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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I am tall. I am 6' tall. Don't think it's ever bothered me. My question is because I am generally as tall or taller than most people around me, I do not like going out with guys who are much taller than I (me?). I like guys who are no more than 6'1" - 6'2". I am not used to looking up and I don't like it. Don't even like standing in line next to, on the elevator with, etc. anyone much taller than I. I don't feel petite, I just feel peculiar and uncomfortable. Anyone else like me?

I wouldn't want to be any taller, but neither would I want to be any shorter. I like it where I am. Hope I don't shrink as I age.

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
I am 6' as well. I tend to like dating guys 6'2 and above, but that seems to be a rare find. I would not want to be any taller, but I would not want to be any shorter either. It doesn't bother me to be around someone taller than me though. I am pretty proud of my height

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
I'm 5'10", but I like guys who are tall. My ex is 6'4". We had a commanding presence together. :-)

I like my height.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
dang, another thread i can not post in! NOT FAIR!!

five foot two, eyes of blue, but oh what those five foot could do!

SToMPING OFF... <stomp><stomp><stomp>


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Hey, gals, can I borrow about 3-4 inches of your legs so I can reach the gas pedal in my car?

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
We should have a short thread..LOL

I envy you tall girls.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I need one of you tall folks to come shopping with me. It is so embarrassing (as a 5'3" introvert)to have to hope for a tall person to come along, then work up the nerve to approach a perfect stranger to ask them to reach something off the top shelf for me! And lets not even get into the whole "changing a ceiling lightbulb" thing (as a 5'3" acrophobia sufferer).

My oldest sis is something like 5'7" or so. She used to have a requirement of dating men taller than her. But she finally married a guy with a great personality instead!

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
I feel for ya, Who. My mom was only 5-foot tall (I'm adopted :-)). I remember being a kid and going with her to the store. WAY at the back of the store were the "feminine products" and they were always on the top shelf. I guess back then, it was considered embarrassing to have them anywhere they could easily be seen! Anyway, she always had to go and ask someone to get them down for her. I never understood why they put them up so high OR what they were and was always standing there impatiently waiting for someone to help her and whining, "Why do you need THAT STUFF anyway???" She used to just tell me to shut up and that I would understand when I was older. LOL

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
I will say on a side note as a TALL girl that I have never been offended if someone asks me to get something down. My mom is 5'1. I get asked all the time at stores to help. So for all of you not in this thread, ask away, we are typically kind up in the clouds

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Oh, I've never had any rude reactions from a tall person when I asked them for help. They've always been very pleasant and helpful. Its just that, as an introvert by nature, its very hard to approach a stranger (tall, short or otherwise) and initiate any kind of conversation.

Oh, and I noticed my comment about my sis deciding to marry a guy with a great personality "instead" could come off as my implying I think tall guys don't have great personalities. LOL. Of course they do! Just the tall guys my sis dated left much to be desired in that category.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Guess that's another good thing about being southern, I have 'always depended on the kindness of strangers' when I needed to reach something! LOL

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Who, like Tuzza -- never been offended or anything like that when someone asks if I could reach a high shelf for them. Just ask. I offer if it looks like someone can't reach.

Now and then in the past at odd places and times, a stranger out in public may make a comment about my height. That doesn't bother me either. I like standing out in a crowd.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
It never used to bother me to ask for help in the grocery store UNTIL there were a rash of purse stealings in the local store. The "perp" would ask for help to reach something and then grab the purse of the helpful person and run. It must be nice to be tall and be able to see over people instead of having to look around them. Being short is like when you are in traffic and you are in a car and there is a tall SUV in front of you haven't a clue what is going on in the road ahead.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I"m also exactly six feet tall, and I never minded someone who was taller than me, or shorter than me. The man I married last was 6'3", the love of my life is 5'10".

It does feel odd when someone is taller than me, simply because I am used to being around folks who are about as tall or shorter.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Oh, and I help folks at the store all the time. Usually I see them struggling and I offer.

Only thing that bugs me about being tall is hitting my head on things that other people never notice; and the difficulty of finding fashionable clothing that fits, at a reasonable price.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Karunna, now here I always thought that the fashion industry was completely geared toward you tall gals. I know that they're not geared toward us petite ones.

I offer to help folks get things off high shelves all the time, too. Wal*Mart lowered their shelves because of climbers like me. LOL!

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
Fashion is certainly not geared toward long legs....that is the only height complaint I can think of. My mother and sister and not tall and they gripe about lengths all the time, but for them it is easier to get it fixed or corrected than for me. I am all legs and all I can say is I am in love with capris being in style.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Heh, the nice thing about capris is that you can buy pants meant for average sized woman and they finally fit you just right. :-)

Vee, high fashion and shows are very different from what you can actually buy in stores. For us tall gals, the bottom of the bust hits about nipple level, the waist line hits somewhere between breasts and waists, and pants, well, you just can't buy them at all.

Back when cuffs were in style, you could sometimes buy those and let out the cuffs to get enough length.

The only pants I can buy are jeans that they sell in western stores, because cowgirls usually like to wear them over boots with a bunch of "wrinkles" at the bottom. Even many places that advertise "long" length are only 32 inch inseams and I require a 36.

Other than that I have to buy dresses, most skirts, pants, jackets, and long-sleeved tops from a specialty catalog store.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
My main clothing complaint is, most clothes I come across seem to be designed by those who think if I'm as wide around as I am, I must be as tall as you all!

Even in the "plus size petite" section, many stores only carry clothes up to a size down from what I comfortably wear. But the "average" and "tall" plus sizes go to my size and beyond!

I was commenting about that once, and a guy I worked with said, "so maybe you're not really overweight. You're just too short. If you were just a few inches taller, you would be just right for your weight!"


Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
It does feel odd when someone is taller than me, simply because I am used to being around folks who are about as tall or shorter.

Me too, Karuuna.


now here I always thought that the fashion industry was completely geared toward you tall gals. I know that they're not geared toward us petite ones.

But Vee, how often do you see a "Tall" department sign in a store. There's "Petite", but virtually never "Tall".

Casual dressing person that I am, TG for Eddie Bauer (they sell everything in tall), Lands' End, and LL Bean. Clothing store locally, Von Maur, has occasional tall sizes.

ETA: I don't care for capris. Don't like the look on me. OK for others, but not me. If I wore capris, it would make me feel like I'm wearing long pants that I've outgrown!!

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Oh, don't get me started on pant lengths! Try being tall AND plus-sized. Most clothing manufacturers seem to believe that once you graduate to size 1X or higher, your inseam doesn't need to be longer than 29"! I need at least 32" and prefer 33-34". When I DO manage to find pants that are long enough and fit nd look halfway decent (and have more than just an elastic waistband), I buy several pair and wear them until they pretty much fall apart.

Who, I'd love to have the stores in "my" size have more selection for talls. It is better than it used to be, but it usually reminds me of when I was a kid. I had size 10 feet in 6th grade and in my little town, the local department store would call my mom and say, "We got some size 10 shoes in today, bring her on down!" We'd go and I'd have to pick from three or maybe four different styles, all of which were BUTT UGLY. At least now I can find shoes (in size 11) in a variety of styles. Maybe the tall, plus-size clothes will one day have just as much selection. :-)

I think the clothing folks feel that plus-size gals all must be about 5'6" tall -- nothing more, nothing less -- because that seems to be about the height they design for.

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
I would be lost with out my Eddie Bauer, Lands End and LL Bean. They do a nice job with Talls.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i'm 5'9" and the only problem i have is that clothes are made either for women that are 5'7" and shorter OR 5'10" and taller. so, i have a hard time finding jeans or pants that i can wear in the stride properly. and, being a larger tall woman makes it even worse. hence, i rarely wear pants.

i buy most of my clothes from JCPenney & Jessica London. but, i wear mostly dresses and skirts.

as far as people are concerned i dated a man that was only 5'4" who loved me to wear high heels and a man 6'10" as well as many inbetween. my husband is 6'4" or 5" depending when you ask him.

height, mine or anyone else's is never a concern to me.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Me too, Tuzza. And I'm so lucky -- there's a Lands' End outlet (or inlet as they call it) here in town!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
The sports clothing talls are not tall enough for me.

I buy most of my good clothing from longelegantlegs.com. But sometimes their smallest sizes are too big around for me.