Oh you thought I was done. Honey, I’m just beginning.

Now in part one, I addressed a handful of annoying situations that my long legs have put me in, as well as the struggles that us long-legged people face on a day to day basis. But of course there were just too many to fit into one post so SURPRISE – you get a part two. And you might be thinking, wow she’s really milking the whole long legs ruin lives thing. Well folks maybe this post will help you really understand the plethora of issues that I have to face that you don’t, just in case the last past didn’t do enough convincing. Let’s get started!

I present to you issue #4 (1-3 were complained about in my previous post)–constantly being dress coded. God, I can’t even tell you the number of times a hall supervisor has come up to me and told me that my shorts were too short. I mean, on what basis are they even allowed to make that statement because I’m sorry, but I don’t think the stupid fingertip rule is cutting it. It’s not my fault that my long legs make it practically impossible to wear shorts that don’t look like underwear. In fact, the countless times I’ve been embarrassed being dress coded forced me to wear bermuda shorts for a good period of time. Bermuda shorts. You know, the ugly, khaki colored, just-above-the-knee, baggy shorts that made me look like Dora the Explorer. *shudder*. The fact that I walked around middle school for years, dressed like THAT, should really make you sympathize with me because no kid should have to be forced to be in public with bermuda shorts on. Now, because of my long legs, and the dumbass dress coding rule that every public school thinks is flawless, the image of a sad girl in bermuda shorts will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Now if that still hasn’t convinced you, let me discuss the struggles of finding a decent crop top to wear when having long legs. And before you say the two are unrelated, oh trust me, they aren’t. Let me take you back to a particular day, about a year ago, when I went shopping with my friends. Now, we all decided to put together outfits for another person just to make things more interesting. So after a while, we all gave the outfits we picked to another person and then we all tried them on. My outfit consisted of a back crop top, a blue leather jacket, and a pair of jeans (that were too short, but I’ll let it go). I was really excited to try the outfit on because it looked cute, but to my dismay, when I pulled the crop top on over my head, it wasn’t cropped at all. Why, you may ask? Well, as a result of my abnormally long legs, my torso is abnormally short. So, I pretty much can’t wear crop tops even if I want to because the purpose of them is lost.

And last, but definitely not least–when I sit down, I can’t see shit. When normally proportioned people sit down, their height decreases by half, when I sit down on the other hand, my height decreases by 65%, so I’m not being dramatic when I say I can’t see because I really can’t see. It also doesn’t help that when I take pictures with my friends while sitting down, I have to keep my back stick straight so that it doesn’t look like I’m 4 feet tall (see picture for reference).

Now that I have highlighted most of the issues that I, as long-legged human being, face on a daily basis, I would like to leave you with a couple of tips when talking to/about a long-legged individual. First, please don’t tell me my legs look like twigs. I understand your incessant need to comment about everything you find odd looking but you might want to try thinking before speaking. Two, when we all pile into one car to go somewhere, please don’t force me to sit in the back where there is absolutely no leg room. And finally, shouldn’t we all just appreciate people no matter what shape or size they come in? I don’t want my abnormally long legs to be the thing holding me back from experiencing the world the same way as everyone else. Rather than asking me to reach my leg out to nudge your pencil that fell on the ground over, or constantly asking if I am a dancer, even after knowing the answer, let us all just appreciate each other for the way we are built and go about living our lives in peace.