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I'm 5'1"
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

I'm always amazed when I watch X-Files reruns and see Scully walking next to Mulder. She's so much shorter than he is, she almost looks like a midget. That's what I must look like when I stand next to my husband.

Okay, I must look worse. According to IMDB, Gillian Anderson is 5'3" (two inches taller that I am), Kyle and David Duchovny are both 6'. It's funny, I don't feel that short. At least not usually. The only time I truly feel short is when I try on jeans and see how many inches I'm going to have to hem if I buy them. Guys are lucky. Their jeans come in different lengths. What a novel idea.

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I dunno, I'm somewhere's around 5'7" and 5'8", but a skinny skinny man, with a 28 waist (I don't know the translation to womens, but I'm a 16 regular in kids) and finding pants is a pain. I'm also cheap and mostly wear black slacks. Last new pants I got were priced down to 6.97 and were a size 28 waist with a 36 length, so to get them hemmed was still a good deal. It was funny when I was getting them measured because the woman marking the pants for hemming look at how far they hung past my feet, then looked at me and said, "they so long." All I could do was smile.

Anyway, you're like my mom. She's 5'2" and often notes that she doesn't feel short until she has to look up at a person like most of my guy friends or cousins who somehow got the tall genes.

-Oddy

By Oddy, at 2/15/2006 12:33 AM

Oh my god, I remember when I wore a 28 waist. Sigh. Those were the days. I do fit into size 16 kids clothes, though. My current favorite jeans are size 16 boys Levi's I got for $17 from JC Penny. They rock, though they're not as good a bargain as you got! It seems really odd to me that they'd sell 28 waist 36 length pants. Who do they fit? Some sort of stretched out stringbean man?

I don't even feel short when I have to look up to see people, I suppose because I'm used to doing it, but recently I was in a crowd in Chinatown and I swear I towered over everyone. I told my husband I felt like a giant!

By Angela, at 2/15/2006 12:47 AM

[[[ It seems really odd to me that they'd sell 28 waist 36 length pants. Who do they fit? Some sort of stretched out stringbean man? ]]]

Yeah, seriously. That's really weird that they'd sell such a combination. For a point of reference, I'm 6' & more legs than torso, and I still only wear a 34 in length—AND, they're almost too long, as I like my cuffs hanging down a slightly longer than the norm (or so I'm told). I know I was a 26 waist in 4th grade, and I think I was a 28 by 6th grade, and probably of average build (not real thin, not too heavy; not particularly tall, not particularly short). So there was no way I was nearly as tall as my current 34 length back when I was fitting into those 28ers.

By Steve, at 2/15/2006 11:39 AM

This just proves how stupid sizing is for men and women, but especially for women. For a woman, you're lucky if pants have different lengths. If they do, they come in three flavors: tall, regular and short. I just love being called short. And, sometimes the short is still too long! There are no standards. A short can be anywhere between 28 and 32. It's all very frustrating. They discriminate against women with clothing cuts as well as lengths. You either have to be a 19 year old, 5'8" stick with no thighs or a 5'3" dumpy frump with a giant ass. No one makes clothes for people in between.

By Angela, at 2/15/2006 12:05 PM

We're making fun of you.

By Anonymous, at 2/15/2006 2:46 PM

Who is making fun of me? Some very brave person who wishes to remain anonymous?

By Angela, at 2/15/2006 3:09 PM

You could look worse - I'm 4'8'' and my husband is 6'3''. People just outright stare occasionally.

As for the clothing - women's petite clothing drives me insane. I'm curvy and have had 2 children - my ass is fine, but I'm hippy with a lumpy stomach. NOTHING petite fits me (and it's too long in length anyway).

Bah :)

By Anonymous, at 2/16/2006 11:11 AM

I dated a few guys who were 6'3" in my day, and people would always ask me stupid things like doesn't he crush you or isn't that weird being with someone so tall. I would just give them a saucy smile and say height doesn't matter when you're in the sack.

My big beef, with jeans in particular, is that if you have any thighs whatsoever, the cool styles won't fit. Those jeans are made for girls who starve themselves throughout high school and college or spend their lives on the stairmaster or are just incredibly lucky. My favorite part about trying on jeans is finding a pair that fit my thighs and butt, but the waist is huge. I suppose that's what belts are for. And I despise tapered legs. That's the best way for my legs to look like turkey drumsticks.

By Angela, at 2/16/2006 11:26 AM