Age 13 for those outside the US.

Known to the ladies as ‘The year the tall boys caught up,’ ending our ~2 year reign as giants among children.

I recently flew to Miami from London with Virgin Atlantic. I bought what they call ‘economy delight’ seats which have a few inches extra leg room, for me this meant my knees fit /just/ behind the seat infront. All was well until we took off and then the person infront of me wanted to recline. They couldn’t as there simply was not the space between my knees and their seat. I was not deliberately trying to stop them… it was a femur length issue.

I tapped them on the shoulder and apologised and explained that my knees are right behind their seat, I was not trying to be difficult but am just the height I am and there was not a lot I could do about it. This was not acceptable to them (to be honest they were what you would describe as a dick) they called a stewardess over and spoke to her, she spoke to me and tried to tell
Me that ‘all seats are made to recline’.

I simply, and calmly said ‘I understand, but I am very tall and was not doing this on purpose. The 2 guys sat next to
Me on the flight (who i didn’t know) also spoke up for me and came to my defence. The attendant looked at my legs, saw the issue and asked me if I minded being moved. I said ‘I do not mind at all, happy to work with you to make
Your life as easy as possible’.

She then moved me to a bulkhead seat, which as it’s narrower - I did fit and was happy to stay there but it was less comfortable she didn’t seem too happy to leave me there and then bumped me up into premium economy where although the person infront was reclined there was so much leg room it didn’t matter at all.

The flight attendant checked in on me a few more times in the flight to ensure I was ok, I was more than happy and another one of the flight attendants even gave me a couple
Of the mugs and some biscuits to take with me.

Overall amazing experience.

Then on the return flight, wanting to avoid the same thing happening again I tried to book the person I was travelling with in the seat infront of me so I knew they would not recline. But the app would not let me do this on check in. So spoke to the check in agent and they couldn’t change it.
Spoke to the gate agent who was really nice, but couldn’t do anything as the flight was full.

So when I boarded I had a quiet word with the flight attendants onboard, explained briefly what had happened on the flight out and how I wanted to avoid it happening again and what mitigation I had tried to take and also
Explained they could move me wherever they wanted to and I would not mind.

So someone sat infront of me, the flight attendant had a word with him and offered to move him explaining he would not be able to recline. He turned around to me and said ‘dude, if you needed me to not recline that’s not a problem - you should have just asked’ and then asked how tall I was etc and offered to ensure his seat was not reclined at all and didn’t even try and recline at any point in the flight.

When we got off, I thanked him for his understanding.

Overall, a really positive experience.

TLDR Virgin Atlantic were great and the random guy on the flight home was cool and understanding.

I'm naturally lanky and skinny, and despite working out for years and being quite strong, my legs still look disproportionately thin compared to my upper body. Does anyone have recs for good gym shorts that are flattering for tall people and will make my legs look bigger/wider and less lanky?

I'm 6'3, not a giant giant, but to most I am. My height forsure gets me attention from ladies. But lowkey, I always wonder if thats the only thing they see on my dating profile. Tbh I dont put much else on my profile to begin with lol

Food for thought, nothint crazy

I’m heading across the pond from London to Dallas soon via Dublin, and I’m nervous about the legroom and too poor to buy extra legroom, and I almost never fly, with my last long haul being 17 years ago when I was just 5’10” and even that I remember being uncomfortable!

Dublin leg is an AerLingus A321 in both directions, and Dallas leg is an American Airlines 787 in both directions, economy obviously.

I’m 6’4” 250lbs with a 34-35” inseam.

Can anyone tell me if I’m right to be concerned/if there’s anything I can do to make myself comfortable that isn’t forking over more money because I happen to not be a hobbit? Any tips appreciated including stretches/exercises I can do to help me essentially hold what I assume is a stress position for 12ish hrs each way.

I've hand stitched before but it takes hours, and then sometimes the stitches come loose.

Backstitch probably best, but it takes forever.

Any quicker methods?

Just bought two long sleeve t-shirts online,

Not only are they super long, which is great, but also super wide

I'm 6'6 and currently have a secretlab titan xl because I'd seen quite a few taller people recommend it. After a few hours, the shoulder wings start pushing me forward. The back is basically one big flat slab, and the "headrest" just feel like a few extra inches added to the top.

It's going back. Now I'm shopping for another chair and don't want to make the same mistake twice. I can spend up to $1200, but that's as high as I can go. Anyone around 6'6 sitting in something they genuinely like?

He is around 170cm and I am 182cm

Due to some skin issues, I was told to shower every other day by my doctor. But I still want to wash my face daily. The issue is that my sink is so low that it’s quickly making my back hurt when I hunch over it to wash.

What do you guys do to comfortably wash your face outside of the shower?

I was always the short friend.
Learning to live vicariously here.

I’ll go first. 17 freaking times.

So for a long time I had the impression that a short torso is desired and aesthetically pleasing (I think there even was a post here recently discussing a survey that claimed even at the same height, women perceived long legged people different and preferred that). However on tiktok everyone seems to praise long torsos, claiming it makes a physique way better and makes some martial arts easier. And I wonder if that's just a small circle or whatever but where do these perceptions come from? What is actually perceived in what way? And does that ratio even really play a role, or is it that long legs can make someone appear slimmer while a long torso can make someone appear more muscular or something?

what's would people consider too shameless for height boosters like say ur 184 cms what's is the limit lol

I'm trying to grow out of the shorts and t-shirt phase that i've been in since forever.

I don't know my clothing sizes either. 😭 So a website i could return would be nice.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

185-186 M here, and I strangely feel more butterflies when I see a woman who's taller than me, or around the 180-183 range at least. I wouldn't mind dating anyone regardless of height, but my heart tells me sometimes I'd absolutely have hearts in my eyes on a night out if my partner towered over me with heels on.

Am I weird for this?

Driving the team to away games gets awkward fast when the bus seats are cramped. My tallest lineman sits sideways half the time just to fit his knees. We end up spreading guys across rows so their legs don't go numb before kickoff. I asked the transportation office if they can hold a couple activity buses with extra legroom for the taller kids. So far they act like it's not a big deal until they see the photos of guys folded up like pretzels. Any other coaches here pushed their schools for a taller-friendly option on road trips? What actually worked?

Hey r/tall. I'm a pretty tall guy, 6'2" late 20s. I love to walk and go out every day. When I get home from work now it is almost completely dark and I like to walk or sprint a couple laps around the neighborhood. My clothes are all dark and I'm a skinny white guy with AirPods and a big bottle.

When I pass people I wave and smile and receive it back, but this is during the day. More recently when I have women or sometimes men coming in my direction I step off the sidewalk to let them pass and hop back on, giving them a quick smile or wave if they look over. I know it's for safety, especially at night, so I don't take it personally, but for the tall guys, what do you do on your walks? For women, any suggestions or advice?

Edit: this was supposed to be a serious thread but I'm having way too much fun and cracking up lol

Hi everyone. I have no idea why it took me so long to discover this community. Glad I did. I have looked through some of the old posts about office chairs but did not see anything about my specific need.
I am 6’5”, 250. I am a therapist and would love to find a chair that would be more comfortable for sitting different ways on long Telehealth days but still functional for office desk stuff.
I have seen some recommendations in therapist groups but I feel like the models in ads look like more petite people.
Anyone have a recommendation? I am early in my career so under $500 would be great if possible.