I like this construction… Stealing it.
I’m 5’7"
I’ve had more than a few women complain that I am too short. One of them was 5’2" and complained.
To me, it is a convenient filter. I’ve dodged some bad relationships just because I am too short.
I have no doubt there is a person out there who will not care about your height as long as you click otherwise.
I saw a fellow at the grocery store today who was just under 5’1". His wife was about the same height. There’s someone for everyone. Many ethnicities are smaller statured (myself included).
I’m a HUGE fan of Robert Reich, ex-US Secretary of Labor, professor, 4’11". He has the same condition as Danny Devito. He has a very good autobiography, Coming Up Short, where he includes a chapter about his height. I highly recommend it.
He also has an excellent substack where he recently wrote about height again. I don’t think you can read it without a free subscription.
He talks in his book about how one of his close friends was economist John Kenneth Galbraith (6’8"), and the looks they’d get when they’d walk down the street together.
I caused myself a lot of issues in my life by obsessing over my boobs being too small. It took me a lot of years (and help from talking to people on this board) to realize that it didn’t matter to everyone else the way I thought it did. I don’t think you’re too short, and neither do lots of other real cool people.
Touché 
You may be surprised to learn we have several people here who can go toe-to-toe with you on their list of handicaps and diagnoses.
I’m not one of that heavily beleaguered cadre, so I’ll gracefully bow out on the advice front. But if you are looking for some kindred spirits with which to commiserate, you’ve come to a surprisingly appropriate place. And most of these folks are older than you are and have been dealing with all their shit for a long time.
You could try elevator shoes or other products to raise your feet.
Same here. I went to a talk he gave about 30 years ago and caught a bit of a crush. Definitely an attractive guy, if you like the “thinking woman’s crumpet” type.
Agreed, I like it too. Danny DeVito is 4’ 10". He’s one who definitely built his identity around who he is. Of course we all can’t become famous actors, but we are all dealt certain positive and negative genetic cards that we have no choice but to play as well as we can. Dwelling on the unfortunate bad cards does no one any good, least of all yourself.
Ah, I see needscoffee already played the DeVito card, and raised with a Robert Reich card 
My eldest son is short; probably 5’7’’ or so. He caught a lot of crap from other kids, especially when he hit middle school. So he started working out and turned himself into someone people didn’t fuck with. Was on the wrestling team in high school. As an adult, he got a black belt in mixed martial arts. He’s happily married to his second wife and has four children, one of whom is on the autism spectrum, but who is very engaged in the graphic arts and will be starting college soon. Bottom line: he never let himself be a victim and is making sure his kids aren’t, either.
@CastletonSnob1 : are you looking for advice in this thread, or do you just want to complain about things? Both are valid, but your posts don’t make it clear what you’re looking for here, and you’re already getting a lot of advice, as well as “get over it” comments.
So did I. If that’s the problem, while we may be a minority there are quite a lot of women who do.
If the problem is that the human-built world doesn’t fit: it doesn’t fit lots of us (including that it doesn’t fit tall people either.) Those of us around your height have come up with various workarounds. And we rarely hit our heads on low beams.
If the problem is that you think other people of various genders think less of you for being short: for one, a lot of people don’t. For two, the people who do aren’t the ones whose opinions are worth paying attention to.
Some people playing life on Hard Mode do publicly astonishing and excellent things.
Some others find a particular quiet corner that fits them and live excellent and useful lives there.
Either of those options is entirely valid. Find the one that fits.
ETA: both of those options are also valid for people playing an easier hand.
There’s a big difference between being 5’7 and being 5’2.
Miss the point much?
My initial reaction was that 5’7" is only 2.5 inches shorter than the average male, so not a big deal. But I’m guessing that your son attained his height later than the other kids and was mocked for it?
Yeah, he was a skinny short kid until his teens. And 5’7" is probably generous.
No, I got the point just fine. It’s just that being 5’7 and being 5’2 isn’t the same.
I would agree that there’s a world of difference between being 5’2¼" and 5’7". I topped out at 5’7", am now 5’6", and for the better part of 50 years have been waiting for that one last growth spurt. (I should have been more specific, because the only growth spurt I’ve experienced in the last three decades has been around my middle.)
I’m not sure what you’re looking for WRT your post, though. Are you just ranting/expressing frustration? Are you looking for sympathy? Do you want advice on how to grow taller? Something else?
I asked the same; he hasn’t answered at this point. I sense it’s just expressing frustration.
As a newbie he’s probably got no real basis to know what to expect from us. Nor us from him.
I hope he comes back and adds something here. This might be a place he could hang where none of his obstacles matter. We’ll see.