Thread: My Height

How tall are your mom and dad ntktop?

LOL, believe me, one of my friends wears 5 inch heels to school everyday. (She's under 5 foot though haha) Personally, I could never do that without hurting someone(most likely myself).

OHHH. Dude, Millancad, I didn't know you were a chick. I was like.. why would a guy want to be 5'1"?? But that's totally fine for a girl.

Quote: ^ would you want to date someone shorter than the OP? No. I'd want someone much, much taller. I don't actually consider a man tall unless he's taller than my father, which means over 6'2.

I'm kind of concerned about my future height, because so far I'm 17 years old and only 5"6. I was hoping to grow in the last few years but unfortunately last year I only grew about 1 cm. I was waiting for a growth spurt but it doesn't seem like I've experienced any major growth spurt so far. I heard that height is genetic so I used several online height calculators and got for my adult height: 5"6,...

Sleep?! Like on the movie White Chicks, get your legs done =]

^ it's totally true. :] why do you need to be 5'8"? or is it just a personal goal?

Genetics only determine a certain "range" for height, not a definitive quantity (hence even doctors profess to a margin of error of at least 2ish inches); under the "height predictor" thing I'm supposed to be 5'9.5, and I'm currently 5'11.5 and growing at 16 (and i checked that internet height calculator thing and it says 95% chance of being within 4 inches, so technically you can go upto...

Shots of Human Growth hormone. Or surgery where they break your tibia and fibula put a set of screws in and stretch out your new leg bone growth until you are several inches taller. Other than that quit your whining. You didn't pick your parents.

As long as you make up for your height w/personality, you'll be fine Just had to throw in the little corny saying hehe.