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Originally posted by dt15:
Hi, I'm Daniel and I am 15 years old and also I'm 2ft 11in long, I am a dwarf which i hate it a lot!!! Because kids in my school calls me retard because I'm small. I NEED HELP! I don't know what to say to those people. You could email me at danielitogordito@hotmail.com PLEASE I NEED HELP.

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Originally posted by tinkerbell1219:
I'm 18 (well 17, but turning 18 in three days,heck yes!) and I'm 4'9", I'm not a dwarf, but my ENTIRE family is short. My grandma's are 4'7" and 5', my mom is 5'1", my dad 5'6" (short for a male) and my aunts are all under 5'3". My 20 year old sister is 4'8" and looks like she's about 10. I at least look closer to my age, though when I go out to eat I often get asked my age because I might get a 12 under discount (my sister especially gets this). At school I constantly get questions like, "are you a dwarf?", "hey, since you're under 4'11" you have to have a booster seat to drive don't you?", "you're in proportion so you must be a midget" , or the constant questioning of how tall I am. That doesn't bother me too much, but what's horrible is "AWWWW, you're so cute, you're so little!" in a voice you would talk to a three year old in. Or when people find out how short all my family members are they're like "wow, you're family is a family of midgets". Or the fact that I have insanely small feet and wear a 13 to 2 in children's shoes (six year olds have had bigger feet then me) and whenever I go shoe shopping it's so upsetting to have my friend all go get cute shoes aprropriate for our age and I'm stuck w/ a choice between Dora the Explorer or Barbie shoe. I love being short, but it's still frustrating going out and people questioning your age, shopping in general for clothes that actually fit and are age appropriate, or when total strangers are like "wow, you're short," as if by now I have NO IDEA that I'm shorter then most people. I got stuck with the nickname tinkerbell (not that I mind it, I definately love the nickname) because I'm blonde, small and super-energetic and people I just met have often said that I remind them of a pixie.
Didn't mean for this to turn into a venting thing...which it sort-of has, haha, but my main point to all this was, yea I'm not a dwarf, but at 4'9" I constantly face the same challenges and similar ridicule (sometimes worse since people know I'm not short for medical reasons, most people with common sense wouldn't tease someone who's medically a dwarf about their height, but people who are just short get teased all the time). I constantly have trouble reaching things, (my homeroom teacher had to make sure I got a locker that I could reach the shelves), seeing above people in crowds (haha, I had to get a booster seat during my school's trip to Stratford to see over people's heads to see the plays), and constanly have to look up at everyone to hold a conversation.
My family has not missed an episode of this show since all members can realate to what the Rollofs go through. The episode where Zach got his temps has even helped me with my driving. My parents were trying to figure out what to do because I have problems with seeing over the steering wheel, and reaching the gas/brake without being insanely close to the steering wheel, and I now have got a raised seat cusion and working on getting pedal extensions (they're expensive!) and we turned off the air bags since Amy mentioned the danger of having them on in the episode.
Ok, I'm done ranting, but I do have a question...I'm a senior and that means prom. I've went to look for dresses and at every store I've went to we've asked if I could get the dresses altered and the answers always been no. All the dresses are way too long, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a store that sells formal dresses for dwarfs, or have any other suggestions regarding this?