Are you taller/shorter than your parents?

mr_fegelien · 17-11-2019 01:47AM #1

I didn't get any of my fathers tall genes. My dad is 50 and 5ft 11, my mother is 47 and 5ft 5, I'm 21 and only 5ft 5in.

Apparently most men are taller than their fathers as adults but it's almost impossible for an adult man to be shorter than his mother.

Leg End Reject · 17-11-2019 01:49AM

Short arse.

NSAman · 17-11-2019 01:54AM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Short arse.

Must be from Cork

Leg End Reject · 17-11-2019 01:55AM

NSAman wrote: »

Must be from Cork

Me, or shorty?

I'm not!

riemann · 17-11-2019 01:55AM

Whatever happens, please, no one call this fine gentleman a midget, that would be ableist.

Pinch Flat · 17-11-2019 01:56AM

I’m 6’2” so yeah towering over the folks

Funkfield · 17-11-2019 01:57AM

Yes

andekwarhola · 17-11-2019 02:03AM

My da is the only short-ish male of his siblings and my ma is 5 foot and all her siblings are quite short. My siblings are both short. I'm 6 ft so definitely dodged a bullet or there's something my mother needs to fess up about.

The men on my wife's side are all really tall and my kids definitely seem to be going that way.

Tammy! · 17-11-2019 02:08AM

My dad is tall. My mam is small. I'm tall but my brother is taller than me. Neither of us are as tall as my dad. How tall is my dad??

andekwarhola · 17-11-2019 02:11AM

Tammy! wrote: »

My dad is tall. My mam is small. I'm tall but my brother is taller than me. Neither of us are as tall as my dad. How tall is my dad??

Tall

Vowel Movement · 17-11-2019 02:13AM

My parents are the same height. I'm a foot taller

17-11-2019 02:13AM

My da went the shop for milk and never came back. I probably am taller than him now but I'll never know.

Tammy! · 17-11-2019 02:17AM

Omackeral wrote: »

My da went the shop for milk and never came back. I probably am taller than him now but I'll never know.

You might indeed be taller than him now omackeral but you'd never win him in a fight. It's
psychological

Plumbthedepths · 17-11-2019 02:25AM

I'm 5'11" taller than my folks who are happily still around. My height and that of my siblings is the tallest of our familial generation. My sons and those of my brother are hitting 6'3" so looking up to my kids and nephew I feel like a short ass.

rossie1977 · 17-11-2019 02:49AM

Much taller, both my parents were approx 5'3.

gozunda · 17-11-2019 03:00AM

I dunno - I was found under a cabbage plant ...

IAMAMORON · 17-11-2019 03:09AM

Taller. They were born in the 40's , there was no such thing as bananas then. Not in Ireland anyway. Nutrition matters.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 17-11-2019 04:08AM

I'm the oldest, a bit taller than my mam (she's 5'6" I'm 5'8"), my sister is taller than me, my dad is 6'0" (or sorry, dad, 6'0.5" he's particular about that

) and my brother who's the youngest is 6'3". Tis as well they stopped at three kids they'd have ended up with giants.

My OH's dad is maaaybe 5'10" and he's 6'4" or thereabouts, he's the bop of him though. He's the youngest too, fair whack taller than his siblings, wonder if there's something to where you come in the birth order.

2pacshakur · 17-11-2019 04:18AM

I'm always fascinated can the size of your mickey come from your mother's side

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 17-11-2019 04:21AM

I've got my dad's tits, so...

Tammy! · 17-11-2019 04:22AM

Emmitt Little Mandrake wrote: »

I've got my dad's tits, so...

:pac: really made me lol

endacl · 17-11-2019 04:26AM

2pacshakur wrote: »

I'm always fascinated can the size of your mickey come from your mother's side

Guess what the op’s next thread will be about...

Tammy! · 17-11-2019 04:36AM

I got my height from my dad and the way I put on weight is from my dad where all it goes on my tummy. But got my boobs from my mam most definitely!

I remember being in first year in college and two of the girls came up to me after being in the pub with the lads and said they'd voted together that I'd the best boobs in the class! Yay! No joke I wasnt even impressed. I was genuinely thinking eh what? but as I've got older I've learned to appreciate the compliment and use it as a humble brag on the internet

:pac:

FanadMan · 17-11-2019 06:18AM

I'm about 5 inches taller than my father and about 11 feet taller than my mother

branie2 · 17-11-2019 12:07PM

A lot taller than my mother, and a little than my father

Capt'n Midnight · 17-11-2019 01:49PM

Aren't sons supposed to be taller than their mothers ?

Dial Hard · 17-11-2019 01:57PM

I'm taller than my mam but the shortest of my family other than that. 5' 7" and I've two sisters taller than me. My dad and brothers are all over 6'.

cj maxx · 17-11-2019 02:18PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

I’m 6’2” so yeah towering over the folks

Im 6'4" , well 6'3" 3/4.
Much taller than any of my family. I always hated people commenting on how tall I was. Though I have a 2nd cousin 6'8" or something and I used to love when he was at events as he would bear the brunt of it.

Pauliedragon · 17-11-2019 02:34PM

Boards is really weird lately. Between 4 year olds in bikinis to height related topics it's bizarre. Anyway on topic I'm from a short family. I'm 5 foot 6 and I'm the tallest out of 5.

KevRossi · 17-11-2019 02:46PM

My Dad was 6’3” and carried 16 stone without it being noticeable, huge fecker in his day, very wide shoulders, hands like shovels, strong as an Ox. My mother was a very dainty 5’4”, was very fit, very healthy. Both born in the 1940’s.

I’m 5’9” and any weight goes straight on the belly. I’ve worked on a farm since I was a kid and have done plenty of manual work since, but have very delicate, very white fingers. Only thing I have from the ‘oul fella is strength, like him I’m noted for being very strong.

The Tetrarch · 17-11-2019 02:59PM

All sons are taller than their mother.
Back in the day when flat racehorse trainers were interviewing a boy for the position of apprentice jockey the invited the mother to the interview.
If the mother was tall then no job for the son.

Are you taller/shorter than your parents?

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