When you’re tall, people sometimes tend to see you even taller than you are. In some minds, people are either tiny, average, or huge.
My aunt Lydia, she sees me as Godzilla or as one of these Pacific Rim robots. EVERY YEAR, Aunt Lydia buys me clothes, and EVERY YEAR, I hear her say the EXACT SAME THING. But I also heard the EXACT SAME THING dozens of times at Christmas and on my birthday from many other people.
Thanks to my family and friends, I have a drawer full of clothes I’ll be happy to have the day I gain 200 pounds. 🙂
well at least you can use them for hair dryation… I use those all the time.
This burns my biscuit! I’ve been tall and skinny my entire life and I agree that people ONLY see TALL and assume that if you are over a certain height you are just BIG, even bigger than you actually are. I have a short to average length torso and ridiculously long limbs, I have the proportions of a tarantula. My legs make up most of my height, so much so that though I am 5’9 many of my 5’6ish friends are taller than I am when we are sitting down next to each other. I have a number of friends (who have known me for years by the way) who insist on saying things like, “it must be hard for you to find one piece bathing suits” – No its actually pretty easy. “I’d lend you this tank top but it will probably be a crop top on you on account that you are so tall and all” – No I have a very short torso, your tank top will fit me just fine. “I wanted to buy you this dress but I remember how long you are so I got you this MAN-SWEATER instead that is way too big for your thin frame on account that I have no concept of size, scale, and proportion. Happy Birthday” – Thanks!?
I have the opposite problem. I´m short and skinny (but not super skinny) and most people see me as a stick and get me super tiny clothes that I can never wear.
I have a similar problem. I’m fat (280 Pounds/140kg) AND tall (6″ 1/186cm).
I have exactly 2 shirts that are long enough and only 1 shirt with long enough sleeves to cover my wrists. Most sleeves end 7-10cm pre-wrist.
It really feels like clothes are made either for tall skinny or short fat people, at least here in germany.
Hahaha
I’m really small and skinny and sometimes people think I’m way bigger so I end up waiting to grow into my jeans.
Lol…this happens to me all the time too. But in my family, included with all presents is the receipt.