Urameshii

11mo

It’s a social media thing people in real life don’t care

fakerickhoodie

11mo

5'9 aint short

Urameshii

11mo

According to some shorty I was which once again my other post social media is weird

fakerickhoodie

11mo

hahaha im 5'9 too

i love my height i think its perfect tbh

never had an issue

LongLiveSaudade

11mo

As a man this all you gotta do to make sure you can handle yourself at any age. Exercise, take some form of hand to hand combat, and practice shooting. You do those and you’ll be straight in most situations.

Big Tobacco

11mo

Yeah you’re like the 4th person here suggesting I invest in a firearm so I think it’s clear to me this is what I need to do to move forward

Ronin

11mo

Get a strap

plants

11mo

just beat the f*** out of some tall dude right in front of their eyes

Pinhead

11mo

stopped reading at 5’5

you’re f***ed

left4good

11mo

how can yall tell he’s lying 😭

Big Tobacco

11mo

Lots of times when I hear Tall=Protection, it's usually when some women say they prefer dating tall men because tall men make them feel protected. But for me, that idea has affected me in other areas of my life.

I'm currently in high school and I'm 5'5, I live with my mom, dad, and sister. My dad is 6'5 and my mom is 5'0.
Throughout middle school and high school, bullies would target short kids for their height including me. They assumed I was cowardly and won't be able to protect myself or protect my other short friends. They never picked on us short kids around our tall friends because they think our tall friends would protect us. They assume we won't defend ourselves and whenever I stood up for myself or my other short friends the bullies would be so surprised but then say something along the lines of "What are you gonna do? You ain't ganna do sh*t along" and then specifically insult my size.

But this idea that Tall=Protection hurts me more when it comes from my own family.

When it comes to my sister, she told me she doesn't feel safe around me because she doesn't think I would be able to protect her and she said wishes she had a taller brother. My sister even told me that she was jealous of her friends who had tall brothers.

My Mom and Dad have said to me they don't think I would be able to protect my sister just because I'm short. One time for Halloween my sister wanted to go tick-o-treating around the neighborhood with her friends, and my parents wanted at least one guy to go with them just to be safe, and when I said I'll go my parents told me that it would be better if my cousin (he's 6ft and my age) goes with them instead because he's bigger and stronger and can keep them safer. And my parents call my cousin stronger even though we are roughly the same strength-based on us wrestling, arm wrestling, working out together, and there are times when I'm stronger than him. When I tried to confront my parents my mom told me that she doesn't think I would be able to protect my sister because of my size.

Another time my mom had to go to the city and my dad didn't want my mom to go alone because it was getting dark but my dad wasn't able to accompany my mom because he had to go somewhere also, so when I offered to go with my mom, my dad sent my 6ft cousin to accompany my mom instead of me because he said my mom would be safer with my cousin.

Also one time my parents said if I ever get married or have kids in the future, I'm going to have a hard time protecting them being my size, and that it would have been easier if I was as tall as my dad.

This honestly breaks my heart. I'm assumed to be weak and to not be able to protect the things I care about by society, by women, but when it comes from my sister and my parents, this is what hurts me the most. And my mother is 5'0, so she's short also, so I would think out of all people she would understand me the most and what it's like to be short and underestimated, but she doesn't understand me and it makes me so sad. She even blames my height on me not sleeping enough, or eating enough, or I must have done d**** to stunt my growth. It hurts to know they have no faith in me, and they make me feel like a failure.

Can you guys give me advice on how to deal with this and my family?

Bonesv2

11mo

Your family should really be clowning ya 6’5 pops for being that tall with trash sperm

Bonesv2

11mo

Your family should really be clowning ya 6’5 pops for being that tall with trash sperm

CutiePieHole

11mo

So the iconic pro smoker user has been in highschool this whole time?