Rugeley Villa Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Been telling everyone for years I’m 5’11 which I thought I was and maybe I was. Turns out yesterday I’m 5’9 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 15 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Been telling everyone for years I’m 5’11 which I thought I was and maybe I was. Turns out yesterday I’m 5’9 . I went through a similar thing. Not basically a midget like you but 5'10 instead of 5'11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Thing is I’ve never wanted to be 6ft so was always happy to say 5’11. An old flame I was talking to the other month mentioned my lad was tall , and then said he doesn’t get it from you dies he, which I found strange at the time, but now I know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 8 Moderator Share Posted February 8 20 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Been telling everyone for years I’m 5’11 which I thought I was and maybe I was. Turns out yesterday I’m 5’9 . Maybe Henry sucked a few inches out of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 50 minutes ago, bickster said: Maybe Henry sucked a few inches out of you Nah I’m still 10 inches in the dick department 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 8 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, Seat68 said: I went through a similar thing. Not basically a midget like you but 5'10 instead of 5'11 Same. We settle as we get older. And I keep making the mistake of standing next to tall blokes in photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 8 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8 5 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Been telling everyone for years I’m 5’11 which I thought I was and maybe I was. Turns out yesterday I’m 5’9 . If you were really 5'11 you wouldn't be telling people you were 5'11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 8 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8 (edited) There’s this trope that men on dating apps say they are 6ft + on their profile and when the woman meets them for a drink it transpires they are more like 5’9”. So there is the perception that men lie about their height. I’m sure that this does happen. Problem is, when I go on the apps (currently I am not) I have the worry that when I put my true height of 5’8”, potential suitors will think I’m lying about that. I have previously gone to the trouble of using up a text prompt to confirm readers that I am indeed that height and to offer some reassurance, remind them that no man ever has pretended to be 5’8”. This oh so self aware and self deprecating comment had some mild success. Fortunately, I have plenty of genuine character defects that will be unappealing in lieu of lying about my height. Edited February 8 by Mark Albrighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rugeley Villa Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: If you were really 5'11 you wouldn't be telling people you were 5'11 Why not? When someone asks me, or when I get into conversation about height I tell them I’m 5’11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Albrighton Posted February 8 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8 I know that Taylor Swift exists and that she may or may not attend the Super Bowl on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 My wife is 5 ft and half an inch, but I reckon she is 4ft 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 8 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: Why not? When someone asks me, or when I get into conversation about height I tell them I’m 5’11 Exactly. And you're 5'9 If you were really 5'11 you'd tell everyone you were 6 foot I know I would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Exactly. And you're 5'9 If you were really 5'11 you'd tell everyone you were 6 foot I know I would That’s the thing I’ve always been glad I wasn’t 6ft hence why I’d say 5”11. If you were tall as a kid you were called lanky, I think that’s where it’s come from not wanting to be 6ft . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I'm 5ft 11. I've always said I'm 5ft 11. Apart from when I wasn't. But I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I'm 5ft 7 ... I shot up to this height when I was about 13 and I used to do the Benny Hill pat on the head that he did to the short bald fella in his sketches to all my classmates who hadn't had their growth spurt kinda sucks that 40 years later all those classmates are all taller than me now and do it back to me whenever I meet them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Just been out and cut the grass for the first time in 2024. Nobody likes looking at an untidy front lawn do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 10 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10 35 minutes ago, Genie said: Nobody likes looking at an untidy front lawn do they? Nope. Not using up my Kenneth allocation on that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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