When I think back to the large number of people in my own family who have some form of regret over their turnout in height in life, I wonder whether we are normal or crazy in our obsession with height. I know that this desire to find a solution to short stature is something that most people in my core family has desired. Here is a list of of what I can remember off of the top of my head right now.
Father – He is probably 5′ 5″-5′ 6″. He has two main regrets in life, one of them being that he never got to enough to eat when he was younger being born and raised in a 3rd world country back then. When I was younger he told me stories of going days without food and experiencing hunger pains all the time. He blames the lack of nutrition and food for his short size which at this point he doesn’t care much anymore.
Mother – She is 5′ 5″ -5′ 6″. She seems to have a strong affinity to tall men (well most females do anyway) and she often joked that her main regret in marrying my father was that he was not as tall as she wanted. In the end, everything worked out and she is content now with how her offspring came out in height.
Sister – She is probably 5′ 4″. Like I said in a previous post she has a strange complex with height and always needs to wear high heels.
Female Cousin #1 – 5′ 2″ – 5′ 3″. She doesn’t care much anymore since she is older now and married but if there was a solution, she would take it for her and also use it for she future children.
Former Girlfriend #1 – 5′ 1″- 5′ 2″. She was insecure over her short stature which was caused by a thyroid issue. That was never problem for me.
Former Girlfriend #2 – 5′ 0″ – 5′ 1″. She has an irrational desire to be taller. She said that she would rather choose to be taller than have $$$. She was one of the people who planted the idea for me initially to start the website.
Former Girlfriend’s Mother – Probably 5′ 0″ – 5′ 1″. She also didn’t like being short and always had to wear high heels. She joked that the main reason she dated her husband originally was because he was tall.
So that is a list of people in my own life who had some type of regret of their size. How many people do you know which has a similar psychological issue?
Surprising that it’s mostly females you know who want to be taller considering short stature is a secondary sex characteristic for females. Maybe females are just more vocal about it.
That makes sense. Girls talk more so they express it through words. Men are more about action so they go out and try out exercises and routines to get taller.
When I was 12 I found myself fat and didn’t eat for 2 days once. Also sometimes I exercised like crazy, so it always makes me wonder, what’d happened if…..I’m 6 foot but always wondering about my potential genetically..
Stop wondering about the what-if’s and start worrying about what you can do to improve yourself in the present and how it will affect your future.
great idea!