I want to be you! .... Are you so sure about that?

Guten tag my friends! I wanted to be sure to get a post in before February was out. something occurred to me today that happens on a nearly daily basis. But it didn't occur to me the significant portion this little occurrence until I was laying down in my bed, alone with my thoughts.

So many times, people have said to me, "it would be so fun to be you" or "I wish I was your size, I would do blah blah blah all the time"... Well yeah you say that now until you get tired of doing whatever you would do, and then you realize reaching things is tough.

I'm not writing this post to complain, and I get it that some of my posts get a little on the complain-y side. But I'm just trying to prove a point, and also think out loud a bit too, so bear with me.

Let me put something in perspective. Wouldn't it be cool to have waffles for every meal? Like breakfast lunch and dinner, waffles, with all the butter and syrup you could ask for... gets old after a bit doesn't it? I promise you would get tired of being short. I'm not saying that there are not perks of being short. Being able to ride the little kid rides and shove myself in small places that people really shouldn't be able to fit is pretty amusing. However, having independence and being able to provide for myself in a sense that I can go to the grocery store and not have to worry about the few things that I need are not going to be on a shelf that's above my head, is something that I yearn for.

Anyway, let's get to the point of this post. I wanted to say that comments such as " if I was your height I would do such and such" come off as rude and belittling. My height is not a novelty. It is something that I live with, something that I never got a choice about. It is a part of me and I have incorporated into my life and into my personality in what I think is the best way possible. When people make their comments like that, it can be frustrating. It's frustrating because to me you're saying you're cute I look at you as a cute thing that walks around and I do not take you seriously. When really all I want is to be taken seriously just as you would an average height person.

So, next time you hear someone say "oh wouldn't it be fun if I was really small" say "well I have a friend that had to knock down the frosting off of the shelf in a grocery store in order to reach it, and it ended up falling on her face simply because there was no one around to assist her. Does that sound like fun to you?". Just to give them something to think about. ;)

Peace, Love, and Otters my friends

Laura