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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 tall & exotic // Dec 17, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I dnt have a name : actually, we’re even prettier! sorry short gals. But between two equally pretty girls, it’s the taller one that is going to attract more attention! I feel the only advantage of being a shorter woman is that men will be less intimidated by you. And that’s their problem, really.
2 Tarik // Dec 11, 2008 at 12:17 pm
hi
i would like to be your boyfriend
3 lucyS // Nov 29, 2008 at 5:54 am
Well i thought i was tall im only 5ft 9 . and i always get comments fom my freinds (4,11) mum and dads on how tall i am , some times it gets to me and i used to hate my heigh as its seems like every one looks up to me, But the worse bit is when you taller then adults and they have to look up at you. I cant even find jeans that fit me , regular jeans are to short long jeans are to long , so i have to sew them up all the times. So i manily wear jeans, But the other day as i was walking down the highstreet a scout come up to me and questioned me about moderling we swapped numbers and since then i have had a photoshoot and had my photos puplished and sent on. So all i can do now is sit and relax . Basicly all im trying to say is that even though im not as tall as all yours are but were just as pretty as them short ones
4 I dnt have a name // Nov 7, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I am a 6ft. 3 in. freshman in highshool, and i feel like my height is holding me back from being a normal teenager. everywherere I go people costantly remind me of my height, as if i didn’t know. I never feel comfortable because I’m always thinkng aout how werd I look compared to all of my classmates. My height is restricting me form doing somany things that I aspire to do. I LOVE to dance sooooooo much; I feel so good when I’m dancing- but when I got to highschool I knew I would never make the dance team because of my height… and i was right. I feel like i have to be defensive all the timme, always preapred with a response for people who negatvly comment on my height- and i never get to just be me. Shopping is reall tuff for me, because I’m both tall (37 in. inseam), and i wear pluss size jeans (although i look like i wear a 10). Tall jeans are so expensive, unless you order them; which is why i can never go shopping with my friends. I used to feel bad enough when I’d be a few inches taller than a girl, but now I’m a 1/2 ft. taller than the average girl, and 5 in. taller than the average guy. People tell me that I seem so confident, but I’m really just hiding my emotions.
5 katie moss // Oct 2, 2008 at 1:58 pm
yes i know haha kate moss wanabe well thats wat i get sometimes its a tad a frustrating that anf trying 2 find a bf thats taller than me all 6ft 4 of me and i hope to god that will be it. despite all of u who have shorter bf i cant do it its to embrassing. most boys are turned of by tall girls as it makes them feel like a “less of a man” so to speak, so u can forget about heels. i used to play netball but coach didnt like me so never made the team reguarly and never played basket ball, but despite being apporached by modeling agencys nothign ever happens although not sure if i would lie to as these days u have to be stick thin and well im not so thats the end of that option. but i hate the height ur always stared at commented at and 9 times out of 10 its negative. and when ever a boy does talk to be i walk a ways as i just think they are going to insult me or take teh piss as to be honest it wouldnt be teh first time
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