Quote from: Taller on November 16, 2015, 03:17:49 PMAs much as I hate to play into height neurosis, I've been to the Netherlands many times and at 178CM, I did not even feel average for a guy. I didn't feel short, but defitnitely bellow average. The equivalent of 173-174CM anywhere else in the developed world I suppose. At 178, many many girls are taller than me in the Netherlands. They don't seem to care much though, so that's the one saving grace for shorter guys.
So I understand you wanting LL at 177. Like me, you don't need it, but if it helps you feel ideal and makes you proud of your height instead of ashamed, then the choice is yours. It won't be a walk on the park though.
Your observation is right. The only thing which confuse people's observation regarding height when the visit here is you can't really see the whole picture since you are mostly distracted with been a tourist (new environment, coffee shops, red lights e.t.c) so the height difference won't sink in until all the excitement is gone, that's when you start to see how it affects your daily grind. I'm in a showbiz industry and it's quite cutthroat and sometimes a competitor will play a height/dominance card if he/she is out of moves.....now that is really annoying.
All in all, we all don't want to be considered less in our communities just for the mere difference of height but that's how our current culture is wired, so far there are two practical ways to face this problem.
1. CLL
2. Ignore the substandards
I don't think i have the guts to go with #2, simply because it will be a life time battle. The time i would waste wondering about how our society went nuts could totally be used for other productive and positive experience. I just hope in the near future our kids will have a less invasive means to correct height.
