A Love Letter to All the “Short Kings”
7/16/24
Yo, shorty! Yeah, I’m talking to you over there lil man. You’re not gonna find love or success in the western world EVER. Do you know how much harder you have to work compared to tall guys? Those naturally gifted Adonis-like men? I once read a very legitimate study that said short guys can’t physically make 6 figures a year. I guess there’s a secret height requirement of 6’0. Who would have thought! You may as well just give up, get your passport, and pick up a chick from the other side of the world… Love, Anthony.
This article is written for those short ass 5’6, 5’8, and 5’11 dudes out there. The ones that feel insecure about how tall they are and blame their lack of success on that. Man, if only you were 6’2, then everything would be perfect, right? Let me say before anything, I’m probably a lot shorter than you. When I was growing up in middle school, I had wayyy more things to be insecure about than my height. When I had my “glow up” in high school, it felt like most people were around my height anyway. I didn’t look at the 5’8 dude and think he was better than me. In fact, it didn’t even dawn on me that I’m short until after I graduated high school and my friend group formed. It still didn’t bother me because I genuinely didn’t feel like my height hindered me. By the way, my friend group was a bunch of tall white guys so I definitely stuck out visually. But I never felt like I was the short guy of the group, nor was I treated as such. I was well into my self-development journey by this point so the confidence I gained from it allowed me to be successful in many areas that these “short kings” whine about. So, what am I trying to say? The usual load about how having confidence, charisma, and swag will help you go far in life? I mean… yeah.
A short story:
I once had a co-worker who was stupidly buff. He was very confident in a lot of ways, but the one thing people would always poke fun at was his height. His friends would make fun of it, other co-workers made fun of it, even I made fun of it! I still remember how they told him he needed a ladder to reach the countertop. Pretty funny stuff in hindsight. What’s even funnier is that he’s 5’7. They always made fun of his height but not mine despite me being shorter. I actually mentioned it one time and they said “it’s because you don’t act like a short guy.” If you think about it, that makes sense. I never thought of myself as a short man, just a man. It was never part of my identity and I never blamed my lack of success on it. Because of that, people in general are typically surprised when I tell them how tall I actually am. They’re like “no way, you’re at least 5’8.” Nah dude, I’m definitely not. But thanks. There are even times when I myself will make sarcastic jokes about my height. Like “oh you need some help with that? Let the tall guy help you.” And then I puff out my chest and get on my tippy toes. I do all of this because I’m comfortable in my skin. When you’re confident and secure with yourself, people can’t pick on insecurities because they don’t exist!
Addressing dating shortcomings:
Okay, enough bragging. The reason I mention my personal story here is because as someone who is probably shorter than you, I’d like you to be motivated so you can stop feeling sorry for yourself. Let’s talk about women, because ultimately you only feel bad because of how you think they perceive you. There was some study conducted that said shorter men have to earn more to be seen as equal to their taller counterparts. This is just so stupid. First of all, who the hell are your taller counterparts? Is my taller counterpart another handsome swaggy brown guy with tattoos but 6’4? He may be taller, but he’s probably not as cool as me. Second, there is no happy woman out there looking at her love life in overthinking metrics like that. She may say she wants someone 6’0 or over, but if you push all her buttons the right way then she’ll happily disregard that preference. And if she doesn’t, is this someone you really want to date? I’d wager to say most women are shorter than you, and most of the ones that are taller would still go out with you if you had the confidence. And for the women who are firm on not dating you if you’re shorter than her, is it really that bad that you’re disqualified? The goal is to secure ONE woman as a life partner, right? Can we just allow some of them to have their own preferences without giving a crap? I’d also like you to reflect on these questions when you have the chance. Would YOU be willing to date a woman who is taller? Or overweight? Or have you allowed yourself to become a bitter doomer because you watch too many videos of those idiots interviewing drunk girls outside of clubs in Vegas/Miami? Do you only date women of a particular race or are you open to everyone? Think about all of this for a second and see if you’re not being a judgmental prick too. Yes, women may have unreasonable standards, but men are just as unreasonable by giving their energy to Instagram/Onlyfans models instead of all the great women around them. There are plenty of women in this world and the goal is to find 1 ultimately. If you want to sleep around first then don’t complain because you’ll just look like a big loser.
The short end:
Ultimately it all comes down to this: You can either doom and gloom about being short or you can be the best man you can be (who also happens to be short). Which option will bring you the most success in life? The more you work on yourself, your confidence, and your charisma, you’ll find that you stop labeling yourself “short” and other people will as well. When you have a 6’6 personality, it doesn’t matter that you’re 5’6. Nobody will bust out the ruler anymore, they’ll just believe that you’re 5’8.