The pros and cons of being tall

So I am 1.83 cm tall. I used to find it terrible and always got into fights at Jim Bakkum concerts (yes I did say Jim Bakkum indeed) because I was standing in front of everyone's nose, because I was already a tree back then. Friends were usually a head shorter (not a good look), but the fun part was that at fourteen I was already in an 18+ disco.  At that time, Zara also had a lot of jeans with long legs, which was ideal, because now everything is short short short. Oh, I have kind of accepted my height and sometimes I even find it fun. With Liesbeth in the editorial team, it’s even more fun, because I usually wear flats and she wears high heels and then she always just sticks out a little above me and I love that. Yes people, life is incredibly complicated above 1.80, especially if you have no chance of being a model. Then you would have had something to gain, so to speak. No, I'm exaggerating; there are definitely advantages. I’ll share them with you, maybe tall girls can relate to this and we can sometimes complain a bit together.

• You have the overview, wherever you are.
• On the plane You have a greater chance of upgrades and more legroom.
• You can reach everything.
• Let’s be honest, most trends look better on you like flare jeans, culottes, high-waisted shorts, and three-quarter skirts.
• You can drink more. People, it’s proven.
• You have a chance at modeling work

• It’s nice that you can reach everything, but I get asked a few times a month in the supermarket if I can grab that pack of butter all the way up from the cooling.
• Pants that fit you in the store are almost always too short.
• Finding a real (fun!) tall flame is quite a task.
• Heels are often a no-go, because then you’re two meters tall and that’s really too long.
• That you always get the comment: “Oh, I feel so small next to you.” Annoying.
• That many people ask if you are a model and that you really are not, because you don’t meet the measurements.