So I went in to see my GP for some allergy relief (yes your teenaged son is allergic to grass not just a type of grass, all grass.) and he said he needed to get an update on all my particulars. Break here for background info.

Most Hispanic males are short. I on the other hand tipped the chart at 5’10” upper scale of height for my ethnic group. Hello all you shorties down there. That was the height on my license at sixteen that was the height I had always been right, right. Back to the doctors office.

So the nice little medical assistant with the really pretty soft blue nail polish took my vitals then weighed me (down to 228, less than the wife don’t tell her). She backed me up the height chart marked it down and asked me to step back. She had a funny look on her face and asked to check it again I said ok and after she did I asked her what’s up. She stated that I was 5’8” I said you’re wrong she said in your file it says 5’10” that’s why I checked it again. So I talked to the doc he said it happens and I said 2 inches in 26 years he shrugged.

So here I am all my life I am tall for my race and now I am just average. I feel cheated, marginalized, robbed, and short! I told my wife and she said “We are the same height when I have heels on.” I asked her why she never said anything. She stated “You were so proud of your height I didn’t want to burst your bubble.”

Grrrrrrrrrrrr has this happened to anyone else?