We short women take pride in our height, often for a degree of cuteness or unrelenting sass. However, despite all the things we love about ourselves, including our height, some things can get old very quickly.
19.) Not being able to reach the top shelf of anything.
Seriously, I sometimes stand on my tippy-toes and stretch so far I feel like I am going to rip my arm out of socket.
18.) Having to ask for help to reach things (the worst).
On cue, that's usually when someone says "Awww what? You can't reach it?", before reaching tantalizingly slow for whatever it is you need.
17.) Having to climb the counters to get the cereal.
Sometimes other people aren't there, and other times it just takes way too much time to wait around for other people to do things for you. Besides, climbing is healthy, right?
16.) Banging up your knees while climbing the furniture.
I don't know how many times I have slammed my knees on the edge of the counter, while trying to heft myself up onto it.
15.) Sun-visors never help.
Seriously! It's either like the entire sun is blinding you or the visor just blocks off half of the burning rays, so the bottom half of your vision is still taken over by the light.
14.) Jeans that fit great on the tush and accentuate all the right places are five inches too long.
So. Much. Tripping.
13.) So you either have to hem them all or the bottom of every pair of pants gets caught on your heels and gets torn up and stained.
Gotta love the mud paste when it rains too!
12.) Constantly being called 12.
Seriously? That's just insulting.
11.) People insisting that that's a complement.
Um, no. There's a big difference between being telling a woman she looks young and referring to her as a prepubescent child.
10.) Constantly being called cute.
Yeah, no. And, this is especially not cool when we are pissed and ready to rip your head off. Also, sexy just once would be nice. Thank you!
9.) Your head/shoulders serve as everyone's arm rest, and not because they actually need arm rests, but it is very clear they are trying to make a point.
We love our friends, but sometimes, they are douche-bags.
8.) The never-ending jokes, which usually lack any originality.
Munchkins and hobbits, anyone?
7.) People informing you that you're short, as if you didn't know.
No, really??? All these years, I thought I was Michael Jordan. Wow.
6.) Then people asking you how tall (or short?) you are.
If you're the genius who just informed someone about a very obvious physical aspect about herself--figure it out!
5.) Strangers, including those younger than you, even in professional settings calling you "sweety" and other degrading names.
If it's inappropriate to call anyone else in the office any of those names, it's inappropriate to call us them too.
4.) Always getting the back seat in the middle on the hump (unless it's your car).
"You're tiny, you'll fit." Not comfortably.
3.) People constantly trying to compare your height to that of others.
Seriously??? We get the point. We're short. You know this; we know this. You know that that person you are having us stand back-to-back to is taller than us. What are you trying to accomplish? A laugh?
2.) Friends/family thinking it is perfectly acceptable to pick you up and grab you whenever they want.
Have they not heard of physical autonomy?
1.) Strangers physically moving you out of their way.
You do realize that's assault, right? ˈfɪz·ɪ·kəl ôˈtänəmē--look it up!
