I don't get it! Adoption movie controversy [Archive]

Pumpkin

07-18-2009, 12:03 PM

I just found this on Perez and thought I would post it.

http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-18-orphan-scares-adoption-groups

It's about the movie The Orphan and how they want to boycott it because it will make people look different at adopting.....

I cannot believe that people take things that far over something so foolish.

My question is why no one boycotts the horor movies that have men raping women in them? I think that is disgusting and do not find it entertaining at all. I do not understand why film writers have decided that these days, having women violently raped in their movies is entertainment!!! That is not entertainment!, that is sick and it happens all to often to real women in real life. I just don't get why they won't boycott the likes of that but they would boycott something as stupid as this Orphan movie which is obviously fictional. Actually, you would think that rape would be not allowed in movies at all. In my eyes, that's just like taking a child and allowing some sick pedofile to have his fun all while putting it on film so everyone can rent it for entertainment!!. SICK!!

donteatrawpotatoes

07-18-2009, 12:29 PM

How is murder entertainment? I just don't understand your differentiation, what makes one ok and the other sick or unusable?

My pet peeve-
What I don't understand is why things of a pornographic nature (excluding Rape, that's obviously not what I'm talking about) Are quicker thrown out or looked down upon than a person being graphically hacked to pieces and planted like they're flowers.

inuit

07-18-2009, 08:13 PM

I agree pumpkin. I personally think movies showing women being victimized is so wrong and definately not entertaining in any way shape or form. I am old enough to be one of the 1970's era womens rights fighters and I can cite some awful injustices that many young women would have a hard time believing now.
I digress....

"Entertainment" that depicts rape IMO is sick . I don't care if it is female, male or whatever rape is not entertainment and anyone who thinks it is is sick too. JMO. I completely understand the fantasy of this in the privicy of your home with your loved one. No limit there but I don't think rape is fodder for public entertainment.

Donteat, I see your point when it comes to slasher movies. I personally don't find them entertaining either BUT I'd sooner see that on screen than rape. For one thing it is pure fantasy. People are not going around daily slashing people so it is make believe. Seeing a sicko onscreen most likely would not tempt you to go slash someone. It has been argued though that seeing violence and rape onscreen may prompt someone to go rape someone. I do not know offhand the stats on how many women are raped daily but I do know it is significantly higher than the number of people who are hacked and slashed to death. With or without movie prompting.

I personally miss a good suspense movie.

As for porno...there is a great case of exploitation of the female form. Exploitation because the girls are all so young and you just know if they were older and had more sense, they would not be doing that. Of course some exceptions apply.

I once watched a hard core porn that the girls were so obviously drugged and exploited it made me physically ill. (I was an ER nurse so not much makes me sick) I firmly believe that was filmed rape and abuse. Money wouldn't have compensated for that kind of abuse. Needless to say, I did not watch the whole thing. 10 minutes was sufficent of that crap.

blepton

07-20-2009, 11:26 AM

Great thread! I never really thought of it in that manner.

rhiley_08j

07-20-2009, 03:03 PM

A lot of movies today are about being as realistic as possible. There are many movies that depict some horrific things, that are in actuality a representation of actual occurrences.

What some find as entertainment others find as despicable, what some find as humorous, others find as crude. That's what makes the world go round. To each his own.

Personally I think that if an individual can't distinguish between reality and fiction, or what's right and wrong, than they need to live in a bubble; safe from all outside influences.

Pumpkin

07-20-2009, 07:12 PM

Donteatrawpotatoes, I can understand where you are coming from and I guess I can agree with your thinking.. BUT I guess in thinking of what I was, I thought more in lines of Freddy Kruger coming after you in your dreams, a guy with knives for fingers. Or Jason, the deformed kid who drowned and keeps coming back to life even though they keep killing him. Or Michael Myers, Alien monsters, etc . Just doesn't happen!!

It also depends on your view of being entertained. I have been watching scary movies since I was 5 so things like that don't bother me. Look at CSI and such, very highly watched tv shows, all involving people being murdered. But that's just it, it's tv, it's fake and it's not so much the murder it focuses on per say, it is how they catch them or how they stop them and so on. I just see putting rape on tv and movies, etc as being VERY wrong. If your are watching an episode of Cold Case Files or American Justice and it is about a rape case, then no I don't find that wrong! One because they do not reinact the rapes for you to see, you are told rather briefly about it, it is not detailed. Two, they are showing you how the suspect came to be suspected, how they got caught, and how his/her trial goes and then they tell you what the dirty bas***** gets for jail time!!

I dunno I just see it completely different than some I guess.

Inuit, I couldn't have said it better myself!!! =) Except I do like slasher movies :P and I don't really even think rape should be available for private in home viewing though, those could lead to them going out and actually acting upon their fantasies. We don't wanna feed the monsters the fire they need to motivate them!!!

That is also something I don't get, Inuit. There has always been a LIL sex in horror movies, maybe a boob or a bare bum even, when I was a kid and ofcourse you'd blush and be a lil embarrassed. But now, good lord, full on nudity!! You can see full on shots of private places on female bodies and I am not just talking boob shots!!, and now they even show full on sexual intercourse, the only difference is they don't have a camera getting close ups of the nastier stuff!! And why is it always women doing the naked bit anyways ? How come men don't have to flash it a lil?

And Rhiley, you are very right in what you said. To each their own. I just had to post though, I just find it so odd that something so silly would be boycotted yet the likes of women being viciously raped has not been. Weird!!

inuit

07-21-2009, 12:15 PM

Pumpkin, I think there is bare nude female bodies shown foe the same reason young girl go around with their panties and private parts showing. It excites males. I am one of the feminists from the 70 era and fought hard to change the rules for women and it kills me now to see girls going as far as to mutilate themselves to please boys. I guess history is indeed a circle.

I was an ER nurse so I saw some pretty awful sights while working there but I will tell you the absolute worse thing I ever had the misfortune to see was a girl of about 17 or 18 with an infected tongue stud. After I had taken he history and while waiting for the doctor to come to see her, I asked her why she would eve get a metal post driven down though her tongue. (I know how much it hurts just to accidentally bite you tongue) She gives me this half grin and say's "my boyfiend really likes it" I had to ask if she liked it and she answered that she really didn't care or it but he really like it if I knew what she meant.
What a sin. How far are girls supposed to go to please a boy. She had about 4 cracked and fractured teeth from chomping down on this stud. I held her tongue in a piece of gauze while the doctor removed this stud along with a chunk of meat that was a part of her tongue. She was given a script for antibiotics and off she went. I just hope she left the stud out.
It's this kind of thing that irks me.Whatever happened to having a brain and that being enough.

Pumpkin

07-21-2009, 12:27 PM

UGH that is just NASTY Inuit!!! It is very sad that girls do this to please men and to make sales on their records and movies.

Wonder what happened to the men or women who used to protest this stuff so that it did not make it on to tv and movie screens and music albums!! Apparently they aren't around anymore, or they lost the war!! Sad to see the way things go isn't it.

I remember the Spice Girls. I am sure many do. I didn't care for them or their music much but happened to turn on Much Music one day and the Spice Girls were having a concert and it was showing all the people going to it. Well the reporter stopped this one mother and asked her how she felt about the Spice Girls and the mother replied something to the effect of Oh I think they are great GIRL POWER!! They stand for great things. etc etc Meanwhile standing beside her was two 8 or 9 year old girls who looked they were dressed up as hookers for Halloween. I couldn't believe the mother thought it was great. Girl power yes, but your kids dressing like tramps, nope!! And it's only gone down hill since!!!

inuit

07-21-2009, 03:41 PM

It's a shame more mothers wouldn't put their foot down and insist that their daughters be remembered for thie minds not because their boobs or butt crack was exposed all through high school. High school what am I saying? Elementry school. I just don't get it. To dress like a junior hooker is to be treated like a junior hooker.

You know the saying :If it walks like a duck and it sounds like a duck, it must be a duck.". Exchange duck for hooker.

Pumpkin

07-23-2009, 11:22 AM

I know. So sad. The world has changed so much just in the past decade. It always does, but wow, things have really gone to the dogs!!

I was just surfing through Perez and I just found this, thought it suited the topic of the thread... :P And like the article says.... "Creepy"
http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-23-barneys-axes-violent-window-display

inuit

07-23-2009, 08:15 PM

YUP! Totally disgusting. Thank God someone had the sense to have it removed.

bradorna

07-24-2009, 12:28 PM

Which can we say is more crude or unhealthy for young minds.......boobs on TV or them sitting on the floor with their xbox shooting men and women as well as blowing people and things up, running cars off the roads, etc? IMO the games are worse and more apt to give kids corrupt and wrong thoughts. JMO

inuit

07-24-2009, 11:02 PM

I agree bradorna. Too much sitting in front of an idiot box. I feel sorry for the young ones today. Where is imagination and creativity? Gone. It is an era of instant gratification. I dont't see teens any happier today than they were 20 years ago. Before the common place use of computers, cell phones, ipods and the list goes on and on. God forbid they ever live a second alone with only their thoughts. Now every second must be filled with sound or sight.

I still don't want to see boobs on T.V though. It is sexist , unnecessery and puts girls in a dim light. I really want to see girls depicted as intellegent human beings not eye candy for the males in our society. Girls are worth so much more than that. Too bad they can't see that. It seems that eery generation girls must try to meet even more unrealistic body image of what sexy is.

Right now I think it is weigh about 90 pounds with size D breasts and be stronger than any male around. Angelina Jolie in Laura Croft. Completely unrealistic. The sad thing is I read somewhere that in the US last year the most popular 16th birthday gift was a boob job. How stupid is that?

donteatrawpotatoes

07-25-2009, 10:02 AM

... ok, video games are worse than serial killers on movies.

I think it depends on the games, pretty much anything you play on an X-box is violent, x-boxes aren't targeted at kids.

Boobs on tv don't bother me any more than a shirtless man. They're just boobs. The human body isn't something to be ashamed of at all. Why in this world that celebrates mediocrity and not being as good as you can be is it so bad to have things to strive for, and why is it only those things that so often get put into light?
There was an add with an obese Barbie that was pretty much -average size is 14, so be happy that you're normal- as the message. Those are the killers right there, and the reason there are so many heart attacks and diseases. Being unhealthy and happy about it is the new cool thing.
If women in magazines are photoshoped, use your BRAINS, we all know they are, and all know it's not real. Saying men don't know the difference is sexist and demeaning to their intelligence.

-Sorry for that tangent, it just bothers me a lot.-

Boob jobs at 16 ... the idea is ridiculous and disgusting. But when grown ,smart women do it, and they know what they want I find it disgusting that people say automatically they did it for another man.

LiLLY

07-25-2009, 07:28 PM

I think Parents just need to be in control more of what their children watch on T.V and what games they play etc. If I don't think something is appropriate for my kids to watch or play I don't let them.

inuit

07-25-2009, 07:44 PM

I'd kill to be a size 14. That is absolutely normal and realistic. You are right those mag pics are photoshoped to death and you and I know that, we are adults with a head on our shoulders , but what is the message being sent to a normal size 10 or 11 year old girl? I'm not good enough, I'm not thin enough, I don't look like her, there's something wrong with me. Most little girls that age are a little chubby having not hit puberty yet.

Did you know that the new trend is girls as young as 9 or 10 are starting to become bulimic and anorexic. Where do you think they get the idea that they are not thin enough. I'll bet you it does not come from their parents.

BTW, has anyone seen "Tots and teiras" yet. Now that's totally superfluous and completely ridiculous. What is the world comong to?

Pumpkin

07-26-2009, 07:46 PM

Nah. Boobs don't bother me either really. The boob thing I can handle depending on how much of it and how much they focus on that instead of the movie at hand, and it doesn't have to be in every movie made!!!! But, when they are showing a full on naked female body to where you can see her pubic hair and everything, I think that is a bit much. No there is nothing to be ashamed of about our human anatomy BUT it's the message it's sending that bothers me. Doesn't anyone leave anything for the imagination anymore? I mean if you wanna see a naked woman, share that with your partner. You don't share it with the world. I am not embarrased by my female parts but ya won't catch me dancing in a bar waving my shirt and bra around so everyone can catch a peek!! It's called respect for yourself!!

Video games. WAY too much violence in a WAY to many of those games. My dd doesn't play violent games. She plays kid games like mario and stuff like that and thankfully I have a child that will go and play with friends and outdoors before she'll settle into her gaming systems!!! I wouldn't allow her to vidiot it all day and night anyways. No good!!!

Boob jobs? Unfortunately the statistics are probably pointing towards the fact that females do it for men and that is why it is automatically assumed it has been done for a man..... To look good for their men, to look good so they can attract a man, because they are dancers in a bar for men, so they can be featured in playboy, etc. Really what woman is gonna go blow that kind of money to have heavier bigger boobs to deal with just because they want to have big boobs? What good are big boobs to a woman if not to impress a man? Do they get them so they have something to play with when home? Do they get them so they have built in flotation devices? Most of us who have real large breasts without surgery, know they are not much fun. Yea the guys might like em, but I know I don't like having to carry the heavy darn things around (knock on wood cuz I dont wanna lose em to cancer or anything either!!!!). They cause back problems, they near hit ya in the chin when ya run not to mention the impact of them going downward when you are running...they can be very uncomfortable to have. But I understand why you would get annoyed by the assuming. Assuming happenes way to much, and we all are guilty of it at some point or another. :)

Well out of curiousity, now I just have to ask. Does anyone know any reasons why women get them done that has nothing to do with men in the end? I'm not being rude by posting this ? so please don't take it that way if you did. I am genuinly interested now that we have brought it up, So if ya got any, throw em this way. I'm very curious what they could be now because I can't think of any!! :) :P
PS: Sorry bout the length. Y'all know I'm long winded by now. :P

donteatrawpotatoes

07-26-2009, 08:25 PM

Inuit, the toddlers in tiaras INFURIATES me. Those parents should have their children taken away, it's abuse what they're doing, period. Not every mother certainly, but when their child is crying, and they're forcing them to do this stuff... they need their head examined! How can people do that and get away with it?!

Pumpkin, I have my own taste in what I think looks and feels good. I have had an A cup, and I have had a DD cup, I prefer large boobs. Which is why I have made my decision. With losing weight, they're losing size too, and yeah... without getting too tmi, I just think bigger feel nicer.

inuit

07-27-2009, 07:30 AM

I agree Don'teat. I think it is pure and simple child abuse. The way they dress them and the dances and moves borders on sexual exploitation of these children. They make 6 year olds look and walk like 20 year olds. Where is their common sense?

I have had big boobs since the age of 11 and I'd give my eye teeth to have smaller sensible boobs. I've lost almost 80 pounds and the girls have taken the loss hard. Now I'm a EE long. Tube socks with sand in the toes hanging on a nail. LOL I guess to each his own in the chest department. LOL

Just to add to the list Pumpkin, it is extremely hard to shoot a gun, shoot arrows,shoot darts with big boobs. They get in the way of crossing your arm in front of you to throw or aim things. If you stand sideways to shoot an arrow, you pinch the girls as you release the bowline. I've done it many times. No fun.

Pumpkin

07-30-2009, 06:14 PM

LMAO Inuit I hear ya, these big babies can get in the way of a lot of things. I guess when you grow up with big hooters and carry the weight around over half your life, you have a different outlook on big breasts.

Do fake breats weigh as much as real breasts the same size would? Seriously. I am not being rude I am just curioius. You have to ask if you are to learn. :)

Don'teatrawpotatoes , since you are obviously one of the people who enjoy having and like having bigger breats yet get very angry when people assume it's been done for the attraction of a man or woman, can you tell us why YOU did it?

And please don't take me as being rude to you donteatrawpotatoes. I am not being rude and was not, if you took it that way. And don't answer if it is uncomfortable for you to do so!!! I just would really like to know because again I have never been a small breasted woman so I cannot see this the way you see it and would like to see it from a different point of view. :) I am a pretty open minded person when it comes to most things so I like to learn people points of view when they are different from mine. :)

donteatrawpotatoes

07-30-2009, 07:36 PM

LOL! I don't have them YET, but there's no way I'm changing my mind. I decided more than a year ago that I am getting them with no doubts in my mind whatsoever, and the only doubts I had initially were from people like my mother who are so quick to judge women who modify themselves by wearing make up / dying hair or whatever.
I already gave an answer to your question, however it was very vague. I am a bisexual woman in a hetero sexual relationship with a preferance for large breasts. Now, the most logical answer would be to have several questionable encounters with other women for the rest of my life, but that's not always feesable is it? lol, probably not. I just prefer the look and the feel of large breasts, so it will be something I do very much for myself. (though, I'm sure my husband won't mind. Actually, I'm possitive of it.) But even if he DID mind, I would do it and since he loves me he would understand it's something I feel strongly about.

inuit

08-01-2009, 06:14 AM

To each his own Donteat. There is one more thin about having a big bust. I am now considerably older than you are and the sad fact is when the girls fall, they fall hard. Might look great at 30 to have DD bust, but doesn't look so good at 50 when they start to fall. Implants don't fall but the weight and pressure on your back is a factor to be considered. It can be disabling when you get older. Everything looks good at 30.

donteatrawpotatoes

08-01-2009, 07:23 AM

I'm 24, and NOTHING looks good, so if I can get something that will look good for 10 years out of my life, I'm gonna do it!

inuit

08-01-2009, 06:48 PM

I thought you sounded really young. My youngest is 30. I swear I have clothes hanging in my closet older than you. LOL

donteatrawpotatoes

08-01-2009, 09:06 PM

lol! I do too though, my nanny had a bunch of 70's vintage things, and I got to keep them ! <3 them lots.

inuit

08-02-2009, 10:22 AM

Hahahaha.Tooooo funny! I actually wore clothes like that in the 70's. Vintage hahaha.I must be getting vintage too.

blondie

08-04-2009, 05:00 AM

Big boobs can be VERY inconvenient!! If I were to wear a slightly lower cut shirt without a tank people would think I was some kind of tramp. Speaking of tank tops, most have shelf bras built in, but they end up pulling your tank down and exposing unwanted cleavage. :( Blouses don't button right, and if they do, they are too big in the shoulders, and arms too long. You always have to be aware of your degree of cleavage, it can change by the minute and without notice, and can be very embarrassing at a family get together, or at work, even if you aren't wearing low cuts.

If you (can) walk with good posture people think you're sticking out the girls to draw attention. And forget about reduction, the scars are horrendous, I started to research it, and saw a pic of after, oh my goodness! It looks like someone drew lollipops with a bright red crayon onto your chest, and the scars on that tissue don't fade well. I'd rather suffer with a big chest, thanks!

The bra selection is terrible, the ones that are mildly cute have no support, and the ones with support look like something someone's grandmother should be wearing (no offense to the grandmothers out there). Pregnant women always comment about not being able to see their feet, to them I say, welcome to the club! I have to bend over or stick my feet out so that I can see them. I could go on all day about the inconveniences of having a large chest...:(

About the movie though..very strange that people are so up in arms about it. It is a horror film, anyone who takes those movies serious enough to significantly alter their opinion about adoption is an utter moron and probably wouldn't stand a chance at qualifying for an adoption in the first place!! The people who are considering adoption will not back out of the process because they saw a horror flick depicting a creepy little girl who is trying to get rid of her adoptive family. Geez..the people making a fuss over this should focus their efforts on a more worthy cause! In this day and age there certainly isn't a shortage of more worthy causes!!!!

bradorna

08-04-2009, 09:38 AM

On a lighter note, can you imagine what our senior citizens homes are going to look like in the future? Little old ladies with perky boobs and wrinkled tattoos. Just a light-hearted joke!!!!!!!

Pumpkin

08-04-2009, 10:16 AM

HAHA I like you Blondie!!! lol You're too funny! I hear ya, everything you said actually!!! and I agree 100% with everything you said, I have many of the same issues when it comes to the big chest bit!!!! And your movie opinion!! Agree 100% also! Too funny!!!

Inuit, I am just curious, after your post saying you figured donteatrawpotatoes was young sounding, I have to ask now...from my responses, how old you would guess me to be? hehe I love age guessing games, but since you can't see me I am even more curious as to how old you would guess me to be? :P

Don'teatrawpotatoes, well now I can understand why you are attracted to big breasts :)

You said before that you were very annoyed when people assume you are increasing breast size for a man. Well, even though you say you are doing it for yourself, and no doubt you are... it is still for appearances purposes.

I thought when you made the comment about being annoyed that people assume it's for your man....that you were doing it for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with appearances...that is what sparked my curiosity. I couldn't imagine what good a breast implant would be other than for changing your appearance. . But by what you said, I thought you meant there were reasons for it, that had nothing to do with appearance, attracting a partner (man or woman), etc. so that is why my curiousity was peaked, I couldn't think of a darn thing outside of appearance purposes!!!! :)

Well, good luck with everything, hope it all works out well for you. =)

Bradorna, I was thinking the same thing. The tattoos was a given but now that you mention it, the boobs will be in here too, you are right! Never thought about those in the equation of our generation getting old. What a site that will be hahaha wonder if our kids will all make fun of us!!?? I have to say I might not have perky boobs when I am 80 but I will be a wrinkly tattoo victim..thank goodness they are where you can see em!!!! :)

Good Tips for future tattooers: do not get tattoos on spots that are visible!! Might look great now, but won't when you are 80, woah!. Forget about putting it somewhere that wont get wrecked when you are pregnant, that is what a lot of girls think about when they get em done...worry about what it'll look like when your skin is no longer tight and firm!!! LOL Imagine all the men that have em on their faces? That's gonna look real nice at 80!! heheeeee

donteatrawpotatoes

08-04-2009, 10:31 AM

I would guess you at the same age as me.

inuit

08-04-2009, 03:34 PM

Pumpkin, I think you are between 28 and 34. I most likely am way way off. I did guess Donteat was in her early twenties because I have been talking/debating with her for quite awhile now. From her responses, I had guessed she was quite young.

Pumpkin

08-04-2009, 04:38 PM

Wow good job, I am 30 just about to turn 31. :P Figured you would think me older :) And if you saw me, I look like I'm 15 :P Im a shorty =)...with big boobs :P hahaha Sorry couldn't resist with our topic of conversation =)

inuit

08-04-2009, 07:05 PM

Hahaha. I'm a shorty too. 5'2". Used to have big boobs too but my how the mighty have fallen. LOL I just lost 90 pounds and the girls took it hard. Last June I weighed 293 pounds. now I weigh 203. I tuck what's left of the girls into my waistband and off I go. Hahaha

You did seem to be around 30ish. I got that from reading what you write. With age comes wisdom? Do ya think?

Mrs B., Doggygirl, Atchbe, T4, and Puppylove all seem to be in their early 30's too.

rhiley_08j

08-04-2009, 08:43 PM

How old would you take me to be inuit... since you are on a roll.

inuit

08-05-2009, 04:45 AM

Oh Rhiley, I'm not on a roll. Since you asked I would guess that you are in your 40's. I stand to embarrass both of us now.You if you are 20 something and me if you are 20 something but I do think you are in your 40's maybe even a touch older. Remember, I've never laid peepers on you. Don't yell at me if I'm wrong.

rhiley_08j

08-05-2009, 08:46 AM

Too funny inuit... I am 29 will be 30 in November. However, I have always been told I am wise beyond my years...LOL!

Pumpkin

08-05-2009, 12:47 PM

:P This is fun!! hahahahaha Especially because you can't see what anyone looks like.

Wow this thread has taken on many faces. I am having a good time in this discussion!!! :P Can't wait to come back and see what's next lol

Haha Inuit you're too funny. And WOW 90 pounds that is awesome, GREAT JOB!!!!! I wish I could do that, well I need to take off about 30 pounds to be at what the say I should be. I am only 4"10" and they say 90-110 is my ideal weight. K, NOW, ya call all start going OMG you're not even 5 feet tall, hahahaha Nope I'm not :P Paint me blue and call me Smurfette =) hahaha

And yes Inuit, with age DOES come wisdom. I know my outlook on things changed dramatically as I grew outta my teens and early 20's!!! I am pretty open minded but can be close minded about things also. I am noticing a friend of mine making that change now. She is a very open minded person more so than I am, she is just turning 30 this year I believe. I have seen her outlook change in past years, but I am seeing it changing again.... :) Happens to ...well I can't say all of us, can I? lol Was about to, but there are way to many people who never seem to grow up and get wise, so that would have been an incorrect statement!! :P

inuit

08-05-2009, 08:54 PM

OMG Rhiley, I am soooo sorry.My booboo. Don't fee;too bad though. Awhile back someone thought I was a man. Hahaha too funny.

Pumpkin, my mom was 4'9" tall. Whenever someone mentioned her height, she always said whe was the same height as a new broom.( A corn broom used to be exactly 4"9" high.) Whenever I heard her say that I used to burst out laughing. She would never admit that she was short. She always said that everyone else was tall. LOL At 5'2" I am the tallest girl in my family.The tallest boy in the family is 5'6".We are all vertically challanged. LOL Funny thing is when I'm here, I am short but when I go back home I am the tallest one in the room.

Pumpkin

08-05-2009, 11:09 PM

lol As tall as a new broom. Sounds like something my Gran would say. She has so many sayings like that about everything it seems lol Some of them are so damn funny too!

Most of my family is short too. Both my parents mother's were/are short. Their fathers were/are tall but Im not sure how tall, I'd say 5"10 to 6 ft tall. My mother and father are both about 5"3. So between myself and my dad's mom we are closest in height, very close!!

My daughter is under 10 years old and is almost as tall as me. She gets her height from her dad! When I am standing at the bus stop with her in the mornings during school, I look like one of the kids going to school. There are kids in grade 5 down there that are taller than me. hahahaha I was never bothered by being short. A lot of people are bothered by it and wish they were taller, but I never did. Sucks when ya can't reach the top shelf in the stores and it's a pain to find pants to fit sometimes but I have never really complained.