I love being fun sized and all but sometimes it is a struggle. There are times when I can't reach things and I have to climb up the kitchen counter. Or the fact that I have a top mail box at the mailroom made for extremely tall males that I can barely reach on the step stool. You will find me on my tippy toes! I find it pretty hilarious myself when I am trying to get my mail and I am not being sarcastic, it is honestly funny. I look ridiculous. Don't even get me started on pants! They are one of the biggest struggles! There are a bunch of struggles of being short but it does not mean it is all bad!
1. Reaching Things That Are High Up Is The Definition Of The Struggle.
Us fun sized people are not tall enough to reach the top shelves of anything. This causes us to become very good at climbing and hiking up wall type structures. Or the alternative would be to gain a very good throwing arm from chucking things up there to try and knock the thing you need down to you. It is either do-it-yourself or wait for a tall person to walk on by.
2. Finding Jeans/Pants That Fit Right Is Always Frustrating.
Jean shopping can become so frustrating. Yes, they do have jeans that are labeled short; however, most of the time I swear they lie. I'll try on the jeans labeled short and here I am still rolling and cuffing them on the bottom. There are the perfect jeans made for you out there but trying to find them is such as struggle when you are short and petite.
This Is What Us Short Girls Need:
A guide to cuffing our jeans so they don't look ridiculous. However, sometimes this is hard depending on how long the jeans are they might always just look ridiculous.
3. You Can Wear Cute Heels, But you'll Still Be Shorter Than All Of Your Tall Friends.
We are lucky since we are short that means we get to wear high heels whenever we want. The downside is that we are still shorter than all of our tall friends even when we have our cute booties, heels, or wedges on. Hopefully, they are not wearing their own heels because then you will really be short compared to them.
4. People Always Think You Are Younger Than You Are. (Which Is Not Totally A Bad Thing)
Trust me this can get really annoying. Yes, it is not totally a bad thing because when we are older it will be nice to hear that we look so young, but right now when we want to look our age it is rough. Being twenty-one and getting told by the teller in the bank that you look like your fifteen is not really a compliment...like thank you? That means I will be asked for my ID forever whenever I go out to a bar or liquor store, which at some point can get really annoying. I am not trying to fake it!
5. My Little Legs Can't Keep Up As Quick As Yours.
My strides are so much shorter than my tall friends. I am typically a fast walker, but when you are walking with one of your tall best friends it easy to get left behind. They usually have longer legs so their steps are a lot bigger and more spread out than yours creating more distance faster. Our short little legs are powerful, but sometimes we are running to catch back up or keep the pace. "Wait for me I have little legs," has to be one of my favorite quotes.
6. Tall People Use You As An Arm Rest.
This is one of the most annoying things that actually happens. It usually happens when your height gets brought up in a conversation more so than just out of the blue, but we get it we are short. Find a real armrest to hang on! It is the worst because first of all you're leaning your weight on our heads and second of all you are messing up our hair! Just please do not do this if you are tall to your short best friends.
7. Jokes About How You Aren't Tall Enough To Ride The Rides In Amusement Parks...Even If You Are.
This has to be one of the most annoying jokes about being short. I am 5'2" so I am tall enough to ride any ride I want to in the amusement parks. However, this does not stop people from joking around about your height and ask you if you are worried they won't let you go on the big kid rides while you are there.
8. You Can't See Over Big Crowds Of People Or Over A Tall Person If They Sit Right In Front Of You.
When someone tall sits directly in front of you, it has to be one of the worst things in the world, especially when you cannot do anything about it. This can happen at a concert, movie, class session, and there is nothing you can do. If you paid for the seat you got and they paid for theirs, they are most likely not going to accommodate you unless they are a wonderful human being interested in helping the short girl enjoy the show.
9. If You Share A Car The Seat Is Always To Far Away For You To Reach The Gas When You Get In.
I share my car with my family and everyone is taller than me. That means it takes me forever to just get situated when I get into the car before I can go anywhere. I have to slide the seat all the way forward, which is pretty far forward in order to reach the gas. Then I usually have to move it up so I can get a better view over the steering wheel and since I had to do all that, that means my mirrors are messed up and they need to be fixed now too!
10. You Could Never Be A Runway Model.
We may have dreamed about one day becoming a runway model, especially while watching Tyra Banks show America's Next Top Model. Us short girls know being a runway model was not handed to us in our cards. However, there is still hope with heels and becoming a petite model?? Never give up...go for whatever your dreams are because chances are you can make it!
P.S. the photo above is so true!
