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    anteup: "Tall girls were "treated" with synthetic estrogen until a cancer link made this treatment less popular." Eff that. Stay away from my awesome gangline... more »
    clevernamehere: I've run across a decent number of women who don't just rule out guys who are shorter than them, they rule out any guy who isn't over 6' or who isn't ... more »
    veronykah: I've been trying to figure out how to respond to this post. I'm 5'11" and wouldn't change it for the wolrd, however, I do not date men that are shorte... more »
    la.donna.pietra: Mr. Pietra is about three inches taller than me, and I'm short. I wouldn't trade him for any tall dude out there. He would have also made a dandy ... more »
    katherose: I know a boy who has been told that he will only grow to be 5'3. That one to two extra inches are worth the money to him and his family. more »
    GirlyQ is a manta ray: I've never understood how anyone can think that refusing to date someone shorter than you is any less shallow than refusing to date someone above a ce... more »
    Old Jean Gallagher: I'm 5' 0" exactly, and as a teenager, I can remember my doctor referring me to an endocrinologist to take an x-ray of my pituitary glands and such to ... more »
    AllieBaba: My father and both of my brothers are growth-hormone deficient. His parents couldn't afford the hormone (thank god...he would be using it during the ... more »
    Dadadarling: One of the best soccer players at the moment (if not THE best player), Lionel Messi was treated with growth hormones at the age of 11. He is fairly sh... more »
    HeyApples: I've had women say they won't date me because I'm too short. My usual response to them is that I wouldn't date them either because they are too fat. ... more »
    elvy: Has anyone noticed that girls seem to be getting taller and taller. Just check out the inseams on jeans. It is not uncommon to find 34" and 36" inseam... more »
    Hell on Heels: Not to nitpick on semantics in an otherwise thoughtful post or anything, but the words "tall" and "big" are not necessarily interchangeable. Also o... more »
    FireflyinJuly: I'm taller than average and my husband-to-be is about 3 inches shorter. One caterer we interviewed made some reference to my NEVER wearing heels aroun... more »
    whoneedslight: We're all the same height. In bed. more »
    LaFemme: I begged my pediatrician to put me on hormones to be taller. I was so devastated when I got my period, because I knew it would be the end of my growth... more »
  • #tallorder

    Is Being Short A Medical Condition?

    How much does it suck to be short in America? $50,000 much? According to a new book reviewed in the Times today, that's how much the hormone treatments cost to give a kid an extra inch of height. More »
  • #inbrief

    Size Matters

  • #height

    Tall Tales