"I wish I were as tall as you," I've said more than once, to very tall women. I'm 5-8, and I've made this comment to women 5-10, or six-foot-tall women, and maybe a 6-2 woman here and there. Invariably, they respond
with, "Oh no you don't!" or "Oh, you'd hate it!" And I'd say, "I'd love to be taller."
So If I were born taller, do you really think I would have hated it, growing up? How can I possibly know I would have loved being the tallest in the class, if I never had this experience? Would I have been self-conscious about being very tall? Would I've been one of those girls who'd whine, "I hate being so tall"? I know for a fact I would have relished being extra tall.
Because all throughout grade school, no matter which teacher we had, she'd (for reasons I simply cannot remember) tell the class to "line up against the chalkboards according to height."
Everyone always wanted to be at the tall end, and often, there'd be squabbling about who was taller, because it was a prime spot: to be as far towards the tall end as possible. Nobody ever bickered about who was shorter. I never saw two shorties going at it: "I'M shorter!"
"No you're not! I'M shorter!"
"You are not! I am clearly shorter than you!"
Never heard anything of the sort. But one year, I was a tad taller than MaryPat, but she insisted she was taller. Then next year, she was a little taller, but I'd insist I was taller. The three tallest girls, always, year after year, were Virginia, Kimberley, and Anne. Those three always had the top three spots, in that order, Anne being the tallest. Nobody came close, which was why there was never any argument with Virginia who was taller. The next tallest girl was always at least two or three inches shorter, but still on the tall side.
There were usually about three girls between me and Virginia. I always wished I could stand where Ann stood.
If I were as tall as Ann throughout all those years, nobody would have ever made fun of me for being tall, because nobody ever made fun of Ann, and let me tell you, Ann was a straight-A student with glasses who looked like a geek and was a goody-two-shoes. So if nobody ever made fun of HER, they certainly wouldn't have made fun of me.
So If I were born taller, do you really think I would have hated it, growing up? How can I possibly know I would have loved being the tallest in the class, if I never had this experience? Would I have been self-conscious about being very tall? Would I've been one of those girls who'd whine, "I hate being so tall"? I know for a fact I would have relished being extra tall.
Because all throughout grade school, no matter which teacher we had, she'd (for reasons I simply cannot remember) tell the class to "line up against the chalkboards according to height."
Everyone always wanted to be at the tall end, and often, there'd be squabbling about who was taller, because it was a prime spot: to be as far towards the tall end as possible. Nobody ever bickered about who was shorter. I never saw two shorties going at it: "I'M shorter!"
"No you're not! I'M shorter!"
"You are not! I am clearly shorter than you!"
Never heard anything of the sort. But one year, I was a tad taller than MaryPat, but she insisted she was taller. Then next year, she was a little taller, but I'd insist I was taller. The three tallest girls, always, year after year, were Virginia, Kimberley, and Anne. Those three always had the top three spots, in that order, Anne being the tallest. Nobody came close, which was why there was never any argument with Virginia who was taller. The next tallest girl was always at least two or three inches shorter, but still on the tall side.
There were usually about three girls between me and Virginia. I always wished I could stand where Ann stood.
If I were as tall as Ann throughout all those years, nobody would have ever made fun of me for being tall, because nobody ever made fun of Ann, and let me tell you, Ann was a straight-A student with glasses who looked like a geek and was a goody-two-shoes. So if nobody ever made fun of HER, they certainly wouldn't have made fun of me.
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