It's hard enough growing up a girl, having to deal with going through puberty, being taller than all the boys in middle school because girls mature faster than boys and becoming a woman and all that nonsense. Luckily for me, it was made even more interesting by the fact that I was 5-foot-9 by the time I was a freshman in high school.

This may not seem tall considering that most men seem to be taller than this, however, after researching it, I found that the average male in America is 5 feet 10 inches tall, and the average female is 5 feet 4 inches tall. So, I was at the top end of the spectrum growing up and I now stand at 5-foot-10 going into my sophomore year of college. I am now the same height as the average man.

Being tall has had its ups and it's downs, I always got picked for sports when we played in gym class and I made junior varsity soccer and basketball as a freshman, then varsity basketball as a sophomore through senior. My height has given me long legs, the ability to reach tall things and a false front that I am a dominating person.

However being the size I am has been tough, my body developed weirdly, I was super skinny in middle school and freshmen year of high school, then I kind of fell into my proportions, I could never find shorts that were long enough to be considered not slutty and best of all little to no boys want to date a girl who's the same height or close to their same height.

I have heard the words "it would suck to be a tall girl" so many times in reference to dating, people have always said it because "tall guys like short girls and short guys like short girls" so where does that leave me? Well, I can tell you it leaves me single for most of high school and my freshmen year of college, it leaves me sitting around wondering what's wrong with me after all these years that I haven't found a guy to like me for more than five minutes.

But at the end of the day, it's not me, it's simply just not. I figured this out recently. All of my roommates for this next her are either 5-foot-8 or taller and I'm not even the tallest one. But are these girls all single and moping around? No, never. Because they are strong, tall women who aren't defined by height. I've learned by just watching these kickass women that height doesn't matter, it's about how you portray yourself because people can tell what you think about yourself, so if you celebrate your height and imperfections, it becomes an attribute.

Plus I'm always the one people look for the grab things off high counters and cabinets so I'm definitely a catch.