For months now, Jonathan has been scanning my height to see how he stacks up. At family dinner, our eyes almost met on the same level. I, maybe, still have a meagre inch on him.
I was surprised that our heights were so close and asked him how tall he was. He didn't know.
We did a quick, crude measurement. He seems to be 5'10".
"Wait a minute! I am 6'1+" and he is almost at eye level with me. People do shrink as they age. I wonder if I have lost an inch."
No, I haven't lost an inch. I have lost 2" inches. Actually 2+ inches.That's right! Once upon a time I was 6'1" plus a bit. Now I measured at 5'11".
I was shocked. Everyone was shocked.
I have been short-changed as it were.
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Welcome to age.
ReplyDeleteOh my! That is a lot to lose. Have you had a bone density test?
ReplyDeleteI have lost about 1/2", from 5'1 3/4" to 5'11/4"---that's the height I was for all my teen years but somehow I gained a bit in my twenties. Larry has lost a couple inches though, and he really couldn't afford to, being only 5'4" at his tallest!
Yep--I've gotten shorter and my feet have gotten longer. And then there's the weight thing. Ah, the gifts of age.
ReplyDeleteThe stature loss happens to all of us. I've lost a couple of inches.
ReplyDeleteGet some of those moon boots and the topsy turvey bracket and hang upside down for a while. Might stretch that spine to get at least an inch back. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteBoth husband and I are decreasing in height.
ReplyDeleteI've gone from a towering five foot five and a half to, sigh, five foot almost three. I'm officially small.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Me too. Three inches and counting. Sans eyes, sans teeth, sans everything.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked that at a recent appointment, I had lost 1 1/2 inches in height.
ReplyDeleteI've lost an inch--from 5'4 to 5'3. I think 5'11 is a perfect height.
ReplyDeleteI was just having a discussion on our shrinking seniors with friends at lunch. I'm two inches down!
ReplyDeleteSadly shrinkage does happen, I don't recall my new shrinkage, but I've always been small so it doesn't bother me.
ReplyDeleteHubby is defiant about his shrinkage! LOL. ;)
The same is happening with us, getting shorter. The eldest grandchild is taller than both of us as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm a strange one among others younger, even, of my friends, not having lost any height yet. But osteoporosis has been diagnosed, and arthritis has struck my extremities...namely the littlest fingers and toes! So that's where my shrinking seems to be coming about. Poor old joints!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Dan did a measure up with me and our oldest daughter. He thought she'd surpassed me by my shrinking. But nope. I'm still taller.
ReplyDeleteI am 5'2" and have been through adulthood. I have not shrunk and I am very glad of it. It must have been a shock for you to be under 6'.
ReplyDeleteThis was not surprising to read, AC, as many others including myself have discovered the same loss of inches.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love about this is how much he wants to measure up against you. Lucky Buppa.
ReplyDeleteIt happens to us all. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteAt some point that will happen to me.
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