false1 posted at 12:26PM Fri, 20 November 2015 - #4239826

When watching the Poser 11 webinar yesterday Charles used the new measurement tool to put Pauline at 6'3". She made me feel inadequate, lol.

Now, now. I remember watching a documentary about "The Seven Foot Club." There was one guy in the UK who was just itching to get into it. He'd measured himself, and he was, indeed, seven foot tall. But when he got an official measurement, he was "only" 6'10". Apparently, he'd spent so much time stooping to avoid hitting his head, that his cervical spine had bent causing him to lose a couple of inches of height. It was heartbreaking. Point being, no matter how tall you are, you can feel inadequate.

There was also a woman from the US who was 6'11". She didn't play basketball, as many would expect, but she was a volleyball player. She wasn't suffering from acromegaly or anything like that. Just extremely tall. But very athletic -- even with her 40 inch waist, she had a flat tummy. She said she tried to date very tall men, but there were so few that she was overlooking other men's better qualities and was dating incompatible tall men just for their height. When she gave that up she was much happier, and she ended up marrying a guy who was something like 5'9".

I'm married to a tall guy, and while he's wonderful, it's not his tallness that does it. Height, much like breast/pec size or waist and hip size, has been way over valued, IMO.

Edit: I know you were making a joke, btw.

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