# Long legs/Short body **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 18, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206 "2003-10-18T16:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/21 "2003-10-21T16:31:23Z")
Just the opposite, I’m “long waisted.” 5’10" tall, 30" inseam. Nearly impossible to find pants that fit correctly without having to visit the tailor. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/22 "2003-10-21T16:43:00Z")
Thanks **Eleusis** , that makes more sense. I guess that’s why it’s called the _in_seam, after all :smack: ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/23 "2003-10-21T18:38:29Z")
**Lobelia Overhill** My hips are below my armpits, unless I’m trying to touch the floor, in which case my hips are above my armpits. Where did you think they’d be? **kip70** Yes, I can touch my toes, but my arms are also disproportionately long (though not as out of balance as my legs are), but only barely. There have, though, been times in yoga classes where I haven’t been able to do poses and I have thought it had more to do with the length of my legs than with my flexibility. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/24 "2003-10-21T18:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobelia Overhill \* > \*\*Alright, can I ask another question, if you’re under 6 foot tall and you have legs longer than 32", where are your hips in relation to your armpits? This is the mental picture I’m having problems picturing … > > Try [www.longtallsally.com](http://www.longtallsally.com) for trousers/jeans etc for 34" inseam and over … \*\* I don’t know my aunt’s inseam measurement, but she’s very, _very_ short-waisted, and she pretty much has no midriff at all. Her ribs sit about 2" above her hips. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/25 "2003-10-21T19:38:22Z")
I’ve almost always attended churches where women were ordained and could be pastors. (Evangelical Covenant growing up, where the potentially church splitting discussion happened when I was two, and Presbyterian now). So I missed the discussion. Do you have any idea of how upsetting this issue will be in your church? I know it was voted on by the congregation, but how long ago was that vote? Has the congregation changed since then? (and I know you’ve probably read many of them, but [another argument for women in ministry](http://www.covchurch.org/cov/resources/pwomenmin.html)) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/26 "2003-10-21T20:00:18Z")
As well as getting in the way in yoga, the legs also interfere with my ability to put the right reply in the right thread. :smack: If the question you’re asking is closer to what **Crazy Cat Lady** described, I have a very short torso. Off the rack “tailored” shirts and dresses look slovenly on me because there are a few extra inches (in length) of material than I have between my shoulders and hips, so it bunches around my waistline, adding bulk and wrinkles. Clothing with boning (dresses, longline bras, other VS items) simply will not work because the bones are too long, and there simply isn’t enough space for them. They end up folding over at the top, folding over at the bottom, or doing this weird buckling thing in the middle and poking out. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/27 "2003-10-21T21:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kip70 \* > \*\*People, how do you all relate this to being able to touch your toes? I’ve always that my having long legs and a short torso must have been the reason why I could never touch my toes (with legs straight of course). I’m quite flexible you see, so I was always a bit peeved when others who were less flexible could touch their toes at gym, while I couldn’t. Have you had any similar experiences? \*\* 5’8"; 34" inseam. Standing, with my legs straight, I can lay my forearms flat on the ground in front of my toes if I’m warm. I have longish arms - perhaps this accounts? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/28 "2003-10-22T11:58:41Z")
I’ve never been asked about the measurement between my armpit and hips. Somehow it never came up in everyday conversation. I just measured it–15". I guess that is short. Did I mention I have a 24" waist? Try finding 24/34 pants! Like other long legged people, I buy 32/32 and let them sit on my hips. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206/29 "2003-10-22T14:32:20Z")
I’m not sure of my measurements, but I also have long arms and legs and a short torso. When I’m sitting down, I feel so short! Despite the fact that I’m about 5’7", I often wear a petite dress as long as it has short (or no) sleeves. On the other hand, I rarely wear a button-down shirt with long sleeves because the sleeves are always too short. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-legs-short-body/208206.md?page=1)