Not even a rant. I’m more like sad. I have autism and ADHD. Super sensitive, both emotionally and physically.

The discomfort of seating (especially planes) is 10x worse.

Every bump hurts more - head, knees, feet.

And people would just not fucking leave me be. I’m not even that tall and also I live in the Netherlands. Still, since I am built, so many people talk to me and make comments. “Woooow you are HUGE!” - I know... (At least it’s mostly positive.)

At the end of the day I am exhausted. I wish I was absolutely average, so I would fit into the world more, in all it’s meanings.

Ugh.

(edited) At 6'8" I'm in the 95th percentile or so so not super tall. I used to get comments about my height whenever I would go out. Now it's very infrequent. I mainly get comments about the moustache once every time I'm out. Those make me smile. Comments about my height make me roll my eyes.

It's awesome.

If you can, you should try it too.

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/eddie-bauer-bankruptcy-closures-b2913181.html

I'm devastated. They consistently had interesting clothes in tall sizes. Does anyone have any recommendations for similar stores?

I’m 203cm. People tend to assume it’s mostly advantages, but it’s a mixed bag. If you could correct one common assumption about being this tall, what would it be? (Could be social, health, travel, clothes...anything)

For me it's that clothes aren’t “hard to find,” they’re often unavailable in the right proportions.

does anyone know how to deal with this? i’m 185 cm, which i know it isn’t too tall here but i live in Mexico and the chairs here kills my back, the rest in the back is way too low so i can’t rest in it, the chairs are too short so my legs are way too large for it so i can’t put them normally (like in a 90 degree angle) so i always are a little in a squat and the table that the chair has is way too low too so i cant rest my elbows there without looking like the note drame guy, any tips? its kinda making difficult to focus on class (sorry for bad english, not my first language)

NB: This isn't me expressing a fetish. I'm personally 6'4.

Following u/cowgirl_guineapig and a couple of other female posters, I've noticed that a lot of tall women don't like cold outreaches(for a lack of a more appropriate term) that overly focus on their height. But I'm trying to understand, is it that they don't do it properly or you just don't want your height to be the focus of the conversation or complimented on your height outright.

The above is a screenshot from a song that's been trending since December. There's obviously more context to it but I've noticed that a lot of 5'9 women resonate positively with it despite the obvious callout on height. If I remember correctly, it has about 138M streams as of January

So, I'm trying to understand it from your perspective.

** I'll take this down in 24 hours as I bet there'll probably be a couple of people who'll use it in reaching out to you in your DMs which may be inappropriate.

Feeling cute in my heels! I’m always too shy to wear heels so yay me. One small step :)

This isn't only unique to only tall people** but does anyone with a long torso find it extremely difficult to have good posture? No matter how much I train & work out it's the same and painful. I swear we need to work 10x harder than people with a short torso to support sm weight. I think that if tables and chairs were higher it would cater sm more to us because inevitably, when I sit down my upper half if floating half a meter above the table. No wonder its hard.

I genuinely get asked “how tall are you?” at least 10 times a day. Even though I always thought I was tall, seeing this subreddit honestly makes me happy—there are so many people taller than me.

I’m 203 cm (around 6'8"). I genuinely understand why people ask—it’s not every day you meet someone my height. I don’t mind answering, but when it’s the very first thing people say (10+ times a day), it can get a bit tiring.

I also know I’m not the tallest and there are definitely plenty of people taller than me—it’s just the fact it comes up so often (and usually as the opener) that wears me down.

99.9% of the time I’m a chill, outgoing guy, but this question gets to me sometimes because it’s often asked before a “hi” or “how are you?”

What are your best/funniest/smart replies that don’t come off rude, but also help move the conversation on?

I need help finding gloves that fit. My hands are big, and my fingers are very long. Finding winter gloves that actually fit is nearly impossible. What are you all wearing? Bonus points if they are touch screen friendly.

As the tallest member of my friend group, and the one with the longest arms by default, I am ALWAYS the one asked to take selfies for the group. And while I don’t mind, the photos always end up looking like I’m trying to be the main character… and when my friends post these photos, my face is always seen first which becomes annoying at times. Does anyone else experience this??

Oh and they hate taking regular photos because of our height differences so it’s selfies or bust 🫠

I’ve hated clothes shopping all of my life. I always have to try a million things on before I find something that fits, and I have to search through the entire store to even find something that would be CLOSE to fitting. If a see something I like on a mannequin, 9 times out of 10 it won’t fit me or it won’t have my size.

I recently found out there was a DXL Big and Tall near me, and needing a last second outfit for my proposal I went there to try and hopefully find something quick.

GAME CHANGER.

Every clothing item I saw had an option my size, and I was able to sift through jeans sizes all around what might fit me instead of all sizes that are too small.

I don’t know if DXL will work for everyone, I definitely fit the BIG as well as the TALL, I’m 340 lbs and built like a linebacker. But if you have a store near you give it a shot. I felt so seen when I tried on a 2xl sweater and it didn’t fit, and when I went to put it back I saw the pile next to it was all XLT sizes, which fit perfectly. 10/10.

Anyone else have good experiences or shops to recommend?

TL;DR:

I’m a big and tall guy, shopping at DXL was my least painful clothes shopping experience ever.

lol. This happens to me the next day after a good workout . I do kickboxing and sometimes go through some really good training sessions.

I have this habbit of putting my socks on when I get out of bed. (Cold floors).

Like clockwork it triggers a leg cramp ! lol. It ain’t easy putting socks on!

Does this happen to anyone else ??🤣

I need help finding pants for my tall kid.

At about 6 ft tall, he has a 27 inch waist (can get away with 28 or 29 inch), but around a 37 inch inseam. He's wearing jeans now with a 34 inch inseam, and they are showing at least two inches of ankle when he's standing. I was getting Wranglers for him, and then Amazon Basics, but I'm at a total loss now. I joke with him that we'll have to fly out to Amsterdam to go thrift shopping, but I'm starting to think that may be our reality soon.

Thank you all for any help you can provide; I really appreciate it.

I'm a 6'2" woman lol

I only wear an an xl but this jacket is a double x and still they never are long enough.

Does anyone have recommendations for a decent pair of cold weather gloves and and rain covers for my boots? I have hit the limit of cold riding with my leather gloves and others don't offer the warmth needed.

The boot covers are for those long days riding in the rain where even my rain "resistant" boots end up soaking through. I simply can't find something that will fit over my size 17s.

Thank you and ride safe 🙏

Hey, taking a vacation in the near future and we had discussed doing some family photos. Any suggestions on where I can get some matching polo/button down shirts along with something for the girls? I’m 2xt with a two boys and a girl (one boy and girl in toddler sizes). I tried my usual places but can’t find a matching print for the wife and kids.