Given the fact that I’m only 4’11 and stopped growing in the fifth grade, I’ve experienced all types of struggles that come with being vertically challenged (or as I like to call it, "fun-sized"). If you’re as short as I am (or, okay, maybe a few inches taller), than you’ll be able to relate to and sympathize with both the good and the bad that comes with being short.
1. Pants never fit you.
2. You get ID’d everywhere you go.
3. People use you as an armrest.
4. You have to climb to reach anything.
5. You have to move your seat all the way up when driving.
6. Your feet dangle wherever you sit.
7. People frequently comment on how short you are.
8. Even in high heels, you’re the shortest.
9. There are fifth graders taller than you.
10. People literally have to look down to talk to you.
11. You've heard every short joke imaginable, including Oompa Loompa jokes.
12. You have to go on your tippy toes to see properly.
13. Shirts become dresses and dresses go past your knees.
14. You can't put your feet up on the table because your legs won't reach.
15. You have to throw things on the higher shelves because you can't reach them.
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