<p>... i think it's very possible u might start growing more</p>
<p>i'm around 5'10'' and until this year, i was a really skinny korean kid</p>
<p>nah i doubt it... i'm 16... almost 17 and kinda stopped growing, i'm ok with it... it hasn't stopped me from doing anything... well being good at basketball</p>
<p>... NOOO! well i was really hopin that i would break the 6 feet mark... so kEEP HOPE ALIVE!</p>
<p>Geez, I feel so horrible reading your posts about being ONLY a 5'10'' male (average American male is this height btw). Try half a foot shorter for me!! </p>
<p>At least I don't live in a place like the Netherlands where the average male height is an astounded 6'2''...</p>
<p>i'm exactly 6'0... its not always fun to be 'average'...</p>
<p>*smacks binaural"</p>
<p>I'm 5th percentile for my height. I can barely reach the middle of the blackboard. My head is literally along the same plane as other peoples' nipples!! Deal!</p>
<p>"i'm exactly 6'0... its not always fun to be 'average'..."</p>
<p>how would you know? the average height for males is 5'10"</p>
<p>some wouldn't mind being the height of other people's nipples. </p>
<p>oh god what did i just type</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!</p>
<p>yes, but I pride myself on my LACK of an Electra or Oedipus complex. Wouldn't it be the taller person who would be gladder?</p>
<p>In India I'm perfectly happy with my height. A lot of people are 5 feet or below and i can look down at them and feel superior.</p>
<p>My 2 weeks spent in the Netherlands gave me a good sense of what it feels like to be a pygmy in a land of giants where most of the women are twice my height...(i'm not even going to talk about the guys hehe)</p>
<p>same in asia there's lotsa guys around 5'4" ish and i feel ok... even good... not that i don't know, just it's cool there
haha</p>
<p>I'm 5' 6"... yup kinda short but w/e</p>
<p>5'8 and 17.5 years old. I want that 5'10!!!! Any hope?</p>
<p>It's weird that we tend to complain about our short stature when our ancestors were, most likely, shorter than us.</p>
<p>well the thing is, i think height is a little more of a factor in today's society</p>
<p>besides, many of our "ancestors" survived just because they had bigger muscles or a bigger stick than some other animal... well maybe not hte best example, but you know what i mean</p>
<p>chochocho, don't mean to sound sentimental or sappy, but there is ALWAYS hope... one dude, he was real short last year, and over the summer, i think he gained around 2-3 inches (he's a senior now)</p>
<p>Good point ilovetocamp.</p>
<p>I've never had a growth spurt, and I'm 17. I've always grown "steadily," like I guess an inch or less per year. I started off high school at 5'5". I'm 5'8" and I'm graduating this year. Any chance I'd have a growth spurt? My dad is 5'8", my mom is 5'6", my brother, who is in 6th grade, is 5'6" ;o and my uncle on my mother's side is 6'2" and stuff. I don't know, this is so confusing.</p>
<p>There's no way to be 100% sure about whether you'll keep growing or whether you'll reach a certain height even if a doctor gives you a height projection. All you an really do is try and increase the chances of you growing taller. This would include getting 8 or more hours a sleep, getting the calcium you need, and generally eating an amount of food that enables your body to grow. </p>
<p>By doing those things, you increase the chances that you'll grow to the full height potential that you were genetically pre-disposed to. But of course, some people can do all those things and still not grow to their projected full height. While others might not do any of those things I listed and still grow to be very tall.</p>