Do Tall Women REALLY Love Their Height...Or Is It Just A Trend? | A Tall Girl’s Thanksgiving

Being tall is amazing, but it's also annoying at times. No one can deny that fact. One of the most annoying things about being tall is the clothing situation and not being able to find pants that reach our ankles, long sleeves that reach our wrists, shoes that are big enough, etc. Honestly, there's probably the number one tall problem out there, especially for women. People and their stairs, comments, jokes, backhanded compliments. Those can also get annoying and even make us insecure. Spaces like kitchens, bathrooms, cars, even airplanes aren't the most tall friendly, making some of the most basic life tasks very uncomfortable and hard to do. But recently, more and more tall women have been speaking up on social media about the things they love about being tall, especially with trends like the big Mama trend. However, there's been a bit of a shift. There's a new trend where the tall girlies are expressing their frustrations and insecurities around their height, which kind of makes you ask is a tall girl confidence real or is it just a train that's dying out. Well, we're going to answer that question in today's episode, So without further ado, let's get into it. Good morning, everybody. You are currently listening to a Tall Girls podcast hosted by a tall girl named India. I hope everyone who's sanding in today's doing super fantastic. Before I get into this episode, I do want to say make sure you're following me on my socials at a Tall Girls podcast, on Instagram, TikTok, and picture so that you can stay up todate on all of the latest podcast episodes and catch a glimpse of my everyday life. Also, feel free to leave your review and let me know how tall you are. I'm genuinely curious. I also have a monthly newsletter, make sure you subscribe to that. Everything is going to be linked in the description. I hope y'all are doing fantastic. I have gotten a few comments in the past on TikTok I believe basically saying that you know, my content around being tall is always super negative. I'm always talking about how being tall sucks, and to that I want to say yes and no. With this podcast, I honestly want to highlight the realities of being a tall woman, of growing up as a tall girl, especially the things that aren't really spoken about a lot. And yes, Honestly, for the most part, a lot of the things that aren't spoken about enough are the things that suck, are the things that many tall women struggle with because I don't know, sometimes I feel like, especially with the oh, you're so lucky to be tall and comments like that, sometimes we're kind of taught to have kind of like this toxic positivity mindset where there kind of needs to be that balance of like, yeah, there are so many amazing things about being tall, but we also go through a lot of struggles. We go through a lot of the negative things, and we don't really talk too much about that, And honestly, I try to end my episodes on a positive note, and even a lot of my social posts talk about the positive things about being tall. What's amazing about being tall that there are people who see our height and absolutely adore it. So I figured that I would talk about all of the positive things about being tall, about being a tall woman right after we talk about why tall women sometimes just see their height negatively or don't really like their height. The reason why I talk about the negative things about being a tall woman is not necessarily to just sit here and complain, even though sometimes it quite literally is like that because sometimes we just want to rants also to validate other tall women's feelings, to validate their experiences, their insecurities, because so often do people downplay those things. Okay, they don't think that is real. They think we're overexaggerating, they think we're complaining just to complain, And oftentimes these are the people who haven't even lived through these experiences. The thing is, these feelings, these experiences, these insecurities are very real, and they very much impact our confidence in our mental health and how we show up in the world and show up in relationships and so forth. And I just want to create a sense of relatability for the tall woman who feel this way. So why are the tall girlies insecure about their height? Why are the tall girlies frustrated by their heights? Sometimes let's hear from a couple of tall girlies before I get into it. Get ridy with me for school while I take out some insecurities and things I hated about being a tall girl growing up. So, y'all, one. Thing I hated was walking with my friends, Like, not in no bad way, it's just like I'm taller than almost all of my friends, so it's like when I walk with them, it's like I look the biggest out of everybody. The other thing I hated was having a stand in the back in photos, Like nowadays, I could care, Liz, I'm gonna be right in the front. I'm gonna sit on the ground before I stand in the back, being tolerant everybody in my grade. Bro tell me why I. Was tallertant all the boys up until about ninth grade. And this year. People always assuming I play basketball or volleyball, Like, no, baby, I'm a track athlete. I do not play no basketball. Being six foot two and an identical twin, we get some very interesting comments and questions from people, and it never ceases to amaze me what people come up with. Like people say the craziest things. You can't make it up. So for today's quote of the Day, actually yesterday's I went out with my friends. We got dinner, and then we were walking around like this outdoor mall getting ice cream, and I was wearing high heels. So I'm six foot two. I was wearing heels. So I'm walking around and I'm like probably six or five. I like, hold the door up in for this lady who's following us out she comes up to me. It was so sweet. She says, you are so beautiful, like your height is beautiful, all these things, and I was like, that is so kind of you, Like, thank you, I really appreciate it. And then so I kind of thought that the conversation was over. It wasn't. She then proceeds to say, yeah, I'm scared of heights, and I'm just picturing myself sitting up on your shoulders and I would be so scared. That's a new one. I was like, oh yeah, and I kind of just tried to make a joke out of it and I was like, yeah, I'm scared of heids too, so you know, every single day is just like overcoming my fears being this tigh up ha ha. And she just like kept going with it. She just kept going talking about how she's scared of heights and how she like she can't even imagine being as tall as me because she would be so scared. And then like she's thinking about if she was standing on my shoulders or sitting on my shoulders, like she would be so scared. Because I know what to say anymore, but she was very sweet, but that one was too good not to share. What was it like being a tall girl? At first, it sucked it like six' two coming into high, school So I'VE i just stopped at that. HYPE i remember one of my guy FRIENDS i was walking. WITH i was, like, uh, YEAH i want to wear heels To prime and he was, like what are you trying to? Do talk To? God AND i was like, like, hey, bro that's why our generation we went through like that was like. Minor that was like a minor, thing but, Dang like IF i didn't have tough, skin IF i did not have thick, SKIN i would have probably crashed out. From any tell. Women the issue isn't always necessarily. Being it's everything that comes with, it like the clothes that you want but you can't buy because you know it won't, fit the constance of comparison to our shorter, friends the, stairs the stupid, jokes and the backhanded. Compliments and if you're a toll girly listening to this right, now let me know if you resonate with any of. This and, also by the, way if you're a tall, girly here are some backhanded compliments to watch out. For you're pretty for a tall girl, blocked you're the perfect height to be my. Man. Blocked you know you're actually really feminine for a tall. Girl, blocked, blocked. Blocked let's listen to a couple more to watch out. For, Right i'm going to read out some backhanded Compliments i've perceived as a tall, girl And i've noted it all down because all of your idiots are. Stupid you're. Dumb number, one the best. One, yeah you're tall for a. Girl, no you're quite short for a. Man you make me feel. SMALL i don't know why girls say, this BECAUSE i get. This one makes some. Girls it's not a. Compliment by the, way if you feel, small that's just your. Character you don't even need to wear. Heels what's it got to do with? You IF i want to wear, nobody because tell me WHAT i can and can't. WEAR i WON'T i want to. Wear IF i want to wear six inch, BOOTS i wear, it AND i wear. It well about you doing to wear. HILLS i love your. CONFIDENCE i could never be that. Tool, well thank god He god didn't bless. You you're with my. Height you can give it to, you did? He and give it to me BECAUSE i can handle. This you got to handle. This you're not made like. Me but, YEAH i Think i've heard this one once from a, guy BUT i remember it to this. DAY i can't date, you AND i don't IF i can handle your. HIGH i remember this because you asked me OUT i didn't know your. High you asked, me the cheek of you to say. That that's Why i'm still pissed back to this. Day this was like WHEN i was like fifteen, fourteen but you asked, ME. I WISH i was tall like, you but not that. TOOL i WISH i. WOULD i want to, SAY i need to think about why that even makes. Sense and it's the small, things you, know like the things THAT i said, earlier along with the, microaggressions the aggression, aggressions feeling awkward in, spaces, Toksic people making tall women feel as though being tall as a bad. Thing like a lot of those things combined really makes you wonder if being tall is really that, crusty, rusty, musty busty and dusty you feel. Me and then we kind of internalize that and then act it, out like we say demeaning comments about. Ourselves we try to shrink ourselves by slouching or not showing up as our full selves so that we're not too, much or we even go on social media and make posts about how being a tall girly. Sucks and so seeing a bunch of these types of posts on your feed of the tall girlies basically talking about how being tall, sucks it really does make you ask do tall women hate being? Tall BECAUSE i, mean there are a lot of annoying things about. It let's keep it, real you know, What let's do a, test tall girlies comment your answer. Below, however there is a TikTok trend that's going around and SEE i will for the video. Viewers, SPECIFICALLY i don't have a not save the videos SO i can show y'all in the video version of, this and NEED i need to get on. THAT i need to either start saving it right away WHEN i first see, it or just start saving all the tall girl CONTENT i, see Or i'm just gonna start recreating these trends myself SO i could show. Y'all but, anyways this trend Because i've seen like a couple of these posts like that are similar to each, other and they also have a decent amount of likes and. Stuff it's basically like a photo carousel on. TikTok, specifically it's basically a tall girlly kind of complaining about the things that are being said and how and basically saying how it makes her. Feel, so for, example there'll be like a quote of something that somebody will say is, like oh, wow you're so. Tall like that will be the, quote and then underneath it is basically her reaction or feeling to it that's like oh, geez LIKE i already, know or things for pointing it, out you, KNOW i almost, forgot or something that basically highlights that she's insecure about her height when people say that, comment and it's a photo carousel of different comments that the talk really gets and basically her reactions to it slash how it makes her, feel slash how it makes her feel. Insecure that's basically the. Trend but in my personal, opinion to answer the, question do tall women hate their, Height i'd say. No AS i said, Before AS i said, earlier it's less about actually being tall and more about everything that comes with. It and then on top of, THAT i feel like when you're, younger when you're a young tall, girl that's kind of when the. Hatred that's a very strong, word but your distaste or your dislike for your height is pretty, strong and as you get, older for the most, part obviously it's not, everybody because everybody is, different everyone's journey is. Different but as you get, older you start to see a lot of the benefits that come with, it and you just start to we start to hate it. Less but you also start to not care because it's something that you honestly can't change or, UNLESS i mean unless you have the money to change, it because those height reduction surgeries are pretty. Expensive but think about it this. Way if people didn't point out your height or make comments about, it the experience would be much. Better if clothes and clothing stores are a bit more, inclusive in that clothing stores had a tall, section or getting tall clothing was more accessible or a bit, easier the experience would be. Better if sinks and counters and so, forth and tables were a bit, higher the experience would be. Better SO i think that the older you, get it's more of a shift from not liking your, body not liking your, height and more to seeing that the external factors are just very. Annoying AND i think that's honestly how it is for many tall, women including, myself to where it's, like AM i the problem or is the outside world a? Problem you know WHAT i? Mean and there is that general shit that tall women have where they don't really like their height when they're, younger but then as they get they genuinely start liking it more slash they don't really care what other people say or you. Know, ALSO i think what helps is that nowadays there are a lot more options where there are desks that, raise you can get your counters and sinks renovated to be. Taller there's now more tall clothing. Options there are so many more options nowadays than there were years. Ago SO i think that liking your height as a tall woman has also become a little bit easier today now than it was years ago when those options weren't as widely. AVAILABLE i, mean we still got more work to, Do don't get me. Wrong even people's viewpoints are changing on like height and dating and so forth, nowadays but we still have more work to. Do, HOWEVER i will say it's a bit easier now to actually love your height and like your height and not be as affected by the external. Factors. Now it's easier now than it was many years. Ago but, yeah in terms of the shift of not liking your heaight when you're younger than as you get, older you start liking your. Height many tall women feel this. Way let's listen to this clip really. Quickly the OLDER i, get the MORE i love being super. Tall BUT i used to not like it that. Much WHEN i was a, KID i was like more than head and shoulders above all my. CLASSMATES i used to have to like always be the dead when we were playing, house WHICH i. Hated and then WHEN i went through like junior high in high, school day in and day, out people were always commenting on my, height whether it be PEOPLE i knew or, strangers and it just like was really bad for my body, image which is still SOMETHING i struggle with to this. DAY i don't think it's possible to be a really tall girl without having some weird body. Issues but those are direct comments on my, body and when you're a young, teenager just getting all those comments all the time kind of messed with. Me these, DAYS i do have a better relationship with it. ALL i like being. Tall it's. Unique it's something that's just part of my. Identity, honestly there are so many amazing things to love about being. Tall there so many amazing things to love about being a tall. Girly for, example when you enter your, room you basically almost immediately command respect and you command. Attention we make people, insecure like our height something that we were born with and we don't, have like we, visit like we literally don't have to do anything except show up as a tall, person something we can't really. Control it's all about. Genetics we have the power to change how people view themselves just by being. Tall, like we have the power to make somebody insecure about themselves because of our. Height and even if we're talking about, Safety, yeah it's so annoying when people are, like, oh my, gosh you're so, intimidating or oh WHEN i first met, you you were so. Intimidating da da da da. Da but in terms of, safety people are less likely to mess with. Us, okay but like you, know this is a crazy world out, here so you never. Know but because we're, larger because we also way more because of our, height people are less likely to target. Us now that's not to say that people. Listen people still argue with tall, women don't get me, wrong but you know WHAT i. Mean, also being tall opens up so so many. Doors it can lead to so many, opportunities not just in, Career and, yes it can lead to a lot of amazing career, opportunities like it could be a great conversation, starter a great bonding, moment especially when meeting like other. People and you never know what amazing opportunities that can lead, to whether it's like relationships platonic or romantic, relationships or just people wanting to do stuff for you like, you just you never. Know and, also if we find the right, Clothes, okay if we find the right, clothes it looks really good on. Us there are a lot of clothing pieces that ARE i feel, like specifically meant for tall, people for tall. Women, jumpsuits, Ooh i'm a jumpsuit, girly and jumpsuits look really good on tall. Girls, okay all, right if you are a tall girly listening to this right, now watching this right, now whatever may, be and you are feeling insecure about your, height just know that it's okay to not be at a point right now where you absolutely love your, height you absolutely love everything about, it or if you even like it at. All everyone's journey is so different it's so important to have patience with. Yourself. Listen the whole confidence, thing it, like it literally just comes out of. Nowhere it's almost like one day you wake up and you look in the mirror and you're, like oh my, gosh like my long, legs like she kind of cute or. Whatever it's not like this one set way to just like absolutely love your, height to absolutely have confidence in your, height have confidence in. Yourself it's not this, easy peasy. Thing it's not like this one solution or one hack that's gonna help. You it's a variety of. Things. Okay for some tall, women the confidence may come from finding their. Style for some tall women like, me it came from having a community of other tall, women being surrounded by other tall women tall. People for some, people it's getting rid of the toxic people who are making these comments and backhanded common implements about their height and surrounding themselves with people who truly hype them up and cherish their height no matter the height of the people they're surrounded. By there are so many ways to go about. It it just takes. Time that's really the best advice anybody can. Give it takes time and to be kind to yourself and be patient with yourself and listen to your. Body but, yes there's literally like this trend going around about the tall women expressing their frustrations about their height surrounding their, height AND i kind of wanted to talk a little bit about, it you, know and see it's, like is what happened to the big mama? Trend what happened to the tall girlies absolutely loving their? Height? Like what happened to? That what happened to? That why is this negative trend on the? Rise so but you, know that's just one. Piece, okay that's just one. Thing there are so many tall women who are confident on social media and talk about absolutely loving their height and so forth and so, on and you, know it's also possible to experience both where, yes you experienced the frustrations around being, tall but you can also still love your. HEIGHT i honestly think that it's impossible to one hundred percent love your, Height, like, yes you can love, it but there's also some things that are just like, ugh you know WHAT i? Mean, ANYWAYS i found some tall girl advice THAT i would like to share with you. GUYS i am a six foot girlie AND i used to not be confident in my. Height here is how it became more confident in myself as a tall. Baddie, okay so the first THING i noticed about MYSELF i had to get closer to talk to, you WAS i would always slouch, over even like WHEN i was with my friends or IF i was at a networking event or talking to. PEOPLE i just found like even IF i was, SITTING i would slouch, over or IF i was talking to, SOMEONE i would slouch. Over AND i learned THAT i became more, confident AND i like the way THAT i looked better WHEN i just had my shoulders pulled back and was just really confident in my posture and like set up. Straight BECAUSE i would also notice like in some of my PICTURES i would be like, this or like IF i was talking to someone like this and someone took a, picture LIKE i would be like. Hunchback SO i really worked on my posture standing up, straight like really being, confident like having my shoulders, down et. Cetera so that really helped a. Lot number, TWO i just wore the damn. HEELS i used to be someone who didn't wear, heels OR i would just be really nervous to wear. THEM i would wear, them BUT i would be really nervous just BECAUSE i knew THAT i was gonna be taller than. Everyone and at one POINT i was, like, yeah like. The heels look better with this. Outfit LIKE i would try to pair flats with certain outfits and it just didn't look the way that it needed to. Look for five to, SEVEN i don't even know why you're talking to. Me i'm substituting at an elementary school right, now AND i am constantly reminded of the plight of the tall and big girl. As a six foot, girl And i've been that way since the seventh. GRADE i got a few pointers for my tall girls and my mother's of tall. Girls listen not point in number, one tall, girls don't let nobody make you a. Bully don't let them be Like i'm gonna Get ashley. Young, you if you're a, princess be the biggest tallest princess there, ever would pointing number. Two when it comes to, dating if you like a short boy and he likes. You don't feel bad about, that and don't let nobody make you feel bad about. That it's okay that society doesn't understand that anybody can be any heighten be with. Anybody that's just how it. Goes love is. Love and if you run into. Your own Personal josh McDaniels LIKE i ran into in the seventh grade who told, me ah wish you was sort of go ahead and use your long legs to run the hell away from, him run fast and. Fall pointing number. Three, now this one's for the. Mothers. Now, mom you are the one who had a baby with a man who's six. Five with your five, two self your daughter will likely be taller and bigger than. You are don't you damn make her feel bad. About it don't talk about, a height don't talk about, the way don't talk about a. Pant size you take her. To Gap banana republic if you got it, like that and you make her feel confident. And beautiful and this next part is more so so that the insecure tall girl as can see that there are so many things to love about, your heights so many things to be grateful for about. Your height this is a question for the, tall girlies what is one thing you are absolutely grateful for when it comes to. Your height since we're all about giving thanks, Right now by, The Way. Happy thanksgiving go eat that turkey queen before we. MOVE on i actually did something a little bit different than the usual POLLS that i run for. THESE episodes i created a TikTok video asking the tall girlies what is one thing they're grateful for when it comes to. Their height i'll play the, video here calling on my. TALL girlies i have a question, for y'all what is one thing about being a tall girl that you're absolutely? Grateful for thanksgiving is, upon Us and i'm sure we're thinking about all of the things that we're. Thankful for and because this Is A tall, GIRLS podcast i want to make my, next Episode the, thanksgiving episode about all of the amazing things that come with. BEING tall i definitely want to include some of your responses in, the episode so make sure you leave your thoughts on. The comments by, the way make sure you follow me At A tall girls podcast on TikTok sleigh point. Blank, PERIOD anyways I figured i would go through some of the comments to give you guys some inspo on what to love about being a. Tall girly one, person said after more than, FIFTY years i can finally APPRECIATE that i don't. Blend in being unique is, a gift, AND honestly i couldn't. Agree more, being unique, standing out having something super special about you is honestly such an. Amazing thing it is such an amazing gift to have another, person said my height makes me look strong and confident, without trying, and honestly tall women do give off. THAT vibe i absolutely love that. About us, SOMEONE said i am good, at, sports tennis, pick, aball, volleyball. Track etc, and honestly long limbs do give us. AN advantage i will, SAY that i will, admit that and this IS something i never even. Thought of but another, person said my favorite thing is rescuing my girlfriends when they're being harassed, by tiny. Insecure men and that's on period where our own bodyguards and our. Friend's bodyguards, but honestly under, this video there are so, many things so many different things that tall women love about, being tall and it's honestly amazing to just go through all, of them and all each of them is honestly so unique from. The other and that just goes to show that there are a lot of positives that come with. Being tall there are a lot of positives that come with being a tall woman that are, often overlooked, and honestly just seeing these comments are. Very HEARTWARMING so i just want the tall girlies to know that there are so many things to love about. Being tall there are so many things to be grateful for when it comes to. Your height i'm gonna end the. Episode here thank you so much for. TUNING in i really, appreciate IT and i appreciate you, of course, as always feel free to hit me up on my socials At A tall. Girls podcast let me know what you thought about. This episode do you think that the tall girlies hate? Their high do you think there are so many amazing things about being a? Tall, woman like what are some other things that tall women can appreciate about? Their height what are some other things to love about being a. TALL woman i want to hear all of. Your thoughts you can leave it in the comments wherever you're watching, or listening or you can send ME. A dm and, OF course i am always grateful for. You guys i'm always thankful for, you guys even if it's just one person listening or if it's, like, two three four, HUNDRED people i. Don't care i'm just grateful for you as, a viewer whether you're a listener from the beginning or this is the first episode that you're. Tuning into i'm absolutely grateful, for YOU and i hope you have a Very, happy THANKSGIVING and i hope you eat a lot of food and get a lot of. Free food fingers crossed to get a lot of, free food because groceries, are. Expensive y'all, But anyways i'm gonna let y'all go have A, happy thanksgiving have a happy And RESTful, thanksgiving WEEKEND and i will catch you guys in the. Next one good night. And goodbye