A dude who picks a women solely on the basis of her height probably didn't do well on the genetics chapter of high school biology.
My nephew's daughter is 6'6 - it's fun imagining what the high school boys must be thinking when she walks into a room.
@mmiasma @RickiTarr wow!
I am so glad that girls and young women are tall, now, for a reason you might not expect. In the 70s and 80s, it was so hard to find shoes big enough for me. Once we started to see much taller girls than when I grew up, the shoe departments had to add larger sizes, even ones that were too big for me. I finally got choices, due to market demand. I still buy small men's shoes for the width, but the change for me has been hugely significant.
Now, if we could just get wide-width swim fins.
Good for you! I have a story about women's shoes. We took one of the last tags off of our local giving tree last Christmas. It was for an eleven year-old girl who wanted Uggs slippers, size 11 (womens).
The shoe salesman said "No way she's 11 with a size 11 foot. That's gotta be wrong."
"I have a 15 year-old niece who's 6'5" (at the time). "I'm going to assume the people who made the request know what they're asking for" I said and we bought her size 11 shoes.
@mmiasma @kimlockhartga @RickiTarr
Well I remember the day I tried to buy shoes at <redacted> and the sales assistant said "There are no feet that size!"
Happy I am to have a husband secure enough to marry a woman much taller than him (and with freakishly large feet).
@mathling @kimlockhartga @RickiTarr
I salute your husband for not worrying about the things that don't matter.
Speaking of freakish... I was an EEEE width foot with high arches. My mom used to joke they bought me shoes and made me wear the boxes the shoes came in instead.
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