No matter how much makeup you apply or how high of heels you wear, you will never be able to hide your true identity: short.

1. People love to remind you of your height.
2. Trying to find pants that fit is mission impossible.
3. Most boys over the age of 10 are taller than you.
4. Being called “fun sized”.
5. Getting carded everywhere, including R-rated movies.
   
   
   
6. Your head is an armrest to everyone.
7. If you babysit a 9-year-old, you know he has to check his growth spurt by comparing heights.
8. The top shelf is, and always will be, a mystery.
   
   
   
9. You can borrow your friend’s sweater as a dress.
10. Your feet do not touch the ground when you sit on the couch.
11. You have never seen the hood of your car while driving.
12. You are only called “cute”, not “sexy”.
13. To save yourself from embarrassment, you refuse to stand next to your tall friends in pictures.
14. You feel threatened by middle schoolers.
15. You started the “rolled jeans” trend.
    
    
    
16. No one can ever believe you are in college.
17. The phrase “you are going to appreciate that when you are older” might as well be your life anthem.
18. When you gain five pounds, it is more noticeable.
19. Holding hands with guys is a challenge.
    
    
    
20. People automatically assume you wear a size 0 or 2.
21. Kindergarten Day was your peak in high school.
22. Maxi Dresses, ha.
23. Oversized sunglasses make you look like an extra in A Bug’s Life.
24. Always falling behind because of your short legs.
25. You spend more time on your tippy toes than flat footed.
    
    
    
26. You have never actually seen a live concert, you have only listened to it surrounded by a crowd of people.
27. People always ask how tall your parents are.
28. No matter how hard you try, you will never convince people of your real age.

You didn’t choose the short life; the short life chose you.