Don't judge.. Anyone should get it done

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Quote from: Uppland on November 21, 2014, 03:41:03 AMPersonally I just want to stop feeling short but for some reason I can't do that. If I get to 186CM I'll meet plenty of taller men but I will take confidence in knowing I'm not objectively smaller than my friends any more. It'll be great to blend in -heightwise of course, hopefully people wll notice me on my merits.

-A question: I've heard businessmen in general are very tall (to give a upper hand in negotiations and so) is that true?

You want to do it for the wrong reasons. At 175cm my group of friends tower still all over (they are around 195cm) over me, imagine how it looked like when I was 165cm  . But I just don't care and so should you, I know it's easy to say that, but trust me even at 186cm there will a lot of people who will be a lot taller than you. Buy some Nike Airmax and you'll be 183cm around your friends which is fine. Compare yourself to small women, you will feel huge, well at least I do 

And about being tall in the buisness world, it is just more common, there are a lot if reasons why, but being short won't hinder you at all when you have a good education and are good in what you do. Probably CEO's are tall because they are a representative for a company, so ofc they take someone who looks good, which tall people tend to do in suits. But as I said, being short if you're good won't hinder you.

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Quote from: 123 on November 21, 2014, 08:23:21 AMYou want to do it for the wrong reasons. At 175cm my group of friends tower still all over (they are around 195cm) over me, imagine how it looked like when I was 165cm  . But I just don't care and so should you, I know it's easy to say that, but trust me even at 186cm there will a lot of people who will be a lot taller than you. Buy some Nike Airmax and you'll be 183cm around your friends which is fine. Compare yourself to small women, you will feel huge, well at least I do 

And about being tall in the buisness world, it is just more common, there are a lot if reasons why, but being short won't hinder you at all when you have a good education and are good in what you do. Probably CEO's are tall because they are a representative for a company, so ofc they take someone who looks good, which tall people tend to do in suits. But as I said, being short if you're good won't hinder you.

Thanks man I understand you're trying to help -and you are but let me put it this way:
I could probably go on and live a good life at 179CM. I would be pretty short by north european standards and I would feel bad about it from time to time but it wouldn't ruin my life or keep from doing anything that I want to. However I feel bad enough about this (and it hasn't gotten better in almost a year) that I'm afraid I'll never be as happy as if I had done the surgey -that's all there is.

Leg lenghtening is something I don't want to do but I really believe -I'm sure of it actually- that in the long run I will be happier if I suck it up for a year and deal with pain, loss of time/money, temporal disability and more or less disproportion. After that I'll be able to move on and live a happier life afterwards. For me I think it's a worthwhile tradeoff overall.

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Quote from: Uppland on November 21, 2014, 08:34:19 AMThanks man I understand you're trying to help -and you are but let me put it this way:
I could probably go on and live a good life at 179CM. I would be pretty short by north european standards and I would feel bad about it from time to time but it wouldn't ruin my life or keep from doing anything that I want to. However I feel bad enough about this (and it hasn't gotten better in almost a year) that I'm afraid I'll never be as happy as if I had done the surgey -that's all there is.

Leg lenghtening is something I don't want to do but I really believe -I'm sure of it actually- that in the long run I will be happier if I suck it up for a year and deal with pain, loss of time/money, temporal disability and more or less disproportion. After that I'll be able to move on and live a happier life afterwards. For me I think it's a worthwhile tradeoff overall.

You know better what you need. Good luck then!!

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Quote from: Uppland on November 21, 2014, 08:34:19 AMThanks man I understand you're trying to help -and you are but let me put it this way:
I could probably go on and live a good life at 179CM. I would be pretty short by north european standards and I would feel bad about it from time to time but it wouldn't ruin my life or keep from doing anything that I want to. However I feel bad enough about this (and it hasn't gotten better in almost a year) that I'm afraid I'll never be as happy as if I had done the surgey -that's all there is.

Leg lenghtening is something I don't want to do but I really believe -I'm sure of it actually- that in the long run I will be happier if I suck it up for a year and deal with pain, loss of time/money, temporal disability and more or less disproportion. After that I'll be able to move on and live a happier life afterwards. For me I think it's a worthwhile tradeoff overall.

Hey man I'm gonna be honest with you. You should be happy now even before CLL because it's an expensive overpriced operation and also being happy now is always an option. I understand that this is something you really want and I do to but I'm not sure what your financial situation is but it could be several years before you get this surgery and waiting for it to be complete and then be happy could be discomforting.