Weekend Engagement - When I grow up I want to be tall

Well, this is going to be the first time I participate in the #weekend-engagement by @galenkp. I found one of the topics really interesting and by reading the title you might already get it which one I have chosen.

Correct, the one for the Mens and what Body part I would wish to be bigger than it is now. No, it´s not what you think, that part is huuuge. :)

Its actually my whole body, not the legs, or muscles or my head. Would look pretty stupid if only these parts would be bigger. I´m 40 years old, 170cm and roughly 65kg...so yeah, its my whole body I still wish to be a little bit taller. I mean look at me next to that African Elephant, I´m a dwarf.

Jokes aside. It took me quite a long time to accept that I´m small. It was programmed from the beginning as I was always one of the smallest. It has many advantages being small, for me it was always easy to shop clothes as everything was always available in my size. Sports like, skateboarding and snowboarding was always a bit easier for me than for others. Not to mention being in cars, trains, planes...easy for me.

But there are downsides and until today I would wish that I would be just a few inches taller.
The biggest downside is definitely not being noticed. I´ve got a friend who is 1,95cm, just below 100kg, bald head, muscles, beard...what do you thing who gets the attention when we both together enter a room? Him, always. People look at me like I´m his son and he is younger than me :)

In privat life I learned relatively quick to live with it, although even with 40 years I sometimes get a stupid comment. In my work life this was definitely a huge hurdle and I always struggled. It was not like that you don´t get a job because you´re a few inches short but in modern work life if you want to climb the career ladder you´re 100% better positioned if you look like my friend I mentioned above.

When I was working in an office, I sometimes had to travel for meetings, I hated that part. It was always the same, go out for dinner with people who think their position makes them somehow a better human and these were exactly the people who had the talent to simply ignore people like me, although I had a similar position. Furthermore, do you know how stupid it looks when someone like me is wearing a suit? Let me tell you like this...it looks cute but thats not what you want to look like on such events. I bet almost anyone of you reading this knows these people.

I had to show my ID to get into the club until I was in my early 30s. I once had to show my ID when I wanted to play Lotto at a small shop. At this time I was around 28 years. Crazy right?

The most annoying thing about that is that you can´t change it. You want muscles? go to the gym. You want longer hairs? Let them grow. You want to be taller? Well, maybe buy some high heels...there is no healthy solution to it so you have to deal with it.

Anyway, its half-time. I lived 40 years like that and I will most likely survive another 40 years being a little too small. Maybe I should really go into the cellar of my Mums house, get out that sweater I was talking about with @galenkp. That one that I have bought when I was 14 years old and wear it with pride. :)

Oh and I found out a way to look bigger. Simply take selfies of your upper body were no one sees your actual height.

Have a great weekend everyone and don´t let the big ones tease you.