My son was a huge teen, just a giant human, and I used to tell my wife that when I was driving him around, I always felt like there was a bear in my peripheral vision.
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I’m the man who didn’t get the man structure at birth. My body has always been super slim and feminine, even my voice 🤷♂️
As a dude who is 5' 10", aka, basically just a teensy bit over the US average male height...
I am consistently, momentarily confused when anyone in/from the US describes me as 'tall'.
Its almost always a woman that will do this, which makes sense, but I'm still always stun locked for a second or two.
The size difference is cool, but only girls who have brothers realize the strength and physical difference. It's even a bigger gap. My sister gets freaked out every time she sees me do something physical.
And I'm not even that big, just very strong.
This is why most responsible parents drill "never hit girls" into their sons. I thought it was the peak of gender discrimination back in the day, but turns out they're just trying to keep your ass out of jail, so you don't ever fist bump or body slam a girl as hard as you do with your bros. Heck, I've seen girls sprain/break their hands just hitting a guy.
The strength gap can be wild.
A while back at work two of my female colleagues were trying to move a full book cart to another wing of the building. There was a bit higher treshold in one of the corridors and they couldn't raise the cart enough to get the wheels over it. I happened to walk by and offered assistance.
I knelt down to check the wheel height and instantly raised the front of the cart with one hand and guided it over threshold my other hand. While still on my knees.
My colleagues stared at me with a mix of awe and horror, having just realized that what was beyond their combined strength was just an easy task for me. And I'm not even a "strong guy".
it's CRAZY how much bigger men are than women
i used to be a pretty big woman, 5'10/180 lbs. then i transitioned. same height (height gain on t is basically not real, unfortunately), and i weigh around 200 lbs. but now it's WAY more muscle (no more boobs + at around 20% bodyfat). i'm built like a fucking tank now, i feel like i occupy so much more space horizontally. my neck and shoulders and arms and legs and everything are so much THICKER
(also, it turns out, men eat WAY MORE than women, too. all this extra mass doesn't support itself 💀 easily need an extra 1000+ calories nowadays)
hah yeah :)
i've recently seen my cousin (22M) eat a whole plate of noodles with sour cream, then another one. i felt like i'm seeing a fire storm eat up a rack of dry wood or sth. meanwhile i eat like 3 tomatoes and am full :P
I thought you were going to say that at 5'10 as a woman you were considered quite tall and now as a dude 5'10 is average.
😄😭 it's still pretty tall... i could be a lot worse off. i'm not really interested in attracting the same crowd that most men are, anyways
Fair enough and I don't disagree. As a dude who is a chest hair off 6ft I rarely feel small but damn there's still way taller dudes always!
Men eat so much more than women, it’s a little crazy to witness sometimes! My partner is almost always willing to clear my plate after he’s cleared his and I’m so full I can hardly move haha
Age and activity level plays a big role here. For instance, a 30-40s mildly active man of avg weight might eat less than a smaller 20-30s active woman.
N of 2, but for example my partner (F) is a bit younger than me (M), and also a cyclist (about 3-4 times my volume of riding). She can easily out eat me, and will finish my plate despite being over 20% lighter than me.
Testosterone is literally a steroid. It's sort of a reductive statement but you don't really think about it often.
It basically acts as a multiplier for the "grow muscle" signals your body can produce.
Men and women can easily have the same outcomes for muscle mass and calorie requirements, but men might not have to work as hard to get there owing to the higher testosterone multiplier on average.
I've also heard that it makes your skin act weird. Several trans people I've talked to have all mentioned that getting their hormones managed made their skin care routine either way easier or harder in a sort of "holy shit" way.
I’ve also heard that it makes your skin act weird. Several trans people I’ve talked to have all mentioned that getting their hormones managed made their skin care routine either way easier or harder in a sort of “holy shit” way.
can confirm. skin got 100% softer after testosterone blockers.
True, and my above statement could be due to testosterone reduction with age in many cases. Testosterone levels also have huge variances in men.
100%! I meant my statement as building on yours, not contradicting. :)
Any time you talk about hormones you have to couch everything in a thick layer of "usually", "often", and "tend". Biology varies a lot, and hormones vary more than most of the stuff.
The eating thing is too real. I saw an adorable Mexican waif taking her lunch break the other day when I was eating my own lunch. She got some sort of enchilada type thing from Taco Bell, where she works so she can make her own dishes, while I got my normal Supreme Luxe Box.
For comparison, my meal comes with chips and cheese, a taco, a chalupa, a burrito, and a drink. She had a single burrito covered in red sauce. She ate half, packaged it up and took the rest home. I vacuumed up the crumbs from my wrappers.
Admittedly I can probably use her as a dumbbell/ bar weight, provided she can plank properly. I would guess that she is 162-167 cm, and 49-50 kg. I'm 192-193 cm and 104kg
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193 / 104 here. Your guy needs to walk more.
Ummm... 190 / 84 here. But I think I have it about right. Yes I walk a Lot.
Yikes! I hope you don't have a large frame. If I dropped to 84, I'd be 9-10 kg underweight. I really should be somewhere between 95-96.
Mate I used to be 196 | 76 now 196 | 100 need to lose a couple kilos
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I'm a largeish dude, 6' 230lb. Sometimes I'll see a person that looks like a baby deer and wonder how we're the same species.
6'5" here. Because very few people are noticeably taller than I am, when I meet someone who is it's a crazy experience especially 7ft+.
I can recall being stun locked by having to look up at someone much taller than me 5 times total in my 35 years alive so far since middle school.
The opposite doesn't really phase me until I'm physically holding a significant other. Then I'm like holy shit you're tiny! Dunno why it doesn't quite register until then.
For me it's the hands. My hands are pretty big even for my size. I've shaken maybe 3 or 4 hands bigger than mine, and it's a bizarre experience every time.
Sometimes a person that looks like a baby deer sees you and wants to climb that jungle gym 😏
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Yes, but consider: big women
Speaking of, I actually found a partner who's exactly my height. Not that I would've ever said that was a requirement, but it is nice being in a relationship with someone you can just look straight in the eye without moving your head.
My wife and I are the same height (slightly tall of average), and the best part is having to only minimally adjust all the car stuff. We are significantly different sizes though, so I did not achieve the lesbian dream of having double wardrobe.
YES
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I’m pretty big, and occasionally , tiny people want to take pictures with me. It’s hard to believe we are the same species sometimes
That's a temporary taxonomic error. Anthropological morphology takes time to digest evidence, but we are speciating as we speak.
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I’m 5’2”, I prefer guys closer to my own height. Anyone from 5’4” to like 6’ works but that 5’6” to 5’8” is the sweet spot, no huge men for me plz, I’ll leave them to the rest of you
Being 5'6", that's reassuring to hear that not I'm not a completely lost case
Good, you two now have met, I pronounce you two a couple. Please make arrangements meeting up in real life. Some travel may be required.
I'm 5'6, bisexual, and have done very well across the spectrum of gender. Height - like weight, hair color, skin color... -doesn't particularly denote attractiveness.
Fr so many shorter guys have super high cute factor
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Then there's my 5'3 ass.
I'm 5'3" and dated a 5'4" guy. Kissing was great, I didn't have to tip-toe or break my neck.
My partner and I are the same height and we can hug and put our necks together like swans.
That's beautiful.
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