Is it possible that your height can shirk? I feel shorter than I did years before. Maybe it's because everyone is just getting taller. And I'm 5'9 too. :/
About halfway through the 7th grade, when I was 13, I hit a major league growth spurt. I was 6'2'' at the end of the school year, just a few months before I turned 14. I was by far the tallest kid in class, dominating the bball courts in my area with my unstoppable jump hook and layup. Unfortunately, I haven't grown one 1/4 of an inch since (in fact, I have lost about 1" from rupturing 5 discs in my back in 1995). I am a hair under 6'1'' now.
You're all pretty robotic, so you use these quantitative measures to give yourself an excuse for underachieving. In life, with women, whatever. Posture, soul and how you carry yourself are far more important than height. Look at Tom Cruise. Probably the most desirable male in the world over the past 2 decades. He's 5'6. Lil Wayne, a r****d. He's maybe 5'1. Jose Mourinho. Lionel Messi. My friend Dew, he's 5'7 but the definition of a smooth criminal and currently dating a girl who's 5'10 with a face directly descended from Helen of Troy. All little men doing it big. Look at me. 6'1 now, but just as happy as the days I was a 5'2 child model for UC Benetton. I was the 12 year old dating the 5'8 14 year olds. The taller guys had their height, but they were consumed by other insecurities and comparisons and that pushed people away. Also, they were ostrich like whereas I was a sleek fox, low to the earth. It's all about proportions and symmetry, not which city has the tallest building. Or who has the biggest rims. That's what defines excellence, breaking the convention of what is "possible" and using self belief to push yourself to these new heights. I don't go into a situation with some level of entitlement, I just let it play out and build off that. Omg, I'm 5'2 and a kid, it's not possible to date the daughter of a French musical sensation. Waaa. These thoughts don't even cross my mind. It all comes from within, yet the clueless keep placing value on arbitrary bull**** that doesn't matter. That's what creates napolean complexes and lowered expectations, not the height itself. An incessant need to compare yourself to others based on factors you can't control. With girls it's understandable since their entire quality of life depends on genetics and physical desirability, but for guys? Seriously? Pathetic.
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I ALWAYS get you two guys mixed up. Posting one after another doesn't help at all.
It can be just bad posture, unless you are nearing retirement. http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Aging/5-11-28-SeniorsDoShrink.htm
I'm 5'9.99999 (as in I'm basically 5'10 if I wear thick socks lol) in shoes probably 5'11. It's odd feeling because when I go back to HK, I'm taller than average, but when I go to the UK, it's back to mr average height.
5-11 but everyone I know that is my height says they are 6 feet. One guy claimed 6-1/2 even though he was a little shorter than me. I do have a 6-6 wingspan.
I am 6'. Without shoes I am a hair under but with shoes I am over so I just say 6'. People always think I am taller. I am taller than most for my day to day life but I felt short growing up because of playing ball and stuff. Most friends and people I played with we're 6'2-6'6. I always wanted to be 6'2. I stopped growing early - maybe Freshman or soph in high school. I kept hoping for one more growth spurt. As an adult, though, I am really glad I stopped because I have enough issues as it is - I have long legs so airplanes and the like suck. Combine that with knee problems and two surgeries and being shorter has often seemed like an advantage as an adult. The only sport I play now is soccer so height is not an issue. Age is catching up to me now, though. Man, it sucks to have always been the fastest but now start to see a few young 20's start to be a hair quicker. Oh well, I am old compared to them.
