# How tall are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639 "2007-09-10T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/21 "2007-09-10T03:22:49Z")
M, 5’9", reached between 17/18. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/22 "2007-09-10T03:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Khadro] 6’10". [/QUOTE] :eek: DOOOOD! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/23 "2007-09-10T03:24:20Z")
Male, 5’9" and didn’t reach it until I was about 21. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/24 "2007-09-10T03:27:31Z")
5’4 female. I grew really fast 14-15, then suddenly stopped. Since then I’ve gained another half an inch to reach my current height. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/25 "2007-09-10T03:29:27Z")
Female, 5’5.25" I reached 5’4" in sixth grade and ended high school at 5’4.75". I tok up rowing in my early thirties and grew another half inch. I coach high school kids. The girls are usually set by 8th grade and almost never change height. The boys are a mixed bag. Some of them wil grow 8 or more inches from 8th grade to 12th, some only grow a little. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/26 "2007-09-10T03:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] I took up rowing in my early thirties and grew another half inch. [/QUOTE] **scurries off to find some rowing classes** ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/27 "2007-09-10T03:34:22Z")
6’4" Reached that height at about age 14. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/28 "2007-09-10T03:35:18Z")
5’3" and a bit, always the shortest in the class, and skinny, soared up to my now great height at 15. Femme. Circa 1961. A walk at the mall astounds me as to how big kids are these days. I was small then, but not in the Land of the Behemoths. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/29 "2007-09-10T03:41:26Z")
5’3 3/4" I didn’t stop growing until I was 19 or 20, which is late for a girl. But I was 4’8" at 15, so I got off to a slow start. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/30 "2007-09-10T03:41:33Z")
187cm (6’1.5) male I’ve been this height since I entered grade nine, so around my 14th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/31 "2007-09-10T04:12:39Z")
5’8" - Female - I think I’ve been about the same height since I was 15 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/32 "2007-09-10T04:25:49Z")
Male, 175cm. I was about 14-15 I suppose when I reached full height. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/33 "2007-09-10T04:29:12Z")
I am 179cm, or just over 5’10". I reached that height when I was 16 or 17, I think, though I don’t really remember exactly. This was according to the last time I remember being measured, at least, which was at least a decade ago when I was 25 or so. I don’t expect it’s changed since, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/34 "2007-09-10T04:40:13Z")
6’1, female and I reached it somewhere about 17/18. Not exactly sure cuz I’d thought I’d stopped groing at 5’11 and didn’t get my height checked for a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/35 "2007-09-10T04:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Off to IMHO. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I wasn’t sure, since height isn’t a matter of opinion, and I waffled before settling on MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/36 "2007-09-10T05:10:56Z")
I’m 5’ 4" I reached that height between 5th and 6th grade so, 12ish. When I started 6th grade, I was the tallest in my class. By the time we had our group picture taken, I was back in the front row :rolleyes: I went to school with a bunch of giant freaks. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/37 "2007-09-10T05:14:21Z")
Male, 6’-5" 200lbs of pure attitude. Dont remember when I stopped growing… ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/38 "2007-09-10T05:47:29Z")
6’3", been this tall since I was 18. Male. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/39 "2007-09-10T05:50:00Z")
Male, 5’11", stopped growing(vertically) at 16. ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/40 "2007-09-10T06:04:54Z")
Female, just at 5 feet (154 cm). I was this height by about 12 years old. Both my brothers were about 5’ 6" or so until they were 21 years old, then they each suddenly shot up to about 5’ 10". But it’s a common growth pattern in my mother’s family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639.md?page=3)