6’ 7" here. I also have a 37-38" inseam. Let me clue you in to Lucky brand jeans at Macy’s. The “long” is definitely long enough for you. It’s really nice to be able to just grab a pair of jeans from a real store.
Now, if I could find a place that carried size 15 shoes. Zappo’s is a life saver. Also, Kohl’s is pretty good for carrying a tall selection of shirts.
I just started dating guy who is 6’7", and I find his height to be very attractive. He has a lot of the same issues you mentioned, like finding a comfortable car, bed, clothes, etc.
My question is about sex. Do you find any issues with finding comfortable positions with a normal height partner?
I’m fairly short (5’2") and find that anyone over about 6’4" falls into the “man that guy is fucking tall” category. I just don’t recognize a difference between your height and someone a few inches taller or shorter. Do you have a cutoff of “man that person is really short” rather than noticing height?
smacks forehead It all makes sense!
Joe
I prefer taller women, my former wife was almost 6’ tall. She also had an issue with the trend of shorter women getting the tall guys. That said, I have an…interest in small women. Never dated or been in a relationship with anyone who would qualify as unusually small.
The sex question comes up again below, I’ll address all those questions at the same time.
When I was 16, I was still not incredibly tall…maybe 6’1" 6’2"? Tall for sure, but I grew several inches between 16 and 20, if I remember correctly. I was nowhere near 6’2" at age 13!
The shortest woman I have dated was 5’2". I think if I computed an average, I would come up with maybe slightly above average…5’7" or 8".
When I do run into somebody my height there usually seems to be kind of a mutual unspoken acknowledgement, followed by going about business. I have never brought up, or had brought up to me, our mutual height.
Freak.
Belts aren’t a problem, as my waist is around 36 or 38. I can wear a normal tie, provided that I wear a tie chain (the tail never tucks in) and I use a knot like a four-in-hand that doesn’t use up much material. My shoe size is probably small for my height, running shoes are 14 and dress shoes are 12 or 13. Socks invariably don’t come up high enough on my calves and slouch before I’m out the door. Gloves’ fingers tend to be a bit short as well.
Some have been, most haven’t.
No back problems, I developed a strong back from various activities which is probably serving me well. The closest I ever came to really hurting myself was hurrying out of my basement, which is old and has a low clearance in places. Floor joists run perpendicular to my route of travel, and I pulled up out of my dive just early enough to catch one across the forehead. Didn’t break the skin, but put me on the floor before I knew what had happened.
Freaking awesome. I may brave Black Friday now just to check it out! Many thanks!
I haven’t had any luck with tall shirts at Kohl’s, maybe I’ll give it another go. May have hit it at a bad time.
Also answering** Stoid**'s question from above. Short answer? No. Plenty of comfortable positions for sex where height difference doesn’t matter a bit. And I know what works and what doesn’t so that helps limit the awkward experiences. Reg’lar old missionary or woman-on-top, things aren’t really a problem. For that matter, there are plenty of others that work just fine.
Differences in leg length or torso length can come into play for certain positions or activities, but really there are only a few things that are just too uncomfortable or awkward…
Almost exactly this, and it’s a point I bring up when I get into a conversation about height. For women under about 5’8", and men under 6’ or so, I don’t notice much difference. Above that, I start to notice that you’re getting taller-than-average.
So there is no difference to me between a person who is 5’6" and another who is 5’1".
I was talking to a girl whom I had a class with, and we were both standing. She couldn’t have been taller than 4’11". I didn’t notice the huge height discrepancy until someone else pointed it out. It probably did look funny…
Wife’s family is tall. BIL is 6’ 10", nephew is 13 and already 5’ 10". Any advice for a kid headed for 7’?
Don’t do it, it’s not worth it! Oh yeah, it’s not an option.
General advice, which may or may not be taken by a teenager: Learn to dig it. It results in more attention than a self-conscious teenager wants, but the sooner you get used to it the easier it is.
From a more practical standpoint…if you know that you have something coming up where you need certain clothes, make sure well in advance that you have something appropriate that fits! You don’t have the luxury of running out to grab something at the last minute. This applies to everything from weddings to dates.
Do the kid a favor and clue his parents in that they are going to need to buy clothes twice as often. I hated getting a pair of jeans in August, and having my skinny ankles showing between my shoes and pants by January.
Not really a question, but I would think that it would get really old really quick to hear all the comments, all the time. It’s like being tall is one of the very few things that it’s still pc to make personal comments on. You don’t hear people going, “Wow! You’re really fat! Do you fit into cars?” And it must happen literally every time you leave the house. But I hate attention, so maybe it just doesn’t bother you.
Well, it’s generally considered an advantage to be tall, so that’s why it’s okay to comment on it. Plus, they earn more money than us normals!
I’m sad to say that even though I already read this thread and asked the OP a question, I only just now got his username.
How would you know whether or not you were experiencing foot sensation normally? You haven’t experienced what anyone else feels for podiatric sensations. Maybe you are at a disadvantage and don’t know it.
For that matter, how would ANYONE know, unless they had some specific pain-related issue that required urgent attention?
I don’t have any questions, but these are interesting answers. Thanks for sharing.
One of my classmates stopped at a mere 6’4", but when he waas 15 his mother told him “sorry, I know they’re not stylish but you’re going to be wearing your Dad’s old fatigues until you stop growing. I just don’t have the budget for several pairs of jeans every two months…” Eventually they had to start bumming old fatigues from the taller guys in his Dad’s squad, but well, since they’re intended to be baggy they lasted him longer than jeans would have.
Do you have any extra vertabra in your back?
What is your shoe size?
If you could wake up tomorrow and be “normal tall” - maybe 6’2" or so - with no negative health or other consequences (and let’s posit that your clothes would shrink with you, so it wouldn’t cost you a whole new wardrobe), would you do it? Why or why not?
Do little old ladies ask you to get stuff down off of the top shelf in the grocery store? My dad was “only” 6’4" and he was always retrieving stuff for the grannies. He couldn’t go to the store without being asked at least once.
Are you secretly smug that you could go bald, and none of us would ever know?
I had a guy in my physics class who was 7’1" and he didn’t play basketball, either.
I’m not as tall as the OP (6-6) but this is a constant thing for me as well. Or to have my dad preface things with “You’re tall, can you…” to which I invariably respond “I’m tall? That explains why I hit my head on things!”
Question to all tall-ish people: Does it bother you being asked to get things down for short people? As I mentioned above I’m either 5’2" or 5’3" and I frequently ask people in the grocery store to get something down for me off of a top shelf (if there is nobody there I’ll try stepping on the bottom shelf, but I don’t want to break anything) and I always wondered if it came across as rude. I always consider that my only other alternative is to not buy whatever it is so I ask anyway, risking being rude (I always ask nicely). I’d love to hear from the other side what they think.
A few years ago, I had an employee who was 6’9" and still growing. When I ordered uniforms for the front desk staff, I always had to have extra tailoring, so I joked that the employee had to “repay” that expense by dusting the tallest shelves and the tops of the picture frames in the lobby*. 
I also kept a big stack of phone books in a cabinet so that this employee could raise his computer monitor and keyboard to a useful height. What killed me was that so many people thought this sweet, polite, soft-spoken young man was so very intimidating, based on his height. (Came in handy a few times, though, when rowdy clients thought my “muscle” was coming to get them as Rashad ducked through the doorway from the back office to the reception area.) I have another sweet, mild-mannered friend who is 6’8", and also treated with deference based on his size.
So, anecdote leads to question: do you think people find you intimidating or authoritative based purely on your size? If so, how do you put them at ease?
*At that workplace, we seldom had anyone ask someone to get stuff down. I was the shortest manager, at only 5’8". The female marketing director was 6’1", the food and beverage manager was 6’3", and the GM was 6’4". I wore heels to work just to fit in!
I can’t speak for the OP, but I’m only 6’0" and I often get asked to get things off the top shelf in the grocery store. And no, I don’t mind. I’d rather they ask me than stand there all frustrated. Plus, it makes me feel tall!
I recall seeing one of those “male beauty pageant” fundraisers where one guy chose “Being Tall” as his talent. He demonstrated by changing lightbulbs, taking things off shelves, and selecting the smallest of the female MCs to assist him in these activities.