Dr.Woo
September 12, 2012, 9:46pm
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My husband has the opposite: short torso/long legs. I mean REALLY short torso - his waist is immediately south of his armpits.
I’m constantly amazed at the variation in people’s anatomy.
Becky2844:
My husband has what we call a short wheel-base. He’s long waisted, six feet tall, and our inseams are the same. (30") I’m 5’ 3".
He’s not freakishly disproportionate, but his calves look “compacted.” Bulgingly strong, really, and has short shins and broad flat feet that make me think of a caveman. His toes are kind of clubbed and all shaped differently; they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. I can just see him planted on the lip of a cliff in front of a cave, ready to ward off saber tooth tigers.
We buy him Big/Tall shirts and men’s “short” jeans. (They don’t call it petite.)
Pretty much the same situation with me and my wife. Remember though that men leave more room in the crotch, so inseam equivalence isn’t the same as leg length equivalence.
VOW
September 13, 2012, 7:36pm
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Rick:
I am long waisted. I’m 5’7" tall with a 26" inseam. So this one time I went to meet two business men, a father and son. They were sitting down when I came in. We talked, I could tell they weren’t short as I had to look up a bit (not much, but a bit) to see eye to eye with them.
Part of your problem is the fact that a foot measures TWELVE inches, not ten.