Being short has its struggles, but being short and having a tall boyfriend is a whole 'nother story. I'm 5'2" and my boyfriend is 6'1", and these are some of the daily struggles we have dating with almost a foot height difference...
1. People ask if you're siblings
You're too short to look like you're dating, so naturally people start assuming you're siblings.
2. He makes fun of you for needing a step stool
When he won't reach the top shelf, you've gotta pull out the trusty old step stool. Too bad he refuses to reach the top shelf a lot, because he likes to laugh at you for needing a step stool.
3. When he refuses to pick you up, you don't get to see
If he won't pick you up to see something, then you have two options: 1. Don't see it and accept the loss 2. Start climbing.
4. Sometimes he won't get off the couch to reach the high shelf
If someone is blessed with being tall ,then they should be required to have to get up off the couch to reach something every time short people can't reach it.
5. He doesn't understand why you're so tired all the time--being short is a workout
You've gotta climb all over the place to reach what you need and that's exhausting!
6. You don't see the same things
You see a lot of necks, shoulders, heads, etc., and he actually sees the view...
7. He comments on your roots because he can see the top of your head
It's fine, thanks for telling me they're looking dark. Glad you're focused on my roots instead of me.
8. When you hug you're on your tippy toes
Oh, and now your feet are off the ground. Hugs involve being smothered and having no control of where your feet are because they're in the air, not on the ground. It looks romantic in movies, but in real life it's a struggle.
9. You get carded seeing R-movies but he doesn't, because you're too short to pass for 17.
Nothing is more unromantic than getting carded on a date because you don't look like you're over 17 because you're short.
10. Your head is his armrest.
If your arm gets tired, my head is your arm rest. It doesn't make me feel short at all. No, it's totally fine. Not.
11. You have to job to keep up with him when you're walking in public
For every one step he takes, you're taking three, resulting in you breaking a light jog to keep up.
12. When you hold hands, your arm is bent because he's so much taller than you
His arm is straight and yours is bent at the elbow to reach his hand, because if your arm was straight he'd be dragging his knuckles on the ground.
13. In pictures the top of his head always gets cut out because you two don't fit in the same frame
Your instagram game is not on point because the top of his head is never in any pictures. I promise he has hair. You just can't see it because in order for my face to be in the picture, his head is chopped off.
14. You can never borrow his clothes because they're way too big
It's cute when girls borrow their boyfriends hoodies or sweatpants...unless you wear an XS and he's a L. Then it's not so cute when his t-shirts are dresses and your entire body can fit in his sweatpants.
