1 May 2012:
For a fact, I am short.
And yes, I am bothered by it. I constantly hope that I would grow much taller than I currently am now.Relatives always comment that I have grown much taller, but I am still one of the shortest for guys my age. In class, I am the shortest.
It doesn't help that now even she is taller than me. This just increases my inferior complex. I can't blame her for choosing a tall, dark, handsome guy that is much better than me, can I?
I also can't blame my parents for giving me short alleles, since there is at least a 40% chance that I can be tall genetically. Even if they are homozygous short, I still can't blame them, cos then I would have to start blaming my ancestors.
Still, my only hope is that since height belongs to continous variation, it can be changed by environment, so I can still grow some more.