dad 6' mom 5'1", what's the daughter's height?

Question

i did intense weight lifting when i was 13 and 14
so im only 5'5"
what height should i have been?
im not stressed jealous at all if people is prettier than me, but when they're even 1cm taller than me, i get crazy and really stressed and i don't know what to do
it might be exaggeration, but i could even think about self-termination of life
is this normal to be not jealous about facial appearance, but only height?
i should have been taller, but i affected my eventual height, so im really stressed
do you think i have any mental problems, then name it
i know what i have, i just want to know what you guys think

noooooooooooooooooooo i wana die

Answer 1

Your the height you we're meant to be.
I personally think short is cute.
You can't determine life on what you SHOULD have been,
but deal with what you ARE.

Answer 2

familial projected height is predictable based on a standard formula.

for men:
dad + (mom + 5") / 2

for women:
(dad - 5") + mom / 2

that means, if you were a man you could expect your adult height to be 69" (5'9) and since you're a woman you can expect your adult height to be 64" (5'4") each plus or minus an inch and subject to other health considerations.

Weight lifting should have no effect on adult height. Issues such as genetic predisposition (achondroplasia), nutrition, and disease can have an effect on height.

Complaining that you're only 5'5' points to an issue of concern here. The average female adult height (50th percentile) in the US is right around 64.5" -- you are nearly exactly average and nearly exactly your predicted familial structure. You're "normal" and complaining about it.

What this statistic means is that half of all women are shorter than you are and half are taller. That's not something to be this upset over - it's something to be pleased with. You're mom, on the other hand, is in the lowest 5% of women's height - meaning 95 of every 100 women are taller than she is. Even so, I suspect that she has benefited from that stature more than it has been a detriment.

For women, being average and smaller (within normal limits) is generally considered socially and aesthetically preferable and you're complaining that you fit into that ideal.

The coach in me wants to offer you a stern lecture on self-acceptance. I'll refrain but suggest you seek some counseling assistance if you're going to say things like "i could even think about self-termination of life" just because you're "normal".

Answer 3

There's no precise answer to this... You can't figure someone's height just by seeing how tall their mother and father are. There are a wide variety of factors. Not all sisters are the same height for example (regardless of whether they lifted weights or not.)

Also 5'5" is a great height for a female. I'd say it's just about perfect. So why are you concerned about that?

I think women that are too tall actually have it hard in life. Most men don't like to be a with a woman that is too tall. They are considered to be manly.

Again your height is perfectly fine. Stop stressing out about it! There are real "problems" you could have! 5'5" is a *NORMAL* height for a woman. It's in fact slightly above average in America (5'4" is the average height of an American female.)

Answer 4

You need to look at other members of your family Aunts Uncles before you know what height you should be! Yes 5'5" is good considering your Mother is 5'1". However I think you have a serious obsession about height and this may ruin your life especially if you allow it too. Jealous of anything is unhealthy. Good Luck

Answer 5

im not sure if the weightlifting curbed your growth. i think that you BELIEVE it did, and therefore you are really angry with yourself for letting that happen. for preventing you from something that you would have had. i think the real issue here is anger and even deeper than that, sadness that you let yourself down and now you feel worthless. but you arent worthless at all. you did what you did and you can not change the past. i think you should go to therapy. good luck.