Why, at 175 some people consider you as short and others as tall

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Do you think that people are underestimating what is 5'9" ?

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In my case there is a friend who told me that I'm lying (I told him that I am 5'9 - but then he went near me and said ok, but still if I can't say that I'm 5'9 ... he was probably thinking I am the same than him even if I have my chin at his eyes level and he told someone same as me he is tall - but that guy is always denigrate), and also my grandfather told me I am about the same that my 6'1 uncle. It's weird, I still don't know how to consider myself in others people point of view.
But also what I know is when you say your height, it's changing people point of view a lot. That's why I'm avoiding that because like that some people are imagining me at 5'10 / 5'11.

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It depends on who you are asking. I heard many people call me tall, even once there was a girl who asked my friend about me and if we could meet up in a date. After a week, she was walking with my friend and she saw me close from my back(she said ' oh no, he is much taller than I expected!'. Of course I only knew about the whole story after like 2 years from the incident

On the other hand, when I am with my relatives they tell me that I'm kinda short, most of them are 6 feet or above(males)

I myself never felt short in my country, just average. When I traveled to the netherlands however, I felt like a midget! No I am not kidding, ya a midget, even the girls were taller than me

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We already talked about that famous average in Netherlands, that's bullcrap. Honestly, people in Germany or Czech Republic are not shorter than Dutch people. That's a myth. 
Also that big average (6ft) is ONLY FOR MEN, average for women is 5'6 so stop kidding
the biggest woman average is Estonia, go there

In my country maybe a bit, but a gap of 7 cm in average ? it's too big

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Have you been to the Netherlands? Studies are different from what you will see in reality. Even if the studies are correct, believe me, when a group of younger teenagers walk by you(girls and guys) and they are all much taller than you, it won't feel alright, something inside you will hurt, it will make you feel really depressed, specialy when they give you that weird look
I will ask you a question, have you ever seen a dwarf walking by? I am sure you did right? Have you seen how people look at him? Not a nice look right? Even if I or you are different and don't judge people by their height, unfortunately, most other people do.

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Quote from: Cloudo on August 26, 2017, 09:49:52 PMHave you been to the Netherlands? Studies are different from what you will see in reality. Even if the studies are correct, believe me, when a group of younger teenagers walk by you(girls and guys) and they are all much taller than you, it won't feel alright, something inside you will hurt, it will make you feel really depressed, specialy when they give you that weird look
I will ask you a question, have you ever seen a dwarf walking by? I am sure you did right? Have you seen how people look at him? Not a nice look right? Even if I or you are different and don't judge people by their height, unfortunately, most other people do.

You are aware that a dwarf is 120-140cm tall at max right? Like 37-57cm shorter than the average guy in most of the world. No one sees a guy who is 165+ like that....

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Quote from: Cloudo on August 26, 2017, 09:49:52 PMHave you been to the Netherlands? Studies are different from what you will see in reality. Even if the studies are correct, believe me, when a group of younger teenagers walk by you(girls and guys) and they are all much taller than you, it won't feel alright, something inside you will hurt, it will make you feel really depressed, specialy when they give you that weird look

I was in the netherlands and it didn't feel different.

I'm living in a middle europe.

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@Tibike
True, but when a bunch of guys are like 20 cms taller than you, walking with a bunch of girls who are 10 cms taller than you. They will find you kind of weird? They will be thinking ''ha! why this man's head really lower to what I am used to see?'' that's why they give you that weird look. It's not as bad as being a dwarf obviously, but it still makes me really depressed. I know, I should man up and stop being a pussy. But the thing is, whenever I remember that there is a solution for this problem, and it will only take a couple of years for saving money then a surgery, my mind can't rest!
Let's be honest, most of us here have deep psychological problems. If we weren't, then we wouldn't even be here, we would be living just like other short people who probably never even thought about their height after they hit puberty!

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@Yourspaceboyfriend
Maybe because you are already living in a country with tall people? That's why you didn't feel any difference? Because you are already used to this.

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I am 1.75, I'd really like to be 1.80+ but still all the things you mention about weird lookings and all these simply doesn't exist.
1.75 is a normal height and it is almost impossible to find many guys 20cm taller and many girls 10cm taller even in netherlands or anywhere else.

So it is ok to want to be taller but it is abnormal to feel so inferior with your height.
Your problem from what you say seems more mental than real.