TALL DOES NOT EQUAL FUNNY. People (I am also people!) used to think my ex (6’7”! A TALL Tall!) was so funny. Just the funniest. And so easy going! No. It’s because he was So Tall that everyone hung onto every word he was saying. And he is A Large Man and people rarely question him, so he almost always got his way, so of course he seemed to just go with the flow.
In this age of Zoom, I have sometimes worked with people very closely without meeting in them in person for a while. And on multiple occasions when I do meet them in person, I get surprised reactions because though I'm a short, they think I'm tall. One person literally said, "But you have tall energy!" I didn't know whether to be complimented or offended? Like I still am not sure??
I remember my (then future) MIL asking me what I liked about my husband (a tall) and I said, "He's very useful." AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE IS. He gets things off high shelves and that is a plus.
As someone who is 6 feet tall, I have been begging people my whole life to not dilute my entire personality down to “tall”. My 13-year-old daughter is only an inch or two behind me and it’s all anyone can say about her. We are both, for the record, hilarious. 😉 To paraphrase Glinda (stay with me), “Are some people born with ‘tall as their whole personality’? Or do they have ‘tall as their whole personality’ thrust upon them?” YA KNOW?! 😜
It’s somehow true that for me, tall is hot, and also that I agree completely with every word you’ve written here. Thanks for giving us a script to go off script 🩷
TALL DOES NOT EQUAL FUNNY. People (I am also people!) used to think my ex (6’7”! A TALL Tall!) was so funny. Just the funniest. And so easy going! No. It’s because he was So Tall that everyone hung onto every word he was saying. And he is A Large Man and people rarely question him, so he almost always got his way, so of course he seemed to just go with the flow.
Tall is just tall.
Sarah. THANK YOU. thank you!!! This! Exactly!!
Love this! And he is your ex for a reason, right?
In this age of Zoom, I have sometimes worked with people very closely without meeting in them in person for a while. And on multiple occasions when I do meet them in person, I get surprised reactions because though I'm a short, they think I'm tall. One person literally said, "But you have tall energy!" I didn't know whether to be complimented or offended? Like I still am not sure??
What’s so great about reaching shit on the top shelf? That’s where the weird unlidded water bottles go. Big woop.
so you get to lift suitcases into overheads? cool. wow.
The absolute hottest, smartest, sexiest man I know is 5’ 4” and he hates being short, but his height is the least interesting thing about him.
I already have a crush oh no
This made me laugh. And the jumping photo is perfect!
always trying to jump HIGH for some of that tall people air
As a short person I appreciate this post SO much! Thank you
JUSTICE FOR THE SHORTS
Also we have seen this on Bravo with Austen: tall does not equal hot.
💯🙏
I remember my (then future) MIL asking me what I liked about my husband (a tall) and I said, "He's very useful." AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE IS. He gets things off high shelves and that is a plus.
Honestly more husbands should take a note on being useful I SAID IT
Aaron Critchlow is TALL and of course he married a short. Part of their vows was for him to get thinks off of high shelves. Completely complementary.
I love it
Just this weekend I told someone of your mantra: tall is not a personality!!
spreading the good word
As someone who is 6 feet tall, I have been begging people my whole life to not dilute my entire personality down to “tall”. My 13-year-old daughter is only an inch or two behind me and it’s all anyone can say about her. We are both, for the record, hilarious. 😉 To paraphrase Glinda (stay with me), “Are some people born with ‘tall as their whole personality’? Or do they have ‘tall as their whole personality’ thrust upon them?” YA KNOW?! 😜
Yesssssss👍
It’s somehow true that for me, tall is hot, and also that I agree completely with every word you’ve written here. Thanks for giving us a script to go off script 🩷
look, we interrogate beauty standards all the time! IT IS TIME FOR TALL TO COME TUMBLING DOWN
This tall girl (who always wanted to be 4 inches shorter) bows down!
Pour a little out for the us of our twenties, wondering why love was so hard, while dating literal clowns.