​15 Truths You Learned Growing Up (And Up And Up) As The Tall Girl
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​15 Truths You Learned Growing Up (And Up And Up) As The Tall Girl

Person: "You're blocking the view." Me: I am the view.

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​15 Truths You Learned Growing Up (And Up And Up) As The Tall Girl
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All your life, you’ve been constantly reminded of how tall you are. From people asking you if you play basketball to being taller than most of the boys growing up, you know these 15 things when you’re the tall girl.

1. Anything other than flats automatically makes you 6 feet or taller.

After years of feeling like a giant wearing heels next to all your girlfriends (and even some guys!), you finally rock that 6+ foot status with confidence.

2. “Do you model? Do you play volleyball or basketball?”

Yes, because my height automatically qualifies me for all those things!

3. Your normal walking pace is sprinting for your friends.

Whenever you're walking with your shorter friends, you have to force yourself to walk slowly (aka at their pace) — which is not easy when you have such long legs!

4. “You’re blocking the view.”

I am the view.

5. Sports were either your thing or they totally weren’t.

There are two options in athletics when you’re tall – you’re either extremely clumsy because you’re constantly flailing everywhere, or you’re extremely intimidating because of your size and people don’t even bother messing with you.

6. You’ve lived your whole life mastering the cropped look.

From jeans to jackets, to sweaters, to skirts, you’ve lived your whole life with your clothes fitting a little shorter than it was probably intended to be. When you’re tall, you only have a few options for clothes: buy everything in the “Long” size, buy a size up, or wear everything a little awkwardly short. Plus, you’ve already mastered the cropped pants trend – it’s just finally in style!

7. You towered over all the boys growing up, and half the time, you still do.

It was especially bad in middle school when things were already awkward enough – try slow dancing with a kid whose eyes barely go above your boobs!

8. You always blamed boys not liking you on being too tall.

As a tall girl, I’ve decided this is 100 percent true. That may or may not be an #alternativefact, but either way, it makes me feel better.

9. The only time you’ve ever felt short is beside professional basketball players… who you don’t hang out with all that often.

Oh, you don’t have a professional basketball player on speed dial to stand next to you whenever you want to feel less-tall? Bummer.

10. Your friends make you be the big spoon.

You’re practically a professional big spoon, but it is nice to be the little one every once in a while.

11. If you’re the only tall person in your family, it’s like everyone’s lifelong investigation/mystery figuring out why you’re tall.

Maybe it’s because genes skip generations? Maybe you ate a lot of vegetables or drank too much milk? Maybe you were adopted? Maybe you have amazing luck? The questions and family explanations for why you’re “the tall one” will really never end.

12. But if you’re from a family of tall people, it’s always a competition to see who’s the tallest.

Everyone in your family is so tall… and people make comments on it all the time!

13. You never have problems seeing in a crowd.

Seeing a performance or screen in crowded areas has never been a problem for you – you can see straight over everyone’s heads without ever moving.

14. You’ve always looked older and more mature than you really are.

Ever since you started school, everyone’s always thought you were one of the older kids because you were closer to their size than everyone else in your grade.

15. You genuinely love being the tall girl.

The most #TallGirlProblem out there is being annoyed when there’s another tall girl with you who’s your height or even taller. Being tall is your thing.

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