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[Sean Connery]

Say all the tall males in the world wake up to be a foot shorter than they are - the 6'3" (190 cm) become 5'3" (160 cm), the 6'0" (183 cm) become 5'0" (150 cm), etc. For the sake of the argument, they are all perfectly healthy after the change and the only difference is the lost height.

How do you think the majority of the former tall but now short males would handle it? Would most fall into a severe depression noticing that they are treated by others differently after the change, especially by women? Would the women in committed relationships with these men suddenly leave them due to their loss of height? Or would the effect be minimal and those who are suddenly short be able to overcome it by listening to the advice most give current short men, which is "have confidence"? Do you think tall men value their height so much that if they were to suddenly lose it and become one of the short men that many would commit suicide?

[YellowSpike]

I think these tall men would suddenly realize how granted they took their height and eventually become super depressed, even if their wives didn't leave them. I have heard so many tall guys over the years make comments like "height doesn't matter," "women don't care about height," or "height is not an advantage."

They'd be singing a very, very different tune if this happened.

[Svensk]

I think we would have a lot of suicides in the world. A lot.
Height is power. People who are tall are really happy about it. There is no way they are gonna accept it. Loosing 1 foot is way to much.

There is even Swedish researchers that have found out that shorter men do more suicides. But I don't think this is the main reason why people will do suicide now. I think it's because they will loose a lot of confidence.
There is also researchers that have found out that big changes will cause more people to do suicide. It can be like winning 100 millions on a lottery, or the other way, loosing 1 foot in length.

[DoingItForMe]

There have been studies of people who became paralyzed or who won the lottery returning back to their regular level of happiness after the event. The human body is very good at adapting to big changes to their life. There's an initial shock, but once they get past that, they can cope with it and live on.

There are also many short people who live life happily. The only ones miserable are the ones who suffer from height neurosis like I did and some of you do. But there have been periods of time in my life where my short height didn't matter to me.

Also, I noticed that many people who do LL don't seem to have a girlfriend/boyfriend. I'm one of the few who was in a long term relationship going into this operation. A part of me wonders if those people would be much happier if they just had a girlfriend. Having no girlfriend can be miserable to some people. And then they blame their height for not having a girlfriend. So they do the LL thinking that that's what will get them a girlfriend. So they attach their happiness to their height. But in reality, I've gotten girls while being at shorter heights than a lot of the people who are doing CLL.

[Taller]

I'm 5'10 and I admit that I don't need anymore height. I've had no trouble with women at this height besides normal rejection that all men experience. I don't attribute those to height. And I've had lots of success that I don't attribute to height as well, so it's safe to say that at 5'10 height doesn't affect me socially. But not everyone wants LL for social benefits:

But I feel that I would really look much, much better with two more inches on the legs. I have broader shoulders, bigger fists, larger bone structure than my 6'2 father and my 6'1 cousins, and around the same upper body as them. I just look a bit stumpy sometimes, even though I'm in great shape. I think maybe my puberty was too early so I ended up this way, because this kind of build is typical of people who had precocious puberty. But my dad had an even earlier (and almost abnormally early) puberty and hit 6'2 fully developed by age 13. His brothers had more normal puberties and ended up significantly taller than he is. My brother is similarly built to me but has more proportional legs compared to his upper body and slightly smaller bone structure.

There's also a certain discontent that comes with being one of the shortest men in one's extended family. Obviously it isn't going to make me or most other people miserable, and somebody has to have that position, but I'm personally sick of feeling that way for years and being the noticeably shorter one in all the pictures etc.

Two inches on the legs just looks so aesthetic as well.


I only want 5CM, 6 if all goes perfectly, but I admit that I by NO means need it. But LL is something that's VERY VERY VERY hard to forget or push permanently out of your mind once you've found out about it.

[Penguinn]

Lot of suicides and depression. Going from tall to short is worse than being and staying short.

At what point is someone "tall enough" to lose a foot? 5'10 and beyond? I think the people 5'9 then, would get most of the women. And the 7'2 giants that became 6'2 would have the best time.

[YellowSpike]

Also, I noticed that many people who do LL don't seem to have a girlfriend/boyfriend. I'm one of the few who was in a long term relationship going into this operation. A part of me wonders if those people would be much happier if they just had a girlfriend. Having no girlfriend can be miserable to some people. And then they blame their height for not having a girlfriend. So they do the LL thinking that that's what will get them a girlfriend. So they attach their happiness to their height. But in reality, I've gotten girls while being at shorter heights than a lot of the people who are doing CLL.

The only time I didn't really care about my height was when I had a beautiful girlfriend. I wasn't lonely, I felt "validated" (especially as a short guy) in a way (which I know it's a no-no to seek validation from another, but that's part of how I felt), and didn't have to deal with womens' height requirements. Yeah, I got short jabs and stuff, but I had a pretty girl to go home to, so all was ok...until it wasn't. We were together for a long time and very serious. 

So I've learned the hard way...to not ever, ever rely (certainly, not entirely) on the presence of a woman for happiness, even when they tell you things like "I'll never leave you". As I said in another post, women simply are never as loyal as men are. Most divorces are initiated by the woman (saw a statistic somewhere that proved this, too lazy to Google it).

Granted, I'm obviously still somewhat bitter by what happened between me and this girl, but all I know is...when it comes to women (especially the attractive ones who can have a new bf in a flash), my eyes are wide open now.

[Penguinn]

Having a girlfriend in the past hasn't changed my desire to grow taller.

[DoingItForMe]

So I've learned the hard way...to not ever, ever rely (certainly, not entirely) on the presence of a woman for happiness

So true. That's why I recommend that people who are single try to be happy and independent on their own first. That happiness and independence is what's attractive to others. Most people say it's confidence. But I say that it's actually happiness with oneself and the lack of need to rely on others. Those are the things that lead to confidence.