I have been the same height since the 5th grade. I don't know why. I don't know how. I am officially "the short friend." Being the short girl is not easy. Every day we face many obstacles that most people wouldn't even consider a slightly challenging task. We wonder what it is like to be tall, but we will never know. After a certain amount of time, we come to terms with being the short girl. The more often we face these struggles, the more we learn how to fix the situations. We obviously can't carry a stool around everywhere we go. Average sized humans just wouldn't understand. If you are short, you know exactly what I am talking about.
1. Pants
Buying pants is one of the most frustrating things. Shopping in the normal junior's department does not work because you either end up folding the bottom, scrunching up the bottom, or completely destroying the bottom by dragging them around. So you move over to the petite section--which is apparently for EXTREMELY short people. Like hello people I am tad taller than five feet, not three feet. Either way, you are constantly breaking all fashion statements. (Don't even get me started on getting everything hemmed $$$)
2. The word "cute"
"Aww, you're so cute!" Umm sir, I am not a puppy, I am a 21-year-old female. When you are short, you are seen as cute right away. Not hot. Not sexy. Nope. I have no idea why my stunted growth is cute to you.
3. The top shelf.
Grocery shopping. Clothes shopping. Any shopping. Try not to love an item anywhere above six feet up because you will never retrieve it alone. The top shelves of the cabinets are empty for a reason!
4. The bar
I have learned this is the worst thing about being short. When every 21 year old on campus decides they want to go to the bar on Friday night, prepare for the elbows to the face. If it's not elbows, it's random drunk girl's boobs. And trying to get a drink? Nearly impossible.
5. Walking with friends
Everyone tells me, "walk faster!" Do they not realize the size of my leg is the size of their calf? I basically look like I am running when I walk in a group of people.
6. Pictures
Either us short girls look awkwardly tiny, or everyone in the picture has to squat next to you. Sorry friends, but unless we are sitting in this picture we are all going to have to compromise.
7. Driving
If you are driving my car, you have to adjust the seat. I am sorry that my chest needs to be touching the wheel in order to reach the gas pedal.
8. Concerts
Concerts are pretty much like listening to the band's CD on full blast because you see the performance for about 10 percent of the show.
9. You are the armrest.
Everyone uses your shoulders or top of your head as a piece of their furniture.
10. Kissing
Sometimes I question if guys refuse to talk to me because it seems like a struggle to get down to my level. It starts out with that awkward laugh of him bending down a whole three feet and you go on your tippy toes as if to meet half way, but in the end everything works out just fine!
11. Stating the obvious
This is the one thing I will never understand. People are constantly telling me I am short. You think I do not realize that already?
Being short is not the easiest thing in the world, but it could definitely be worse! So if you are that short girl, I understand your struggle.
