Being short is not fun. At 5'3", I come across all sorts of difficulties daily because of my height. I am one of the shortest out of my friends. My friends who are taller have no idea what kind of things we short people have to go through. I was originally going to write a list where I would put the advantage and disadvantage of being short but I could only come up with one advantage and that was fitting through small spaces. Not very impressive. So I thought I should share with others the major struggles we have to deal with.
- Being used as an arm rest
- Not being able to reach the top shelf
- Walking with someone with long legs is always like a marathon
- Not having your feet touch the ground whenever you sit in a chair
- Always having to look up at people who are taller than you and feeling like a child
- Taking pictures with your friends
- The difficulties of finding clothing that actually fits
- Having to use some sort of step stool to reach anything high up
- Sometimes having to stand on your tip toes
- Wondering what it would be like if you were just a little bit taller
- Your dreams of becoming a model are shattered
- Everyone thinking that you’re weak
- Being picked up when you don’t want to be
- Not even reaching the deep end of the pool yet and the water is already up to your nose
- Having to adjust the car seat so that you can reach the pedals and see over the dash board
- Having the seat belt practically saw into your neck
