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I'm serious. I've been reading the MMT forums and all of these people have these elaborate schemes about how they plan on saving up for the surgery, about which doctors they are choosing and I never knew that the amount of people who want the surgery is so huge!

So

1. Where are you getting it?

2. When are you getting it?

3. How are you saving up for it?

4. Why do you want to be taller?

Why is it that everyone's advice to short guys who struggle with dating is to "have confidence". Heightism plays an intergral role into a lot of decision making when it comes to dating preferences. I'm not saying that women who don't date short men are heighist, but you wouldn't tell an Asian or Black guy to "have confidence" if they were rejected by women of other races.

A short man could be confident in every area, but still be told to "have confidence" when being rejected repeatedly for his height. Confidence in this case won't mean a thing because a decision has already been made about his SMV.  

I was thinking about how much college corrupted me and wanted to know how or if college changed any of you.

Pre-University: I was extremely boring. Introverted. Played video games until 2 a.m.. Studied and have very few friends.

Post-University: I was having lots of casual encounters, drank and did lots of controlled substances, partied until the wee hours of the morning twice or three times a week, had multiple girlfriends, but still managed to crank a 3.8GPA. It's not a 4.0, but it was still good.

I'm very social now and owe it to college. How about any of you?

I was always small through elementary and middle school, but it didn't really hit me that I was short until after I graduated college and went into the real world. While I was small, I never thought of being short as having that much of an impact on my life. When I got into the dating market and started applying for employment, I notice that I always received apprehension, unease or lack of interest as a first impression with people. A few years of that and I put two and two together.

While I have prevailed, it took me until my mid 20s to understand that I was "short" and what it meant. How about all of you?

The How Stuff Works (Stuff Mom Never Told You) YouTube channel with over 62K Subscribers does a 5 min video on Heightism from a Non-Comedic, academically backed position. This is a slam dunk guys :)

There is a lot of truth in this video. I notice a lot of taller men go out of their way to bash short guys. Could it be because many of them are insecure in general and only have being tall to hang on to?

This is from a few years ago that may have some impact on height increase

New Artificial Bone Made of Wood