from Short People Problems[http://shortpeopleproblems.tumblr.com/]
- When you've heard every short people joke possible, but people tell you them anyway.
- The Napoleon Complex.
- Oompa Loompa jokes.
- When your friends drop something and ask you to get it because you're closer to the ground.
- Oversized sweaters and shirts go down to your knees.
- You're in college but people think you're 14 because you're short.
- When people know you as "the short one."
- Having to use the handicap mirrors in public restrooms because they're angled down.
- Finding shoes that are small enough for your feet.
- Trying to find the safest way down {and up!} from those high dorm beds without hurting yourself.
- Trying to make a bed and not being able to reach across it.
- Your awkward attempt to hug someone with your arms above their shoulders even though you're too short.
- When someone tells you to stand up, and you do, and they're like "NO REALLY. STAND UP!"
- When people who are taller than you wear heels, making you feel even shorter.
- Strong winds can knock you down easily and people ask if you're going to blow away.
- When people who are 5'5" complain about being short.
- Your feet never completely touch the ground when sitting down.
- When people high-five over your head.
- Tall people in front of you blocking your view.
- Dating people taller than 6 feet gets awkward.
- Knowing that everything is just slightly out of your reach.
- When you wear heels and then take them off, people say "wow, you're short!"
- Feeling the need to add "and a half" when someone asks for your height.
- When the sun visor doesn't help when you're driving because you're too short.
- People can look right over your head.
- Having to chuck things onto high shelves because you can't reach.
- When you hug someone and your face smashes into their boobs.
- When pants that are supposed to be capris reach your ankles.
- You weigh the same as skinny girls you know, but their bodies look better because they're taller.
- When you decide to hop over chairs in class and end up looking like an Olympic hurdler.
- When you don't wear any makeup, you look like you're 12.
- Kissing: either you have to get on your tiptoes or they have to bend down.
- Standing in the bottom row in every group photo so you can be seen.
- "Hey, are you a midget? Like legally?"
- Your tall friends find it amusing to take your things and make you "jump for it."
- Holes in the bottoms of your pant legs because they drag on the floor.
- Awkward pictures of you and tall people who bend down to get to your height.
- People tend to hug your head more than your body.
jun 30 2012 ∞
jun 30 2012 +