Each height has its own problems, lol.

Ego is a killer. when we get past it our lives are so much easier. instead of lamenting my own issues as a short person I congratulate those who are blessed with excessive "tallness". view your own shortcomings (no pun intended) as an opportunity for personal growth vice an impediment. our sufferings teach us.

I'm 5'1". My pet peeve is when guys say, "omg, you are so small!", then proceed to pick me up & tote me around a bit. Takes every bit of self control not to lash out.

I am 5 ft 1and a half inches the manual work I did was plastering and at least you don't get such a bad back if youre short but it is energetic work up and down ladders or scaffolding and if you're short you always get given the cupboards which is awful and only because NOBODY wants to do cupboards.

I received a milk crate as a wedding gift.

Now seperated, wedding gift reclaimed, and I can finally reach the top shelves without climbing counters.

I bare no shame of my shortness. Comedic material is comedic material, even if self-sourced.

I have a few short people problems, they get caught between my toes.
I did my stint at the community pantry this morning,
I am 6'2, the other guy is about 5'5, and the guy who runs our furniture shop is under 5 feet tall.
They don't bump their heads as often as I do.
I have a young friend who is 6'6, his partner is 4'10.
I had a visitor 2 weeks back, I walked into the bathroom and she is standing on the bath so she can see in my mirror.
Being tall isn't just about height, try crawling into small spaces to fix a pipe, being long is not much fun either.
I think it all balances out.

so, that's the long and the short of it I guess.

I have read that being short is less stress on your heart and circulatory system. This increases your chances of living longer.

I'm not short. I'm 5 ft. 8 in.. However my Mum was 5 ft. 1 in. and shorter as she aged.

She used to call me her "Stepladder" - being the tallest of all her four children - and that includes my brother. lol

I would never underestimate a short person.

I had a good friend in HS who was 4 ft 10 in. and a 5 ft. tall friend in College. You get the most ridiculous looks from people that way? And we all had the humor for it. Still do.

I'm five feet, 3/4 in. No, my height doesn't bother me, I love it, I'm compact and very comfortable in my skin. My mother who is five feet had huge insecurities about her height and did everything to remind me how shitty it is to be short... But. I disagree. I climb shelves in grocery stores like a spider monkey, I look younger, I can also act younger because" little dogs are always puppies". I have strategically placed step stools at home, and a three stair step ladder at work. When I need to reach down a negative 80 freezer at work, I can't reach the bottom of it, but hey... More joking. Not taking myself too seriously and finding positives in my height is the best damn thing. Also two more advantages: sex standing up and heels of ANY height I please. I'm vertically challenged, but so what. I love it and wouldn't trade it for the world

Many short people wear elevator shoes, which might help you reach things.
I'm 5' 3" and am considered short in the US, but normal in other countries where I've lived. In Thailand I've had to buy men's large T-shirts.

I'm only 100 lbs, but most Thai women under 40 have the figures of 10-yr-old boys.

I am 6'5" I don't know what you are talking about, but in reading your post I find myself concerned by the fact you have to use a broken step ladder at work, are there not strict Occupational Health and Safety regulations regarding providing employees with defective ladders where you live.

I’m 5’ 4” - always the shortest guy around so it seems. Like @Crimson67 I have the stool in my kitchen to help reach things. I do find some occasional dandy bargains on clothes and shoes in my size because very few men are as short as I am.

My ex is 5 foot and I am 6 foot, it was a constant battle where to put things. lol

I buy the liquid for my e-cig from the village shop, where a very short woman (she must be a little under five feet) works.

The e-cig liquid I like is always on the top shelf and, for some reason, she's always on the tobacco counter when I go in to buy it, and there's never anyone taller around to help her so she has to climb up the shelf. I'm sure she must think I wait outside until I see her take her turn on the tobacco counter just so I can laugh at her.

Short women...