# How tall are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840 "2012-10-16T02:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ToxicRose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@ToxicRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToxicRose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/41 "2012-10-16T13:18:05Z")
I’m 5’2 and used to be 5’1. Took two months of yoga and taking a bunch if vitamins to grow that much. Trying to stick to the vitamins (hate the taste) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/42 "2012-10-16T13:53:03Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > You must be completely appalled by the ogres in fashion mags. Not at all, wouldn’t mind being taller. I was just commenting on the fact that I’m slightly taller than average, but not in a “how’s the weather up there” sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/43 "2012-10-16T13:56:24Z")
5’ 7". About. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/44 "2012-10-16T14:12:59Z")
Somewhere between 5’6" and 5’7". Tall side of average for a woman in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Virgil\_Tibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/45 "2012-10-16T14:20:53Z")
5’10", male. Feel short in the UK, feel average in Hong Kong. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/46 "2012-10-16T14:36:23Z")
6’0" and I’m actually the tallest person in my extended family by a decent margin. I’m 2" taller than my father and at least 4" taller than my uncles and most of my male cousins (of which there are many). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/47 "2012-10-16T14:41:49Z")
Male 5’8" – about 3 inches too short for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/48 "2012-10-16T14:51:37Z")
Me: 5’ 11" / Male Mom: 5’ 6" Dad: 5’ 6" Sister: 5’ Sister: 5’6" Grandmothers: 4’ 11" and 5’ Grandfathers: 5’ 5" and 5’ 9" WHEW. 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/49 "2012-10-16T14:56:28Z")
I am 5’ 3", shortest in my family.:dubious: (Once, on an overcast Thai beach I was shooting the breeze with a young vendor, who asked me; “How big are people in Canada?” When I said, “What?” He said; “You’re not very big. You like Thai people!” I was this \>\< close to telling him I was, in fact, considered a giant, among other Canadian’s! Instead I told the truth, but I was very sorely tempted!) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/50 "2012-10-16T15:27:18Z")
Between 5’ 11" and 6’. My driver’s license says 6’ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/51 "2012-10-16T15:35:31Z")
I’m 5’5" and I feel like I’m pretty average. Of course, if I’m surrounded by tall folks, I feel teensy. I always thought 5’7" would have been a nice height, but I don’t care enough to wear 2" heels. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/52 "2012-10-16T16:00:12Z")
I’m also 5’ 5" and don’t feel short or tall. I am shorter than my mother, who is shorter than her mother was. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/53 "2012-10-16T16:06:31Z")
5’2" I think it’s the Welsh genes. It would be handy if I worked in a mine. Which I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/54 "2012-10-16T16:07:03Z")
> [@charmstr](#): > > I was 6’8" and weighed 142 pounds in 1973 when I joined the Navy. I’m a bit short than that now, I suppose. I know I’m quite a bit heavier. I have never seen anyone that tall who wasn’t quite a bit heavier, and I am fascinated trying to picture what you looked like. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/55 "2012-10-16T16:11:51Z")
> [@charmstr](#): > > I was 6’8" and weighed 142 pounds in 1973 when I joined the Navy. I’m a bit short than that now, I suppose. I know I’m quite a bit heavier. > [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > I have never seen anyone that tall who wasn’t quite a bit heavier, and I am fascinated trying to picture what you looked like. Are you absolutely certain? That yields a BMI of 15.6, which is obviously underweight. My only comparison would be myself around the same age. I was 6’7" or 6’8", and after a rather strenuous summer I weighed about 170 or 175. And I was THIN. Extremely low body fat, very little muscle mass. Nothing but skin and bones. I can’t imagine that I had much left to lose, much less 40 pounds worth. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/56 "2012-10-16T16:19:07Z")
I used to be 5’8" but seem to be closer to 5’7" these days. That used to seem pretty tall for a woman in the US, but these days there seem to be more young women who are taller. I like being tall, but buying pants can be tricky. I don’t know why women’s pants don’t come in more precise lengths like men’s. “Average” in some brands means the hem stops short of my ankle; in other brands, it means the perfect length; in one or two brands, it means an inch too long. ARGH! ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/57 "2012-10-16T16:25:26Z")
5 feet and 11 3/4 inches close enough for me to claim 6 feet. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/58 "2012-10-16T16:59:20Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > I’m 188cm (6’2") give or take a centimetre depending on time of day. > > I’m a bit taller than average for an Englishman, but I felt like a oversized ogre in Hong Kong. I’m also 6’ 2", don’t recall feeling like an ogre in HK when I was there once though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/59 "2012-10-16T17:30:34Z")
Another 5’4" woman. The cabinets in my kitchen were obviously built for my taller brethren (sisteren?). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/60 "2012-10-16T17:34:25Z")
It’s the internet…so like 27’ tall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840.md?page=4)