So I was on Pinterest and I saw this Tumblr post and it made me realize that our world is turning against itself due to superficial nonsense. It makes me so sad to see this. I saw this cute picture of the "short girl, tall guy" trend, then I scroll down and see a girl comment "Too bad I'm tall..." :(
Now before I go into depth about all the pictures and posts I've seen that I find offensive to us "vertically challenged", I want to describe my background with it and how it does affect me.
Growing up I was very petite. I had the smallest arms and legs and what felt like no height, but I never let it get to me. I never felt small, or had any reason to be self conscious about it. Meaning life was great, until the 3rd grade. I kid you not I was made fun of for being "too short", which is something out of my control. I honestly wish I was 5'5, but I'm not and I'm still learning to accept that about myself. A group of people bullied me for my height, and this of course affected, I went from being in this perfect little world, were I didn't have to care about a thing, and in a split second all of that went crashing down. I still do feel self conscious, so thanks for that. Anyways, I am 5 feet and 3+1/2 inches tall, and people still call me short, and hold things above my head. And yes, I am aware that I am not the shortest person in the universe, but this isn't a competition on who is shortest.
One of the posts I saw said this, and I quote," Dear Short girls, Stop being so selfish and stealing the tall guys! Save the 6 foot and up for those of us who can reach the top shelf without a step stool. We want to wear heels in public. Thank you, The amazons"
First of all the usage of grammar killed me deeply inside. Second of all, guys don't pick who they want to be with based off of someone's height and same for the girls. Third of all, we don't stop you from wearing heels in public. Fourth of all, we don't mean to be selfish and steal the guys. I mean sure that "short girl and tall guy" trend might be some of the reasons that most relationships following that pattern exist, but it's not the only reason those people want to be with each other. Yeah, maybe they genuinely care for each other. *face palm* Fifth of all, this was mocking me by saying, "Save the tall guys for those of us who can reach the top shelf without the step stool," I never chose to be short. Yes, I chose to have a condition with 1 of 3000 chances of getting.
As I mentioned before, I never asked to be short and I'm still currently trying to accept that about myself. I was born with a condition that made me this way. I grew because I had needles injected into my arm, leg, or stomach. This costed my parents a great deal of money they could have used to pay for a treat to themselves.
Back in the seventh grade, I was friends with this one girl and we both did ballet. She had the most beautiful long arms and legs. I thought that every inch of her was graceful and elegant. I thought she was really good because her legs were so long. And all of the sudden our society shifts and we believe that, "short girls are the best girls" (I quote Channing Tatum) . But what about the tall beautiful., graceful, elegant girls?
The whole idea of this blog post is to say that no matter what your height is you're still beautiful. For the tall girls, you are just as beautiful and cute as the short girls. Don't feel the need to compromise your height for a boy either. For the short girls, there are plenty of perks of being short, like when playing hide and seek its easier to hide in small places. And when flying on an airplane, you have more leg room.
We are all beautiful, but our minds have been clouded by superficial nonsense that makes us think otherwise.
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