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Tall Girl in Love
The best gift a guy can give his girlfriend? The confidence to wear four-inch heels.
by Emily L. Foley
I’ve always been tall. At 16, I topped out at 5′11″. An inch shy of six feet, I was told I had two occupational choices: modeling or basketball. I chose neither, mostly out of spite.
In my mind, tall equaled big. I longed to be petite. Adjectives that were supposed to define girls, like “dainty” or “cute,” don’t seem to coexist with “tall.” And in fairy tales, the princess never towers over her hero. He has to be able to scoop her up onto his white stallion to save her from the foul dragon. While other girls were looking up at guys batting their eyelashes, I found it was impossible to look coyly standing eye-to-eye.
Shopping was no picnic either. Everyone told me they would “die for long legs,” but they didn’t realize covering them was a chore. There were no inseams long enough (this was before the handy capri pant came into style), and most skirts made me look like I was headed to work the street corner. And shoes? As birthdays crept by, it became increasingly difficult to look dressed-up wearing flats, but I did my best.
In college, a nightmare scenario loomed all too vividly in my mind. I could see a dashing young man across the room, our eyes meet; there are instant fireworks; dramatic music begins to play; he approaches….the record scratches. He is looking directly at my chin. Thus, while other girls were “shoe fanatics,” I merely lusted after gorgeous shoes I could never wear. I couldn’t bear the thought of being taller than even more guys than biology had dictated.
I did try heels. Once. When I was 18, I found an amazing pair of wedge heels too fabulous to pass up. The first time I wore them, I was with my best guy friend, who was also 5′11″. His exclamation of “Did you grow?” promptly curbed my heel fixation.
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1 Joy // Aug 4, 2008 at 6:07 pm
OMG I think thats really great! Im an 5′7 soon to be 9th grader also steered to be a model or a basketball player. No, Im not 5′ll but i am still growing and my dad is 6′3 and since i want to be a model fingers crossed maybe i can grow a few more inches. I still cant help but envy my petite best friends(around 4′11) who could date a midget that would still be taller than them. My boyfriend is 5′5 and we get teased all the time about our height differences and it can really get to me sometimes! I never wear heels around him. But this story inspires me that maybe our love can get through the height!
2 Chichi // Aug 2, 2008 at 11:32 am
I am 5′11” and I have never had problem with guys wanting to go out with me. What I had problems with was finding sexy looking shoes in large sizes as I am UK Size 12. As a result I wasn’t able to attend many parties due to not having party shoes to wear.I recently started a blog called www.mylovelybigfeetblog.com. It offers daily updates on fashionable shoes in large sizes in the UK, USA and Europe. Why not check it out and let me know what you think.
3 Stacy // Jul 31, 2008 at 8:38 am
What a great article! I am 5′11” and I wear heels everyday. 3-4 inches. I can so relate to everything in this story. Men are always like “wow you are tall!” Really? Seriously! Like I didn’t realize it when I was trying 10 different pairs of jeans and the “tall” length isn’t long enough! And truthfully we do get noticed and I looooove it!
4 Sasha // Jul 30, 2008 at 1:28 pm
ps: when people say i should be a model, i say snobishly “i am” HA! Then watch the reaction. it’s funny.
5 Sasha // Jul 30, 2008 at 1:12 pm
As a 5′10″ ex “model/b-baller” i am apreciating this post. My 5′7″ ex boyfriend convinced me to start wearing heels, but the self confidence starts from within.
“Bottom line: tall girls, be confident, learn the magic, learn how to carry yourself and life ain’t nothing but a runway for us!!”
Everytime i need a boost, i say to my best friend (4′10″) “How’s the air down there?” Its funny how we both have the same complaints, on opposite ends of the scale! My capris are her pants!
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