UO 4/19

stothi · April 2018

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stothi · April 2018

UO- I love sardines! Tuna fish, salted fish (like in Chinese food like fried rice with salted fish) and I'll happily eat the salt water eel not just the fresh water eel. I gross people out on the regular with my undying love of the stinky fishes!!! Which any of you you who participate/stalk the "What my Pregnant Self is Eating," already know about me. But every once in a while I'll bring this up to someone new and I think the look of horror on their faces is hilarious, lol.

UO- sports are way overrated. Like way, WAY overrated.

southernlady07 · April 2018

100% agree about sports @stothi. I enjoy going to sporting events for the social/entertainment aspect but am not interested in watching on TV. People get waaaayyy too invested IMO.

AFM:
1. Savory > sweet.
2. Sugary, flavored coffees are gross.

jumpy57 · April 2018

@southernlady07 I take my coffee black, if it doesn't taste good then it wasn't good coffee

I like nfl football, but I live in Wisconsin so the news talks about the Packers daily. I grew up in IL though so I'm an undercover bears fan (even though they make me sad)

UO?... short people weird me out. It's because I'm tall and can't see them well sometimes, I lose them in my blind spots. **My apologies if I have offended any short people, I like all you internet strangers and just imagine you being 5'7" or taller

magnolia209 · April 2018

I am not into sports at all. But, I won my office March madness pool last year! I somehow guessed a staggeringly large amount things correctly. And, I thought the sport was football. Really! I used my winnings to buy nice tablecloths for my wedding

@EErin86 I am 5’6 and I’ve always considered myself to be tall. Your issue with short people is so funny! I now picture you as crazy tall. I personally am fascinated by super tall people. I love seeing them! I can’t help but stare. But I’m in awe. Like how did they get so tall? And what does the world look like to them? And, I have an average height guy friend who claims he can’t see children when they are running around near him. He says they are too low and he has bumped into many of them!

stothi · April 2018

@EErin86 how tall are you that 5'6" equals short? Lol. I'm 5'6" so I don't quite meet the cutoff but my hair is so bright I think it adds at least an inch of visual impact. You won't lose me in a blind spot, I promise!

Weird confession? I'm fascinated by anyone who falls outside the range of "normal" size wise. Little People in particular just fascinate me! But anytime I see one in public I force myself to act cooler than I am and treat them just like I would any other stranger on the street. So if there's nothing about them other than their height that I would talk to someone else about, I don't stop, don't start a conversation, don't look at them more than like 10 seconds longer than I would anyone else. In my head I want to run over, say hi, and talk to them but what would I say? "Hi! I see you are a Little Person! Wanna tell me all about your genetic variations? Can I touch your fingers? Do you want to be my friend?" But I refuse to be that asshole so I just go about my business. If they make eye contact I smile and nod, but unless they strike up a convo I just move on and let them go about their day. So far no one has started said convo :'(

spottedginger · April 2018

stothi said:

don't look at them more than like 10 seconds longer than I would anyone else.

Ten seconds is a super long time. They probably don’t engage with you because you are staring. Weirdo.

starla · April 2018

I agree with both of yours @southernlady07!
@EErin86 I'm 5'3" so I guess I would weird you out? LOL

klj0228 · April 2018

@EErin86 I’m 5’9” so I could obviously carry on a normal conversation with you and know you will not be plowing me down in the mall. Interestingly enough, most of my friends are short, not short just to me, but short compared to the population in general. I’m talking lucky if they are 5’1”

SkilledSailor · April 2018

@eerin86 That's ok, tall people weird me out. Like, I want them to stand unusually far away while holding a conversation with me so I don't have to look up at them like a child.

jumpy57 · April 2018

Haha I'm glad I started this height topic! I'm 5'11" and maybe not by accident I think all my close lady friends are 5'6" or taller. We had a new friend move to the area and she went from the tallest of all her friends to the obviously shortest of all of us new friends.

Also I'm terrible at basketball. I do play volleyball though and I think the strangest thing that happened to me was going to an after party at a tournament where it seemed everyone was 6'+ I thought "wow is this how normal heighted people feel??? I can't even see across the room!"

@SkilledSailor don't worry I'm sure the tall people you talk to also appreciate the distance

JLyn821 · April 2018

@EErin86 I’m 5’9” and am the tallest of every girl I know (by several inches) EXCEPT my BFF. She’s 6’ and I feel short next to her. It’s glorious.

DanyTargaryen · April 2018

My FSIL is 4'10"!

jhjocelyn · April 2018

Ooohhh we’re all short around here. DH and I are 5’ 3” & 5’ 5”. My Mom is barely 5’, I’m tall for most of the women in my family.

I used to babysit for a couple that were both super tall. They kept their mircowave on top of the fridge, I had to use a chair to use it. The top of the fridge is where I put things to make them disappear... so are the top shelves of all my cabinets, that’s where things go to live out their days peacefully undisturbed...

edited: typos

magnolia209 · April 2018

@EErin86 My IRL pregnant friend is 5’11 also. She is 27 weeks today and carrying this pregnancy like a rock star! I think height has its advantages and makes pregnancy look easier (I know it’s not! She is uncomfortable, just like normal height people)! But she looks good!

stothi · April 2018

spottedginger said:

stothi said:

don't look at them more than like 10 seconds longer than I would anyone else.

Ten seconds is a super long time. They probably don’t engage with you because you are staring. Weirdo.

Lol! The 10 seconds isn't all at once? Also, I just counted out 10 seconds and it is kinda a long time isn't it? Can I change my answer to like 2 seconds plus a double take?
I own the weirdo part though. That's accurate.

spottedginger · April 2018

@stothi gotcha! I was like... holy crap. That’s a long time to do anything! I only realize this bc I read an article about not interrupting for 17 seconds (that is the long time the average person can go or something) and using that technique to not offer aid when LO is asking for help to do something and see if he can figure it out. That is an eternity.

stothi · April 2018

@spottedginger yeah, I just picked a number at random that seemed short but now I've picked a random object to look at while counting to 10 a couple of times and oh my gosh you aren't even kidding it's a long time! I really mean just 1 or 2 seconds, lol.
And now I'm going to count to 17 before offering to help my child today cause I want to know what that feels like. I always tell people that I wait like 30 seconds before jumping in, but all the sudden I feel like that is not true...

ashh2018 · April 2018

I’m 5’5 and a half. When I go to a new doctor and a nurse measures me, if she says the “and a half” I always sigh and go “Almost 5’6...maybe next time.” And they just look at me...lol

UO: I think I’m funny

MandyMost · April 2018

I'm 5'6" but I have a LOT of hair, so if you don't squish it down I'm 5'6.5" or even 5'7"...when the nurse says 5'7" I'm like "really? can you try again? You gotta squish!". One day I had a little braid at the crown (well, little for me, for others I'm sure that's how much hair is on their whole head) and it was game over. They demanded i was 5'7", and I let it go, and the next time I went in the nurse was concerned that I was shrinking. Sigh.

klj0228 · April 2018

It has been a stressful week and today has just been crazy busy so coming here for a few minutes gave me a much needed break and laugh!

magnolia209 · April 2018

@MandyMost I'm 5.6 1/2 (and proud of that 1/2!). And, I also have a ton of hair. What I've found to be weird is that at the Doctor's office, they don't seem to care if you are wearing big heavy boots that add both height and weight. They never give me a chance to take them off! I'm not trying to seem smaller or lighter, I just would prefer accuracy. I won't be surprised if I've "lost a pound or 2" next week. Because I will be wearing ballet flats instead of heavy boots. I also will seem accurately 1/2 inch shorter!

ashh2018 · April 2018

@magnolia209 1/2’s are important!!

pourmeanothermocktail · April 2018

I'm creeped out by tall people-I'm 5'3.5" and definitely on the taller side in my family. My dad is maybe 5'8"? I actually am physically uncomfortable looking up (lifelong thing-maybe my neck is funny?) so I have a hard time talking to people more like 4-5 inches taller than me, because I can't comfortably look at their face. The world is so full of shoulder blades, sternums, and breasts for me. Also, my husband is 5'11". I refuse to stand and talk to him unless he's at least 4' away, and if he's standing and I'm sitting I make sure something changes-I don't even like having him in the same room in this case. I'm another weirdo.

UO: layering tank tops under other clothing feels awful, I really really hate it.

nlc8424 · April 2018

@pourmeamocktail I'm 5'4.5" and my husband is 6', and whenever we have an argument I always try to get us on the same level. So if he's standing, I ask him to sit, or he'll refuse to sit so I stand. He doesn't understand that I feel like I'm being talked down to when he stands above me like that. But I don't care how far away he is, he can be right next to me or across the room, makes no difference to me.

knitknitread · April 2018

I'm 5'2"

I'm not looking forward to the last month of pregnancy where I'm not comfortable driving myself because my bump is pushing in to the steering wheel or I can't reach the pedals

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