What are the benefits of being very tall or very short?

I'm on the taller side for a female (5' 10"). Reaching for things on high shelves is a big plus. I get asked by little old ladies to reach for things at the store pretty often. The best though is being able to see over most people in a crowd. I can always maneuver into a space that gives me a good vantage point. Though I haven't been in a crowd for nearly a year and a half...

Taller guys are perceived to be sexier just by the virtue of their height but they have the societal pressure of being hung.

If you're really short, you don't have to kneel down to give a BJ.

Same here, R1.

Little old ladies are always asking me to grab something off the shelves for them!

It's so cute.

Short people use their brains not their brawn.

OP, while I am just average height, I do pull stock forward in stores when I am having to reach far back for it and shorter people could never reach. It is just a nice thing to do.

I’ve literally seen short people climbing the supermarket shelves. I always offer to help and also am often asked by people to reach things.

My adult niece is 4’11”. My mom has a very large top loading washing machine. My niece had to hop up on her belly and go in head first to be able to get the clothes out. She can also fully stand under overhead compartments/racks on planes/trains so I guess that’s a benefit. Plenty of legroom too.

Taller people tend to have knee pain in their old age, shorter people not as much.

Headers, lad. That’s all I’ve got to say.

Being short, I can easily do gymnastics. Also, I build muscle easily. No chicken legs here.

While generally I think being tall is GREAT, as the bones start to creak and joints ache the floor seems too far away. If something rolls under the couch, forget it.

If you’re a short man there are no benefits.

Fuck those short midgets! Fuck em!

R11 oh, I beg to differ, baby.

And ask the female population if you don’t believe me.

Tall guy here. Same as the posters above, top-shelf stuff at the store. Also, being able to paint the ceiling, change lightbulbs, and scare small children just by standing up.

You want some disadvantages? They are many! R10 has it right with the aches and pains, and I have no idea what's on the bottom shelf in the grocery store. Also, airline seat legroom, people who don't trim their trees above the sidewalk, old houses with exposed beams on the ceiling, hotel beds too short, sofas that are comically low, yada yada.

This has been good therapy. Is my hour up now, Dr DataLounge?

there is no benefit to being short and I'm female. I am one of those old ladies that dreads having to bother taller people by asking them to reach something for me. They always do it but I always feel that they are tired of people asking them which is why I dread it. I mistakenly said to one this week that they put everything so high that only giants can reach it. I didn't mean that the way it sounded but once those words escaped there was no putting them back.

Best fuck buddy I ever had was short. He could really leverage it when he was pounding me.

Eeeew, R16.

Nobody wants a short top.

R15. I'm 6'3" and I enjoy your kind of request. Most Talls do. Don't worry about it.

I love short bottoms. Fireplugs. Especially Latino ones. Any of them on here?

[quote]Nobody wants a short top.

Speak for yourself!

FUCKOFFBILLTAYLOR!!!!!!

YOU'RENOTHINGBUTAFILTHYWHORE!!!!!!

I'm a serious shorty (just shy of five feet tall) and I can't say there's a lot of practical benefits. Maybe getting behind or under furniture, or standing on things to reach them.

I've dated a few very tall men (over 6'3) and I have two bear/chub friends who are close friends, and I think all of us have complained to each other about clothes LOL. There's a real median with clothes available on the rack, and when you talk about more trendy labels their available sizes are an even smaller range. I can buy jeans/pants online sometimes but almost never in stores.

But when short bottom me and a tall top guy get together....that size difference, wow. It can really push both our buttons. And my small size means I'm pretty agile and flexible. Ever wanted to have a guy fuck you while he's standing up, and holding your body off the ground while his dick is sliding in and out of you? Short guys get to do that : )

Marry me, r22.

R23 if you can deal with a lean ginger instead of a fireplug Latino, then I accept. LOL

Oh, I love gingers (and Latinos, but that was already established). But I'm really into stocky guys. That's a deal breaker.

I’m a guy who’s 5’4”, and can usually get items off the top shelf unless they’re far back, so R5 I love you.

[quote] But I'm really into

Someone who isn't me, LOL.

Story of my life. Always get to hear those words.....sigh

[Quote]I’m a guy who’s 5’4”, and can usually get items off the top shelf

Who do you think you're kidding?

If you are a man, trust me you want a tall Doctor with long fingers. A short Doctor with short stubby fingers doing a prostate exam is not fun.

R22/R24=Seth Green

F/29, 5”6/7 (depending on whether my posture and mood is ideal that day). My mother is short and my father is tall, so I averaged out. I think of myself as average height, but I’ve had plenty of other people tell me that I’m tall and I’m like???? Some of the other women in my family are 5”9, and so were some of the girls I went to school with, what do you mean...

What’s weird is that I was on the shorter side of average as a little girl and young teen. Everyone else shot up around me, and I hovered for years at just over 5”. Thought I was going to end up a short-legged borderline dwarf like my 5” mother! Then late puberty finally kicked in at around 15 or 16, and I caught up. So I know and sympathise with the feeling of being the shortarse in the room, but I’m acc not short. I really like being with shorter people, because they’re cute to me and I feel protective of them (in the least condescending way possible).

Glad I’m not really tall, too. Tall women have a hard time of in our society.

Most CEO's are tall. Male models, tall. Many public leaders, tall. It's been proven that tall men especially are perceived as more attractive, smarter and make better leaders. Of course the key word is perception. People just project those qualities onto someone just because of their genetics. The smart ones work it to their advantage even though it's not deserved. CEO's fall into that category quite a bit. Just because they "look important" they are often handed the job over someone vastly more qualified.

Everyone wants Tall, Dark and Handsome, not Short Fat and Bald.

Wrong, R32.

I'm a petite 5'3". I sit comfortably on a plane with plenty of room.. I wear size 14 boys Levi's which tend to be cheaper. When I was a broke college student it didn't cost much for me to eat.

Safety is an issue, a 6th grader could beat me up.