Recent content by umdesch4

All I know is, whenever I'm walking down the street, I try to find a guy over 6' who's walking in the same direction, and stay as close behind him as possible. It's like the sea of people parts in front of him, and I can walk "inside the wake" where it's calm. That's the only way I can make real...

Sorry, I just get really irked when people say that short men are just angry because they can't get super models. I hear it all the time, and I've had the accusation fired at me too. The fact is, I just want to walk down the street without having to move out of everyone's way, or go to a party...

Yeah, I dunno why there's a heightism thread here, but I thought it was interesting. You bring up a good point. According to a height percentile calculator 5' 7.5" puts you in the bottom 29%, whereas I'm in the bottom 3-4%. Standard deviations are a b**ch. In reality, it usually works out that...

A lot to address in this post! Thanks for writing! Well yes, I am useful. I guess at least enough to have friends and have been somewhat successful in my career. That doesn't mean people actually care. That just means people will call you up when they need something. But they probably won't...

I've given that a lot of thought, for many years now. The answer is, you absolutely must care what other people think of you. If you want to have people in your life, either friends or girl friends, or life partners, you have to care. If you want a job, you have to care about potential...

This is the ultimate straw man argument. Hell, in most of life, for a short man, it isn't even about women. That's just a small, albeit significant aspect. I'm talking about walking down the sidewalk for one city block. If I could say everything I wanted to say about an entire lifetime of being...

I've lived most of my life in North America (Canada and the US). I have considered other countries. Kinda late in my life for it now, but who knows?

That brings up an aspect of things that I think is interesting. Since this thread was about heightism, I wonder. Most men develop hair loss, and see how things have changed for the worse. They lost something they once had, and feel like their life is "done" or at least never going to be as good...

I don't have to imagine. I tell people I'm that tall because I'm rounding up to the nearest inch. I live with the fact every day. Believe me, those quotes you see, of people saying short guys should just kill themselves, that they can't respect a short man, or that they're offended that a short...

I'm 47 and I haven't experience hair loss yet, although I'm starting to worry about it too. I registered here just to reply to this comment above. I'm just a bit over 5'4". I've asked out thousands of women, and never been on a date. I've even had dozens of them tell me to my face that I'm too...