I posted a week or two about this and im even more confused now than before. No matter what i do, how i act, people that i start to get cool with always end up treating me like a kid and act all condescendingly to me like high school nerds get talked to by the cool kids. Im short - 5'6'', i look like im 18, im turning 26 in a month. I feel like people never give me a chance cuz of how i look. Im never one of the guys. These taller older looking guys my age fit in without even saying as word. Some of them are shy as anything and have no social skills and they r just one of the guys. Its like i have to fit the mold of little kid borther that people visualize when they see me. Any other short guys have this problem? If i act like myself, people think im posing as somebody im not. Meanwhile i have the same interest and thught processes as most guys I know. I notice this with other types of people too.
For example this guy at my job has a bit of a speech impediment. Whenever he talks about a hot girl walkin by, people dont seem to wanna listen to him or agree. When the other guys do, everyone agrees and is all into it.
Its like people have their steryotypes in their mind and theres really nothing u can do about it.
Is there anyway for a short guy like me who looks like a little runt 18 yr old kid, can earn peoples respect? Im just fed up. Im tired of analzying my behavior, i should have to, nobody else does. The amazing thing is my girlfriend is very good looking and she thinks im the greatest thing since sliced bread. Why cant I earn anybody elses respect anymore?
