Has you short stature made you who you are?

Has you short stature made you who you are?

The battle for LL is something all of us face here everyday. Some of us have done it, some will do it and some can only dream of it. But with that being said, has your short stature made who you are today?

Myself, I am shorter than most people here and can only wish to attain what a lot of people here start with. Just as if someone shorter than myself could only wish to gain my height. But being in the <2% of male population's height, I am starting to believe that my height, or lack thereof has made me the man I am today. Perhaps it is that which gives me the fire to accomplish any task I start. To do well in anything and everything I can. Perhaps my shortness is a blessing. After all, with everyone trying to stand out anywhere you go, you can effortlessly do it by just being yourself. If you weren't short, it wouldn't filter out the women who are shallow and have an arbitrary height requirement for men they date/marry. After all, we do live in a society were women get attacked by bears often and need your height for protection. If I were taller, I might've gotten those promotions for different opportunities instead of me ultimately forming my own company doing something I'm passionate about. I am glad I'm no longer toiling away in a sea of cubicles. Maybe I can attribute my shortness to my heightened confidence and the ability to approach anyone and strike up a conversation. After all, nearly every man and woman is taller than me, does that mean I should hide in a corner or be intimidated by everyone and everything? Absolutely not!

The more I think about, the more I feel like LL is a fake. What will you tell your spouse and explain to your kids why they are shorter than you? Having received cosmetic surgery in the past, I was sickened to how my expectations didn't match my results, but moreso that I butchered myself to appease other people. You were made just the way you were intended to, why not be happy with that? I see people who are truly disabled or have different ailments and I thank my lucky stars that I am fit and healthy, even if I'm short. Life could be much worse, and its about time that I begin being happy with who I am today, rather than what tens of thousand dollars and months/years could possibly bring me.

In conclusion, I will end it with this: if people judge you based on your height, those people weren't even worth your time to begin with.

Take care and stay who you are!

Shortguy-butitsabrighterday

Quote from: shortguysigh on August 16, 2014, 07:23:18 AMThe more I think about, the more I feel like LL is a fake. What will you tell your spouse and explain to your kids why they are shorter than you?

It's real - it makes you taller. I won't have to tell my spouse anything because I don't need one, I don't need kids either. That is to start with. You also really have to realise that your kids don't magically inherit your height - genetics are more complicated, than that. For example, my father (187) and his family line were all tall, so I'm carrying a tall gene. There're also hundreds factors that influence height, such as nutrition, physical activity, mental health. And also with GH therapy and aromatase inhibitors for slowing down epiphyseal plate closing, you can make your kids any height you (they) want.

QuoteI was sickened to how my expectations didn't match my results, but moreso that I butchered myself to appease other people.

Maybe that was your problem. You know some people do it not to appease others, but to appease themselves.

Quoteif people judge you based on your height, those people weren't even worth your time to begin with.

What if I judge them too, based on their physical appearance? It's only fair for them to judge me. People are different.

For me, my height actually prevented me from behaving and acting like my real personality would do, this meant that i ended up being quiet and passive, remaining in the background most of the time. While i dont like talking to much, i still always felt that i had something interesting and relevant to say in moments where it would have given me much attention, so many times i might have had the perfect joke or the perfect argument etc to some conversation, but i stayed quiet because i thought people wouldnt listen to me since i wasnt tall or big.
My masculine personality traits, usually i tried to tone it down when talking with others, if i had strong opinions on something, i might have ignored it etc, because i didnt want it to seem like i was over compensating or something.

With my new height i wont have to talk much but still have an impressive presence, and when i do talk people will take notice easily. (to be fair, even with my pre LL height, i did get treated with respect in many situations, but i felt i had to work harder (be more clever etc) for it than others so i most of the time didnt bother with it)

I also do not have to worry about the gene issue, since my father was 180 cm, and i had many factors which inhibited my growth (lack of sleep, eating bad, vitamin D deficiency, being born several weeks to early due to my mother starving during pregnancy)

You just mad your life is over and no amount of surgery is gonna fix that, so you try to tell yourself you be alright...well i got news for you buddy. Would seriously consider suicide or gaining alot of cash.

Quote from: shortguysigh on August 16, 2014, 07:23:18 AMWhat will you tell your spouse and explain to your kids why they are shorter than you?

There's nothing unnatural about that. There are so many short parents with tall kids, and also quite a lot of tall parents with shorter kids.

Quote from: Slim_tim on August 16, 2014, 01:46:07 PMYou just mad your life is over and no amount of surgery is gonna fix that, so you try to tell yourself you be alright...well i got news for you buddy. Would seriously consider suicide or gaining alot of cash.

Another  ty post from you, go figure.

Quote from: Slim_tim on August 16, 2014, 01:46:07 PMYou just mad your life is over and no amount of surgery is gonna fix that, so you try to tell yourself you be alright...well i got news for you buddy. Would seriously consider suicide or gaining alot of cash.

You're not helping with that,dude.

Quote from: TheRisingShorty on August 16, 2014, 02:58:04 PMI wish I had the confidence to stand at 162cm

He's 153 cm... I'd probably do 10 cm tibia-femur for total of 20cm gain, if I were him. That height must be a complete fking nightmare. What's your sitting height and arm span, shortguy?

Quote from: TheRisingShorty on August 16, 2014, 02:58:04 PMHey!
All I want to say is that I admire your self confidence and I sincerely respect you for accepting your height. I wish I had the confidence to stand at 162cm in a country where the average male stands at around 177-180cm and the average females at 165cm. But I succumbed to the temptation of being taller. Height is subjective and I have seen successful confident guys below 165cm. I have also seen unsuccessful guys above 183cm who are depressed everyday and want to end their lives.
Thanks for sharing your experience and view on LL. It is a good thing that you are not considering LL surgery and happy with who you are.
Take care buddy  
 

The level of confidence you have stems from the amount of approva you get from other people. Tall people=much approval.

Short peope= meh...maybe 1 when they have their birthdays.

Quote from: wannabetaller on August 16, 2014, 02:24:06 PMYou're not helping with that,dude.

Helping what? he comes on a leg lengthening forum spewing his cognitive dissonance to us about how height dosnt matter and even if it does matter those people are below you for thinking less of you. Well duh...People like him make me more furious because they actually normalize heightism to other viewers. "see, things aint that bad. Little tony here 5'2 is living life without letting height get to him".

I want heightism to get so bad in your face so people understand why we did leg lengthening. Not semi soldiers like him trying to hold us back mentally, I don't need that bull  right now. Neither did the negroes  during their revolution.