Hysteria1983

I am just having a rant really.

I am taller than 'average' and I am hating the fact that I have to pay more £££'s for an extra few inches at the bottom of trousers or tops just because I have to buy them in the 'extra long length' or in the 'TALL' section.
The extra few inches around the waist on larger clothes is still the same price.

At least someone who is a little larger around the waist can lose some weight, but it's not like I can chop an inch of my legs off!

Is it just me who finds this a little unfair?

sarasquares

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fat ******* get everything

I can never find things long enough for me, its frustration, you are either tiny or giant sized these days.

SwissTony

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Freak !!!

sarasquares

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Is he your brother swiss?

Hysteria1983

Haha!

I'm only 5 ft 10, but the requirement for a 36 inside leg is the problem.

sarasquares

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I am 5'9 but my leg is 34 and that is hard enough to get hold off, glad i am not your height.

stilover

Are not all your body parts the same age then?

Terminator X

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You use more cloth so it seems fair enough. Population does seem to be getting taller though with each generation so in a few hundred years it'll probably be standard price

TX.

Trout

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Could be worse - you could be wide as well

Hysteria1983

I think that there would be more cloth used if I was 2'' wider than if I were 2 '' taller.

In fact if I were 2'' taller I wouldn't be buying clothes at any high street store.

stilover

As it is, skirts / dresses, are shorter on you as you're tall. Thus, every one will be trying to have a sneeky peek up your skirt / dress.

If you were 2" wider, they wouldn't bother. Your fat legs would block any knicker peeking.

Leslie

Can't you bend down a bit?

Les

Gear Head

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I don't see why short people have to pay the same for clothes as giants! I require less material for **** sake! (shouts very loudly from his 5'6 frame!)

Hysteria1983

That is the reason I stopped wearing skirts a long time ago.

Now don't get me wrong, there will always be on occasion where my long legs will serve me well, as they have in the past
However, there are usually more occasions where it is a disadvantage.

Les - a tall bird with a stoop? Not a good look really.

Lydia72

Don't worry, us midgets get penalised in other ways . If I go to a gig that's standing only I can't see a thing because of all the tall people in front of me.
You would think though that the shops could give you the extra bit of fabric free, they can just use what they cut off the petite sizes.

GC8

That's a huge bitch!

Spoon

Same inside leg measurement as me though I'm considerably taller. You must be all legs.

Lee247

I'm not particulary tall, being 5'7" but have the same problem with jeans. They all seem to be 31" when I get 33". I am of the short body and long legs type. My Dad said I was built like a spider

Lee247

My pal is only small and goes mad because she says she is level with everyones armpit. She hates going to the bar on a night out

Lydia72

I'm not that bad, 5'4", so with heels I can avoid the sweaty armpits. It's more of a pain for things like supermarket shopping when I'm in trainers and can't reach the top shelf.

Hysteria1983

Yes, my legs are rather long. lol

Same here, the one good thing is that I can paint the ceilings in my house without the aid of a ladder.

Hysteria1983

You feel my pain (just for the opposite reason).

Spoon

But do you have room to hang your bra?

Lee247

yay, another spider
I'll give you a shout when we need ours doing. The other half is not so good with heights ever since he fell off the garage roof

Hysteria1983

So do you ask tall people like me to help you get stuff off the top? I have that happen a lot!

I also get troubled by Pikeys who can't read! They know what the picture is, but can't tell how to cook the stuff.

Hysteria1983

I can see why not! Did he break anything?

Trout

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Trout

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PS My other half is like a daddy long legs! She is 5' 6" and has 34" inside leg!

Hysteria1983

I remember in the days before the kids, I was in Topshop (when I had the money to spend on myself and not two kids!)

I asked for a different size of jeans, a 32 (waist) 36 (leg). The woman came back with a 36 - 32, I tried them on for a laugh and called her back in, all I needed was some braces, and some biker boots and I could have been a Beverly Hillbilly. They were a little short in the leg and a teeny bit big around the waist ..... and she still asked me if they were ok.

Hysteria1983

I will have to try and find one! However look at my facebook pics of me Newquay, and you get the idea. (a little)