If you are short, do you like or not like being short?

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I'm curious about how other people feel about being short, and why they feel that way.

I'm 5'1" so I am a bit small even compared to most women. I mostly don't mind being short.

Since I'm trans (FtM) my height sometimes prevents me from passing as male or being taken seriously by other people, but that's actually probably the only issue I have with it.

Otherwise I think I am benefited from it because I save a lot of resources by being so short (kids size clothes are cheaper than adult clothes, I burn less calories so require less food, etc.), and I can usually fit in places other people can't, so my height ends up being really helpful sometimes.

If you are short, how do you feel about it? Do you think it benefits you in any way, or is it just a nuisance?

If you're only 5'1, please be very careful living life as a man. *Some* taller men think their height makes them superior in all ways to shorter folks, and may even use aggression and violence if they think they're being challenged by a shorty. (Obviously, these men aren't too bright, and therefore not totally superior. But they do exist, so be careful.)

EDIT: I'm 5'9. Not super short, but not a towering inferno either.

I'm 4"11.

Trans guy, 32.

Decided to socially transition cos 1 whatever I do people think I am worth patronising - full heels, makeup and suit? Power dressing on everyone else, little girl in dress up for me and 2 I am tired of not living for myself and based on what others think of me.

Socially transitioned, yeah people don't see a man but they either presume my gender wrong or my age wrong. Dressed in heels and a dress, I was assumed to be a teenage girl.

Downsides:
Socially looking like a child has a massive impact on self respect, how much people respect you etc. It's awful.
I can't reach things from shelves without help. I have a special house which is all at my height but I can't demand that for the outside world.
For some reason feet are assumed to end at a child's size 13 and only start again at an adult size 3. I have size 2 feet. Despite the fact that taxing starts at size 3, the rarity of my shoes means that I get charged more than a regular size 3 pair of shoes would cost.

Upsides:
I have a sofa that is in between a sofa and an arm chair. I comfortably lie down on it in the evening as if it is a bed.
Another bed thing, when I'm at a hotel I can comfortably sleep in a single bed.
Children's clothing is generally more comfortable and chaeper.
A short/medium sized person thing: I never bang my head. Ever. Unless I shouldn't have been there in the first place but everywhere designed with adults in mind has me in mind - at least as far as banging my head.

For what it's worth I'm not particularly short (5'11") but I usually play smaller characters in RPGs. My true form and my actual form don't really align but it's not a source of distress.

I'm 5'9'', which in the US is considered an "average height" for a man.

I'm only slightly below average height (cis male), so not short enough for it to have any real benefit, unless it's some kind of game where the shortest player goes first: I know very few males who are shorter than me. I have too many pants where the legs get stepped on and torn up, and I hate how most shorts these days go down past the knees. It usually makes jobs a little more difficult, and I've had girlfriends who didn't like that they couldn't wear high heels with me.

That's about it, I think?

OH! When a tall person sits in front of you at the movie theatre >_<

Women are weird about height.

Which is why before I came out trans (I'm bi) I used to do the opposite... Seek out the short guy.

You see, the nicer and best looking single guys were always short because of this silly rule that some women have about 'he has to be six foot'. He'd still be single even though in every (other) way he was desirable.

Mum says it's shallow to care about appearance at all but I don't think so - after all, friendships can be deep so if you're not physically into someone, why not make them a platonic best friend rather than bf/gf (non-binary friend? idk the word for that)?

I'm not sure if bi/gay men are quite so silly about it. I suspect the masc for masc brigade are.

I'm 5 foot 6 which I feel is tall for a woman. I don't like being tall, as I get compliments of being tall by shorter women and I'm expected to be happy about it. But I do wish I was about 5 foot 4.
I always wished I was small and petite, like one of those really small-boned women of about 5 foot 3 that don't really put on much weight.