# I just can't stand standing. How weird am I?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135 "2015-01-18T04:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135/21 "2015-01-19T08:13:38Z")

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People get mad at me for this! Though I also don’t like sitting for too long unless I have to. If I’m in a casual conversation or study group or something, I’ll always be walking around the room inspecting everything. It’s not like I’m not paying attention to the conversation, I reply and talk just like everyone else. I just… walk. I also **have** to walk when talking on the phone.

I don’t mind sitting when playing board games or writing or whatever, but I absolutely hate standing in one place, and I need to walk when I’m thinking.

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**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135/22 "2015-01-20T02:16:02Z")

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Hate standing. I’ve done a lot of retail work and I could barely handle my last foray because of the constant standing with no movement, no sitting, no leaning. The guards at Buckingham Palace? One of my nightmare scenarios. I pace when I brush my teeth, so I couldn’t do what they do.

Sometimes it’s boredom (like waiting in line), but if it’s more than a few minutes, I am in a lot of pain.

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135/23 "2015-01-20T02:29:52Z")

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You could probably get used to standing still. You are just out of practice at it.

Its the same with going to urinate only a small amount… you can get out practice at holding the bladder till it filled up.

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**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135/24 "2015-01-20T03:09:59Z")

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I don’t like standing because it makes me feel self-conscious and awkward. Like I’m some big tall tree woman taking up space who doesn’t know what to do with her arms.

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**Author:** ![Fossil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@Fossil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fossil)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-stand-standing-how-weird-am-i/710135/25 "2015-01-20T12:32:33Z")

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I hate standing too, mostly because is exacerbates my lower back pain, if I’m in a situation where I have to stand I tend to sway or rock side to side to ease the pain.

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