Why does everyone lie about there height...

Question

I mean I'm 5'6 and 14 and u think that would be small for my age but in school I'm actually not that small. There are like 5 people who claim there all 5'6 and I went back to back with them and I'm taller than all of them and some by like 3 inches. It's so annoying. And these midgets say there 5'4 and now even my best friend says he's 5'8 and Im taller than him so now he says I'm like 5'9. I mean I'm not the tallest guy in school but so many people over estamate their height. I had my physical like 2 weeks ago and they said I was 5'6. Did they measure me wrong or are people just over estamating their height?

Answer 1

Yeah, I'm 6'5-6'6. I've stood back to back to someone who claimed they were 6'8 and I was right there with them.

I also stood next to Beno Udrih and my friend who is 5'11...my friend was taller than Beno.

Beasely lied about his height.

People usually lie to gain an advantage and to protect themselves. If we found out Yao Ming was really only 7'2, would we really consider him that dominating?  

Answer 2

I agree I use to lie that I was 6'6 when i was 13. I turned out after my pysical I was only 4'2. Sucks being huge and having a blind doctor!

Answer 3

I don't lie, I'm 6'7''. But people who are like 6'4'' always try to say that they're the same height as me or that i'm only 6'5'' and stuff. People just want to be the tallest, or the fastest, or the strongest. It's just one of those things.

Answer 4

Yeah. In the football section, its common for people to lie about their vertical or 40 yard dash.

Answer 5

A lot of kids like to brag how tall they are. They think it makes them cool because to them, tall=athletic and popular.  

Answer 6

sometimes those physical tests are dodgy...

when i went there, i was like 5' 11''.. then i came back the day after to do another test, then while i was waiting for the doc, i asked the nurse to measure my ht. again. and i was 6' 2''. i was like WTF.

another thing is those kids in ur  school dont want to get called midgets so they say that they're this tall or that tall, but the fact is they're not.

Answer 7

I hate when people lie about their height. Im only 6 feet, but everyone says im so much taller. Id also like to comment on the guards in the NBA. I dont know many who are under 6 feet, and i swear im taller than most of them. Chris Paul is listed at 6 feet? I think not

Answer 8

Well I'm 14 (well no technically I'm 13 but I'll be 14 in like a month or two) and I'm a girl and I'm like 5'9"ish and I'm not lying about my height. That's the height that the doctors told me and what my P.E. teachers told me (we had to be mesasured and weighed).

Answer 9

sometimes they measure the height wrong

either you are shoter than you think or those people got their height measured incorrectly

or maybe they are lieing

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Answer 10

Some people want tobe tall some people don't

Answer 11

some time people estimate wrong

Answer 12

Well hopefully i'll grow to be 6'3". Right now im 6'0 and 18. Maybe 6'1'' in my shoes

Answer 13

People like to overestimate, as they feel bigger is better, but seriously what is being taller going to do?