Anyone here feels that being a 170cm in height guy is still super insufficient?
Even though statistics point to the 171cm guy being the average, that is because Singapore is an ageing population, so the shorter uncles are pulling the national average down. This means that the younger guys in age 21-40 are likely in the upper 17X to 180X.
Heck, even most of the younger ladies or those my age, not even including the Gen Z, are also around my height, I just cant seem to find a comfort zone even standing beside the ladies. I have done this observation carefully at malls and workplaces. I cant be wrong unless someone really disproves me with evidence. Inb4 someone says I am trolling, I am not. Maybe you guys didnt really make as much legit observations as I do to say there is confirmation bias etc.
Typically the high region above my eyes to the top of my head makes it worse because that excess depth doesnt help in making me feel taller, even compared to most ladies since their head tip lies in that blind spot region if not higher. Without a mirror, there is literally no way to validate the comparison. And it is this uncertainty that is really screwing me from the inside. I am not sure if anyone else feels the exact way as I do.
Even though I have a doctorate and earning above average, but this doesnt seem to help much in overcompensating. The gap from being the ideal guy is still too far. In fact, I have screwed myself over the past decade by cutting off my social circle in University, since most of the guys in the clique were 180cm plus and there is almost no guy close to my height in my group.
I have talked to one of the school counsellers at UHC few years back. Being the typical boomer, she preached religion to me and that doesnt help much either. I have stopped trusting all these people since then.
Sometimes I wish I could be either way taller so that I will feel tall all the way or way shorter so that I can fully give up on the thought. But no, fate has made me this height full of uncertainties and this might be some form of punishment.
Lastly, I understand that this is something most of you will find foolish, even for some of the shorter guys out there. That is because you guys have found your happiness and know what you want. Some of you are happily taller, congratz. But not me, no. I am just that unlucky guy out there stuck in the realm of uncertainty and constantly envying those tall korean oppas ,TVB actors or taller Mediacorp actors such as the hunky Herman Keh. Life is really not fair..
Again, I repeat, this is not a troll post, so please do not filter this. End of rant and thanks all for listening.