Virtually all of my shirts are short sleeved, as it’s near impossible for me to find a shirt that fits and has long enough sleeves. Pants are equally difficult to find, and as a result most of my pants are an inch or two too short. Shoes, however, are the worst!
I go into a shoe store and ask if they have anything in a size 16… usually the answer is a startled “no!” If they DO happen to have any 16s, they are SOLD! I don’t care what style, color, etc… sometimes I look like a clown.
True story:
Astrogirl was visiting San Diego a year or so ago, and knowing what a hard time I have finding clothing and shoes (especially here in Korea!), asked if I wanted her to buy me anything while she was there. I asked her to look for some shoes. “What kind? Dress, sneakers?” she asked. “Anything.” I answered…
While in San Diego, she ducked in to a big shoe store, and approached a clerk.
“May I help you?” the clerk inquired.
“Do you have any size 16 shoes?” my love asked.
The clerk laughed at her and asked, “What for??”
My son is 17, and sounds like most of you. I think he has the biggest feet mentioned though. His are size 17 :eek: If any of you can tell me where to find them I would appreciate it.
We special ordered the last pair from Prophet (?), but he says they are uncomfortable.
6’9", 230. I have had pants issues (mentioned on here before). My main thing is fitting into normal human areas because my arms and legs are so freaking long. Amusement park rides bruise me. On airplanes, I either get the exit aisle or spend the next day needing to constantly stretch. Ceiling fans and door frams are dangerous. No one sits behind me in a car.
But, I wouldn’t change a thing. I’d rather be 6’9 than 5’9.
6’2", 318. I can find 42×34 jeans without much difficulty but other pants can be a problem. I’ve taken to getting 42×32 pants with a ~1" cuff that can be let down. Right now, I’m wearing a pair of 44×32 Dockers with the cuffs let down (and a belt).
I learned to drive in a VW Rabbit, even with the seat all the way back my knees were still on the dashboard. I love our Dodge Shadow, that’s one car I can fit in with no problem. Just enough head & leg room. I don’t like Mercedes, I got a ride in one once and there was no headroom. I don’t know if there was a way to lower the seat or not but I spent the 2-hour trip from my sister’s house to the airport with my head leaned toward the door. While visiting Michigan, my sister there drove us around in a four-door Ford Tempo. My only problem with that car was getting my ass through the door.
My husband is about 6’3" or 6’4", 250ish, and wears the apparently popular 42x34 pants. He’s just a bit too short and a bit too small for most big-n-tall stores, but too tall and too big for some normal stores. He’s had someone on a Greyhound bus try to forcibly recline their hard-backed seat into his kneecaps even when he insisted his knees were being crushed by it, and so pushed back - it ended up breaking the seat so that it was stuck in a non-reclining position, but the bus driver took his side.
At least his feet aren’t big, so he doesn’t have trouble shoe-shopping. (My feet are big, size 10 in women’s, which really limits the styles they offer.)
For those of you tall people car-shopping, I used to go out with a guy who was 6’8" tall, and he swore by the Honda CRX. It was strange seeing him get into that tiny little sports car, but he said it had more head and leg room than any car he’d ever tried.
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He had a real way with rude comments about his height. My favorite overheard exchange:
Waitress: Wow, you’re tall. How tall are you.
Boyfriend: Six foot eight.
Waitress: Tallest guy I ever dated was six three.
Boyfriend: Tallest guy I ever dated was six foot five.
Watiress: dumbfounded silence
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