Perspectives of your height

I have nothing that I can think of writing about today.  So, just will bramble on about something that I noticed today.

I always find it interesting standing next to someone taller than myself.  I’m not really tall in any way.  But, I’m tall enough that most of the time when I am standing with other people, they are my height or less.  If they are taller, they are only slightly so.  Thus, when I do stand next to someone who is obviously taller than myself, I really notice it, and it feels kind of weird, maybe even uncomfortable?  Well, not really uncomfortable, but I definitely notice it and think about it while standing there or conversing with the person.  The effect is magnified like 10 times when I’m standing next to a taller woman.  It just so rarely happens, so when standing next to a girl taller than me, I actually do feel awkward.  Why is that?  I don’t feel like my manhood is threatened in any way.  Just not used to it I guess.

I have one friend who is quite a few inches taller than myself and have been hanging out with him for decades.  With him, I don’t even notice that he’s taller than me.  Well, except if we’re playing basketball or something and you can’t help but notice.  So, I suppose that if I hung out with people every day who were taller than me, I’d no longer feel weird or even notice it.  I know that I always hear that people are uncomfortable in surroundings they are not accustomed to.  I guess this is just one of those things.  I’m positive that short people who stand next to taller people don’t feel weird.  But, I’d venture to guess that they feel the exact same way as myself when they are standing next to people who are shorter than them.  Its funny how you can take something as simple as your own height for granted.  You just live your life everyday and don’t even notice it until something happens to draw attention to it.