17 very specific things every tall woman knows to be true.

If I were to compile a list of things people commonly say when they first meet me, it would look a little something like this… 

1. Wow, you're tall. 

2. How tall are you? 

3. Do you play basketball?

I certainly am tall at 187cm (or 6"1, depending on your measurement preference), but I can barely catch a ball. Growing up, I never knew my height would be such a conversation starter, but it seems the same happens at the opposite end of the spectrum for the short girlies, too. 

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This week Sabrina Molu wrote a tongue-in-cheek essay titled 'The World Isn't Made For Me' about the logistical nightmare that is being a short woman in a regular woman's world. Among the many grievances she outlined were the fact that her feet dangle when she sits on bar stools (I have never known such whimsy!) and that gym equipment — even when it's adjustable — isn't really (which I wholeheartedly agree with on the opposite end of the spectrum as my head regularly dangles off a Reformer machine.)

Despite people thinking being tall means you automatically qualify to be a model (I'm still waiting to be handed my Victoria's Secret angel wings…. any day now), every vertically gifted woman knows the world isn't exactly made for us either. 

So I thought I'd write my own silly list of very specific things every tall woman knows to be true. 

1. Our knees have never known one minute of peace on public transport.  

They're always jammed against a seat on planes, trains, buses. Short people are basically in business class at all times. 

2. Our ankles are always cold. 

There's apparently not enough fabric to go around because pants are never long enough. And if I hear one more short person complain about having to tailor their pants because they have toooooo much fabric, I will scream.

Unless you want me to add some fringing or decorative lace to the bottom of mine, having a lack of fabric is worse. We're just destined for a life that looks like we purposefully chose to wear capris. And we always have to shave our ankles in winter, can you imagine!? 

3. Every clothing proportion is just… cropped. 

Maxi dresses look like midis, midi dresses look like minis, and mini dresses look like tops. 

4. We draw attention, even when we don't mean to. 

There is no such thing as quietly smoke-bombing out of a party undetected. People notice you. 

5. Strangers will come and tell you you're tall (as if you're unaware).

If I had a dollar for every time a random man stopped me in the street/supermarket/restaurant and told me I was tall, I'd be able to afford to custom-make my own tailored pants with a 36" inseam.

The same does not happen to tall men, though. My husband is the exact same height and has never been asked "what's the weather like for you up there".

Most old hotel mirrors give you this view. Image: Supplied.

6. We fall down a lot. 

I don't know if it's the increased distance between our limbs and our brain that causes it, but I have never known a tall woman who doesn't fall over regularly for no reason in particular. 

7. Yes, we have an advantage at concerts. But we also have to deal with the shame of blocking everyone behind us. 

If you happen to have the delightful combo of being a chronic people pleaser AND being tall, you end up hunching over like a prawn in an attempt to be considerate and then eventually just move to the back. 

8. We never get called cute. 

I know, I know. Get out the world's tiniest violin for us, but we never get to be the cute one.  

9. When you hug people, they are at your boob/armpit level so you have to either smother them or awkwardly lean forward so your torso is one metre away. 

I'm sorry to anyone who I have accidentally nuzzled in my non-existent bosom. 

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10. We always hit our heads. On everything. 

I have a random forehead bruise at all times. When I informed my short colleagues that I got my latest mystery forehead bruise from a restaurant pendant light, they were genuinely baffled. 

11. Most people see us from the worst angle. 

Short people get seen from their most flattering angle always, like it's 2008 and you're taking a high-angle shot for your MySpace profile photo. Tall people are always seen for their under-chin.  

12. People assume you're good at sport.

I can't speak for all tall girlies here — many of them are incredible athletes and I only wish I'd taken up a team sport in my youth — but it ain't me, babe. Stop asking me to join your mixed netball team, I will be a disappointment, I promise.

13. Online shopping gives you trust issues. 

As evidence, I present this photo of me trying on a dress that was KNEE LENGTH on the model on the website. 

Image: Supplied.

14. If you wear shorts, you're tall enough that they get caught on kitchen drawers and door handles.

Yes, really.

15. You always look like this in group shots.

Image: Reddit.

And not in a model-esque way. In a way that makes us feel like we're posing with our child. 

16. You always have to be back and centre of group photos. 

Don't you dare put us on the end and force us to crouch. We need to be the centre point. It's science. 

17. We do secretly love when people ask us to reach things from high shelves.

It's our very average superpower. Let us have this one thing!

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