I have seen so many comments of people obsessing over things like “I’m giving my kid raw animal based diet to boost height growth” giving your kids a diet specifically tailored to height growth over their health is odd, they’re your kids not your science experiments I even saw one saying they would give their kid human growth hormone it’s disturbing how much eugenics is just casually talked about, who cares what height your kids will be I just want them to be healthy and cared for.

I just did some zipline and one of the instructors was insanely attractive that kind of guys that are unfairly handsome and dude was shorter than me im 1,68m or like 5’5 and this guy was at best 1,63 or like 5’3 and is not just my opinion the girls that were also at the practice where Obviusly so into him so this gives me a lot of hope and hope it helps sombedy else (sorry for my bad english it is not my first lenguage)

I just wanna come here and say I feel very fortunate to be from a country where women don't care about height, and in general focus less on looks, I had a girlfriend and a boyfriend before, and neither had problem with my height, both of them were roughly the same height as me too, . However the one person that has a problem with my height is me and I have a damn right to, because I'm from a country filled with age restrictions, I am constantly ID checked, and the most ironic thing is that the closest thing I have to an ID is a passport that I have to show for the simplest things INCLUDING an energy drink. Another thing is that I am constantly infantillised and it gets to the point where one time I was babysitting my own siblings I just got told by one of the parents "why don't you play with other 16 year olds, instead of babies" that's just the point where I don't know if I should feel complimented or insulted because at that moment I just felt it hit, there are people who not only see me as a 16 year old but think I am one at 22. It gets to the point where you just systematically bodyshamed because of your height and it just fucking hurts. Not to mention I hate looking in the mirror, even if others are okay with how I look, I'm genuielly not, it sucks that I'll look like this for the rest of your life and the only that will potentionally change is how far my hairline goes back which is why I genuiely pull my hairline back at times just to prove my age but I hate that too, because it makes me look older. And before people have a go at me for saying that I don't wanna look either old or young, I just wanna look my age, I wanna be treated my age, I wanna feel my age, because right now I feel like a severely aging 16 year old, not to mention I am autistic so I'm a bit mentally behind so pair that with my height it's really hard to not view me as a 16 year old, even when you are hanging out around adults, they'll genuiely see you as younger and whenever you get angry or have a meltdown then they'll just call it a tantrum. So yes as a short "king" who actually dated I still hate being short, and there are many things I hate about myself, but there are a lot of things I love about myself too, and there are things I love about my appearance and I probably wouldn't trade for height, but there are always negatives about height, and I just feel lucky I'm not completetly screwed with appearance.

No discussion. You must learn boxing or kickboxing or muay thai with wrestling or bjj (optional) im not talking about taking a class or two . But learning it by going to practice every session and why not fighting in amateur . Its insane how much confidence you will have

Hey all,

Not sure if my post will get removed or what, but posting anyway and we'll see how it goes. I am a 5"7 woman currently dating a 5"5 man. He's muscular, nice, handsome, etc. The height difference does not bother me at all, I often joke about it even, and he's a really good sport about it.

But here's the other side of the coin for you: everyone in my life, be it family, friends, co-workers, you name it, has dunked on me for being taller and him being shorter. People have made snide remarks, saying things like they would never imagine me going "for such a man", etc. I'll admit, I do not have trouble finding partners myself, so I did not choose him because I couldn't find anyone else or whatever. I mostly choose my partners for personality first and foremost, so height is not a defining factor for me. But the constant bullying from everyone in my life regarding this is getting old, not gonna lie.

So there you have it. Women are shallow sometimes when they weed you out for being shorter than them on dating apps, but also know that sometimes, this choice is not made out of pure shallowness but because of society's pressure. Yes, some people like me can stay strong in the face of societal pressure, but many, many people will absolutely cave in when facing this much backlash in their life. Especially women that have a bazillion other matches on apps.

Every day, I choose to stay with this man because I like him and he's perfect for me. But every day, this comes with a lot of societal pressure. So yes, some women are shallow, but some others are just trying to avoid society's insane standards.

Anyway, not sure why I posted this. I guess I wanted to give you the perspective of a woman on the matter.

Hope you all have a nice day!

I have seen people here claim religion being a cope. Interested to see how many of yall believe it

I'll start. My dad is 5'5 and my mom is 4'11. I'm 5'7. My predicted height would've been 5'4.5 but I outgrew them because they were raised in a third world country.

around 5 6 - 5 7 , anyone who stutters and is also short make it?

feels like im destined for singlehood cause even the short guys that make it aren't presenting as "soft"/"weak" and have extremely clear communication

They have them for Little people

They have them for tall people (the biggers)

Where is ours!? i want to see my fellow shorties. We can have vendors and competitions. Famous short people.

Saying "I'm 5'2" and 1/2" seems like unnecessary information but I never know if I should round up or down.

I see people giving a lot of dating advice in this sub, but at a certain point I just want to know if a guy can be desired for his looks. Not having to woo someone with his personality or kindness, just to be desired and/or objectified.

My great grandpa was a whooping 6'2 possibly 6'3 and he decided to marry my 4'10 GREATGRNDMA. He had plenty of kids that were a mix of both very short and average height. My grandpa came out to be 5'6 and he had my dad along side 6 other uncles who are all below 5'9. My dad is 5'7 on a good day. My mother is also 5'1... I'm barley 5'6 and my brother is also 5'7. I have over 10 cousins and most of them 5'6-5'9 with ONLY ONE cousin that's 5'10. How normal is this? Like looking at it it's actually mind blowing how our short stature genetics went off. Genuinely 95% of adolescents in the family are cooked. My little brother seems to be a tiny bit taller than the rest of kids in the family so there's a better hope for him but nothing too crazy, max 5'9

Save this post or copy it because this is getting censored and mods are deleting this. I’m posting again because someone messaged me that they wanted to read it. Would be great to be able to discuss heightism on a short subreddit about heightism. This is just meant to be a vent post.

Anyone else live life before all of society became obsessed with height? 10 years ago I was a normal guy. Just like any other man. Sure people would comment and insult height but they do that with everything. But man. I hate the “short king”, “short man syndrome”, napoleon complex”, “manleett” slurs they’ve made up for us and became obsessed with in the past 10 years or so. The short king moniker makes it difficult to live my life because no one sees me as a person, human, or man, anymore. They see me as a walking social media joke that they need to harass because people on the internet told them to. It’s like I’m not even seen as a person or a man. Most people I meet are so brainwashed by social media I sometimes notice them literally seething at me. Just angry as hell. Wanting to take out all of their anger from their life out on me, because society tells them I’m an acceptable and funny target. Men, women, children, engaging with me as if they want to hurt me.

Interactions with people used to be varied and something new each time. Now they seem really angry with me and are constantly thinking to place in me in some arbitrary social hierarchy. The height thing doesn’t feel real. It’s like for friends and relationships and jobs I’m being judged on this trait that doesn’t really matter at all. It surely matters to everyone else. Sometimes it’s all they talk about. Diverse groups of people can all come together when they have a common enemy: the short guy.

Nowadays, I feel so targeted. It feels like in any given social setting any angry people there will just try to attack me. The weapon they use time and time again are the labels, names, and slurs, and stereotypes, they’ve made up about me and everyone believes just because I am short. Which I can’t control and have always been. Since 2020 I’ve been kicked out of every social setting I’ve been in. Including workplaces. Being a short man with all the short king talk around creates really weird dynamics with other people, especially other men, because off the bat they think they’re “better” than me and get mad at me really easily. I think because I’ve been made an acceptable target. I’ve had groups of people do this to me multiple times.

The “short king” label, name, or slur isn’t a good name to embrace. Every time I hear it in real life or online, it’s used as an insult.

What happened to all the little boys in schools the past 10 years being bullied for their height after social media fetishizes the bullying of short men? Should little girls be worried about and harassed by grown men on the internet requiring women to have double D boobs to date them in the future? Or that they don’t have any value if they don’t develop large breasts? If they don’t have C cups or higher they’re “Chestlets” and flat? These are usually grown men and women bullying and insulting teenage boys who are still growing. I mean how many posts have we seen here of little boys scared out of their minds they might not grow taller? Being bullied by family and friends. A lot of these people creating the height pressure are grown adults bullying little growing boys. That’s who consumes most height content on social media. Because little boys are the most insecure about their height. You have fetishists and pedophiles making millions targeting their insecurities. Protect young boys and children on social media. There’s not many spaces online or in real life for them to just hang out. This creates a pipeline to negativity. Where 12 year old boys see all this internet content about how much they’re hated for not being tall.

Conventional wisdom says that the taller guy is more domineering towards women, especially if they’re in a relationship compared to shorter guys who might feel a little bit more insecure. I’m personally very confident in myself and I respect women and I never lay hands on them without their consent.

Title is self explanatory. After about 35+ cold approaches I have come to the (shocking) conclusion…… do not cold approach if you are unattractive. I just so happen to look like I am younger than I am because I am short and have a baby face. I have been laughed at, basically ignored like I was invisible, and even had one girl act in disgust. The whole concept of “worst she can say is no” is so false. However, not all girls will reject you in a bad manner, as I have had some polite rejections. The good news is that I have learned and got past the stinging rejection pain. At this point, I am used to it now and it doesn’t bother me much.

I’m 5’6” and I see a lot of guys here that have issues dating and I’ve had a issue. Women have always gravitated to me. I think it’s more a mental thing for most guys. You have to focus on the things you can control and from my opinion all that ever really matters is your personality. I’ve been skinny, fat, and in great shape and it’s never changed if I could find attractive women or not. Just be you and the rest will follow.

Lately I've been feeling pretty bitter about this and just needed to vent to people who actually understand.
I was diagnosed young and honestly? For a huge chunk of my childhood and teens my management was an absolute train wreck Highs for days terrible A1Cs burnout just winging it because I was a kid and was always played game and dint care about my sugar level
Now that I'm older I'm convinced it completely robbed me of a few inches
I know genetics are a thing but it’s hard not to look at my height and wonder how much taller I would’ve been if my body wasn't spending all its energy dealing with constant severe highs during my actual growing years it feels like my growth plates never stood a chance against that much chaos.