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 ∞
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