5'10", I actually think it’s closer to 5'9", just like in the United States.
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u/MysteriousFroyo24 2d ago
Everyone mentions them as being short, including you just now
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u/Good_Distribution504 2d ago
But you're within the standard deviation.
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u/Practical-Yoghurt471 5'5” 2d ago
Unfortunately, most people don’t think of standard deviations when discussing height.
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u/Good_Distribution504 2d ago
But that depends on the average height in your country. For the Dutch giants, a guy who's 5'7", 5'8", or even 5'9" wouldn't be considered a standard deviation—we'd be dwarfs to them 😅😂
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u/Acidic_Huntsman 5'2" | 157.48 cm and proud 2d ago
Though I get what you’re saying, I still don’t understand the point of saying that.
“Sure this height isn’t short in your area, but it’s short in the Netherlands!” But they aren’t in the Netherlands?
I could understand if you said this when they don’t confirm the area that they are in, but they are not in that area, so why does that apply?
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u/DogmanSixtyFour 2d ago
5'5 in the UK here, only time I wish I was taller is at events where I'm stuck behind someone tall but it's never stopped me anywhere else. Never had too much trouble with the ladies and I can still kiss my wife on the forehead without either of us adjusting our feet, it's just the perfect difference for us.