How Did People React When They Saw You Were Taller?

A question for the LL-veterans...

How did people react when they saw you were taller?

Did they notice the change?

Did they say that you've lost weight? Or anything else?

How did people who knew you did LL react? What about people who didn't know?

Do you notice any changes when you walk up a crowded street? What about any changes in the way people treat you?

Comments are appreciated!

* Please indicate starting height & final height.

173-180.

People laughed at me mostly.

Only time I've experienced a positive attitude is when I'm at parties meeting new people.
They show me more respect really.

Last party I was at was great. They thought I was the King.

I actually find it very sad that people laughed at you. I've been telling almost all of my friends, close or distant, during the past 5 years that I would do LL someday. Last week I met a very old friend after 3 years, and he told me that he was afraid that I had done LL, and would meet him wobbling, unable to walk. Then I told him the big news - only 1 week left for surgery!

The reaction from relatives is frustrating though. It makes me utterly angry. I'm fed up with hearing "Why don't you love yourself?", a foolish assumption based on thinking that insecurity and self-hatred has led me the decision to do LL. On the contrary, I believe that I am doing good for myself. I would rather be judged about a decision I made myself, than a condition (being short) that I had no say upon. I won't torture myself with living the life of a short man. I did that for 22 years, I've had enough of the bad quality of life. True, maybe I should take more things for granted. But I'd rather have my family back me up 100% about this decision than keep whining about it and still hoping me to change my mind. I mean, it's a sad sight. It's already a hard decision, and I made it 5 years ago. My aunt still asks me "If I'm excited". Why should I be? I'm tired, fed up, frustrated of the life I've lived. I'll leave the excitement part post-op.

"Be at peace with yourself." Ha. What a gem. Be at peace with myself and lie to myself? I'm way too honest to do that. It's a disappointing attitude. Not problem solving, but further problem-making. Building barriers with fear. Acceptance of inadequacy. Typical bull  Eastern way of thinking. God I miss the West.

How tall are you Chris?

I am in my early 30s.  I wish I would have done LL when I was your age.

I am not telling anyone about this surgery because I don't want to hear anyone's bull .

Quote from: Sweden on January 04, 2014, 12:35:44 AM173-180.

People laughed at me mostly.

Only time I've experienced a positive attitude is when I'm at parties meeting new people.
They show me more respect really.

Last party I was at was great. They thought I was the King.

WTF man?? They laugh at your walking or they know that you have lengthened your legs? How could one enjoy a new height knowing that all of his friends or acquaintances talking   about his new height!?

Quote from: Blackhawk on January 04, 2014, 01:55:42 AMHow tall are you Chris?

I am in my early 30s.  I wish I would have done LL when I was your age.

I am not telling anyone about this surgery because I don't want to hear anyone's bull .

Hey Blackhawk,

I am 165 cm (5'5). I hope to become 173 cm ( 5'8 ).

Did you have LL surgery done, or are you still waiting?

Best,
Chris

Quote from: ChrisIsaak on January 04, 2014, 12:06:35 AMA question for the LL-veterans...

How did people react when they saw you were taller?

Did they notice the change?

Did they say that you've lost weight? Or anything else?

How did people who knew you did LL react? What about people who didn't know?

Do you notice any changes when you walk up a crowded street? What about any changes in the way people treat you?

Comments are appreciated!

* Please indicate starting height & final height.

I had two tall uncles (probably about 5'11 and 6'1) who didn't know I had LL.  I didn't see them very often.  When they saw me after LL they just asked me when I started to grow tall.  They just assumed I had a late growth spurt and finally was around the same height as them.

Most of my family knew I had LL though, so nothing came as a surprise to them.  Since they knew about LL they just didn't say anything.  If they wondered why I was taller, they'd soon remember I had LL and wouldn't feel the need to ask about my height increase.  Nobody was curious about it or interested in it.  The biggest question I got about LL was what part of China I had been to.  One of my aunts bumped me in the leg with a big shopping bag and was horrified and apologetic, but I told her that was regular bone now and not to worry.

I never had to deal with someone seeing me at 5'7 then seeing me at 5'10 a few months later with a bunch of questions.  I think LL is for people who are unhappy with their life and want a new life for themselves.  That was me, that's what I wanted, and that's what I got.  I don't know why a happy person that wants to go back to their old life would get LL.  You'll get laughed at like Sweden did.

Quote from: ChrisIsaak on January 04, 2014, 02:34:42 AMHey Blackhawk,

I am 165 cm (5'5). I hope to become 173 cm ( 5'8 ).

Did you have LL surgery done, or are you still waiting?

Best,
Chris

I just started a masters program and won't be finished for a couple years.  I plan on doing LL when I am finished in mid to late 2015.

I discovered the old forum about 7 years ago but quickly dismissed LL as an option.  I wish I would have considered it sooner.

When I am finished with school I will take a year off work to "travel".  I am thinking about moving back to where I grew up after LL.  Most of the people I grew up with haven't seen me in over 10 years.  It won't be an issue if I am 3 inches taller.  My family will probably notice.  I will see them maybe 1 or 2 times before doing LL so I will probably wear some lifts so the height isn't as noticeable.  I am 167 and would love to be 180 but I think if I do 2 surgeries it everyone will know. 

Hey,

I did LL with Dr. Sarin in early 2013, just one week after sweden. No one laughed at me after I came back. The reaction I received was more like, "WTF," and they are mostly from the short guys at my company. Being short we unconsciously compare our height among ourselves, so when one of us becomes taller, the other feel like they have shrunk and the feeling is more like one of resentment than of appreciation. One of the short men at my company who has a big ego and who is short is the vice president of one of the divisions at my company. I remember last year we had a quarterly meeting and all the employees attend. My company is mostly consist of white male who are taller than 5'11. And the VP, who was 5'7, was surrounded by these guys, so he was looking out for me. I was 5'6, so I went to stand next to him. That made him feel much better. Unfortunately, now I came back taller, he looked a little bit shocked to see me. It was not about me. I don't think there is any idea in his mind that I became taller but that he felt he probably shrunk.

Also, only the short people pays attention to other's people height. Most tall people really don't care or even notice that I became taller. I went from 5'6 (169) to 5'9 (176-177) and this is still below average. It's brutal being short. All the short people don't want other short people to be taller than they are. And the short guys are usually the most ruthless.

So having gone through with LL and despite all the complications with the procedure, I feel that it would be one of the best decisions I have made for myself in my life. So my goal now would be, no sexx, no drinks, no playing around... until I save enough money for my next LL femur project.

I think they find it funny just the fact that I'm taller now. It is not my close friends. They just want to understand the entire process.

People will know. They will speak of you behind your back and most of them will feel sorry for you bc they think you don't love yourself as stated above.

I can't say that I can enjoy my new life really. I can't run, I can't do Taekwondo, almost everything is a bit of a struggle. What's the fun in that?

It would be nice to see a video of what you can and can't do Smallguy, since you are just a week behind me and suffered like you did. The mornings have to be a total bitch for you.

If I compare myself to Stevie on old forum  who is 3 or 5 months ahead of me I can do more than him and more intense.