# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/41 "2007-09-10T06:18:20Z")
I come right up to the bottom of my hat. Which is curious, because I have a couple of differerent hats… ---
**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, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/42 "2007-09-10T06:47:37Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] **scurries off to find some rowing classes** [/QUOTE] Honestly, it may have had more to do with posture than actual growth. You need a relatively straight back so I’m constantly concentrating on not slouching, keeping my shoulders back, and lengthening even when not on the water. But several of my other rowing friends have also noticed late growth. _BTW, if you’re really interested in rowing, Houton has a couple of clubs. The Bay Area Rowing Club is down by NASA on Mud Lake and The Rowing Club of the Woodlands is in The Woodlands (obviously)._ ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/43 "2007-09-10T07:29:45Z")
Male, 6’1", 175 pounds. I think I’ve been that height since around age 16. (Or in other words, about six years ago.) I mentioned this in another thread on here a while ago, but I’m a member of the 501st Legion (Star Wars costuming organization), and even despite being considerably taller than Mark Hamill, I _still_ get the “Aren’t you a bit short for a stormtrooper?” line all the time when I’m in armor. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/44 "2007-09-10T07:42:59Z")
5’8", male. Been that height since high school, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/45 "2007-09-10T09:46:00Z")
Female, 5’2" but the State of Wisconsin believes me to be 5’3". I was 5’ exactly in sixth grade, but by eighth I was the height I am now. I’m still waiting patiently for my growth spurt. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/46 "2007-09-10T10:23:48Z")
186cm, so about 6’1". I stopped growing when I was about 12 or 13, at which point I weighed about 110 pounds. I could play hide-and seek in a bamboo grove. ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/47 "2007-09-10T10:24:35Z")
6’6", 22, male, possibly still growing - if not, stopped quite recently. Certain members of my family tend to have a second growth spurt in their early twenties. I was one of the shorter kids in class up until about year eleven (age 15). ---
**Author:** ![Caterpillar22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Caterpillar22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caterpillar22)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/48 "2007-09-10T10:31:55Z")
5’7", female. I stopped growing when I was 12. My doctor told me at the rate I was growing, I could easily peak at 5’10". So much for that. ---
**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, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/49 "2007-09-10T10:39:47Z")
My doctors always told me I’d be tall because I have such big feet (8.5 or 9) but it never happened 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/50 "2007-09-10T11:10:40Z")
5’ 11.5" to 6’ depending on what time of day you measure. I am male and grew tall in my mid-teens. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/51 "2007-09-10T11:23:59Z")
I’m about 5’1". I used to be an inch taller, but the shrinking process has begun. I was the same size since I was 12 or 13, but oddly enough, I grew about an inch when I was like 22. Kid Kalhoun was around 5’1" or so when he was 13 or 14. Then he sprouted and now he’s like 5’11"! I think boys grow more in their mid- to late-teens. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/52 "2007-09-10T11:40:27Z")
6’ exactly. didn’t hit it until I was 20 or 21, though. My big brother is only 5’9", though. Stopped when he was 16. ---
**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, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/53 "2007-09-10T11:45:27Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] Female, 5’2" but the State of Wisconsin believes me to be 5’3". I was 5’ exactly in sixth grade, but by eighth I was the height I am now. I’m still waiting patiently for my growth spurt. [/QUOTE] Hey, I got your…right here…ahhh…I can’t even say it. ☹😛 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/54 "2007-09-10T11:49:37Z")
Male, 6 feet 3 inches, or 190.5 centimeters. I stopped growing at 14. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/55 "2007-09-10T12:41:20Z")
5’. I’ve always been tiny and stopped growing upwards at about 13. Mind you, may parents are 5’ and 5’6’’ so I was unlikely to be an amazonian. Do I really have to say I’m female? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/56 "2007-09-10T12:48:17Z")
6’1" male. I shot up from 5’4" to 5’11" in 9th-10th grade and I probably achieved full height around age 19 or 20. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/57 "2007-09-10T12:49:48Z")
I’m 6’ 2" (188 cm) and had definitely reached that height by the age of 17. Maybe even 16, though I think I did grow a final inch or so after turning 16. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/58 "2007-09-10T12:54:33Z")
Female, 5’7". I’m pretty sure I stopped growing at about 15. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/59 "2007-09-10T13:29:51Z")
6’ 2 1/2" or so, male, stopped growing about 15. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639/60 "2007-09-10T14:09:38Z")
6’ 1" female - I stopped growing around the age of 12. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/418639.md?page=4)