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some random thoughts I had while reading this thread....
I'll start off saying I grew up short. When we lined up by height in school I was either first or second in line. Then in my pre-teens - LOOK OUT - I grew like a demon! I ended up at 5'6". Average height for females in the US is 5'3" so I'm a little above average.
My friends range in height. I have some friends under 5'. I have friends taller than me. My best friend and I are also called Mutt and Jeff like someone else commented. She' way shorter and way heavier than me. Or I'm way taller than her and way thinner than her. We don't like one another because of height or weight. We like one another because of personalities and other traits.
There was a period of time at work that I was feeling very hurt by the way co-workers were acting around me. Every time I walked in the room they stopped talking. I felt very much like an outsider. I finally decided to approach one of them about how I felt. Surprise! it had NOTHING to do with me. She was thinking of changing jobs. She was talking about it with these other people because they were close friends. She did not want others to know she was thinking of leaving.
Back in the 70s I dated a guy who was about my height. For those of you who weren't around back then, platform shoes were in style. I loved them. One night he complained that they made me taller than him. My reaction was "get over it!"
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