Tall now? The more you age, the more you will shrink

[Bretrick]

After age 30 we begin to shrink.
By age 70, men can be an inch shorter than they were.
Women can be two inches shorter.
Live to 80 and over? more shrinkage

 

[Buckeye]

For us men, are you talking about height, or George Costanza type shrinkage?

 

[DaveA]

For us men, are you talking about height, or George Costanza type shrinkage?

 

[hollydolly]

After age 30 we begin to shrink.
By age 70, men can be an inch shorter than they were.
Women can be two inches shorter.
Live to 80 and over? more shrinkage

yep and those of us with arthritis in our spines will definitely lose inches

 

[jet]

yep,i can now limbo under the bathroom door

 

[Paladin1950]

For us men, are you talking about height, or George Costanza type shrinkage?

I know what episode you are referring to. That was the first thing that crossed my mind. Probably because of that circumcision thread I was reading.

 

[That Lady in PA]

I am still hanging in there at just under six feet... and Have been since elementary school.

 

[Alizerine]

I have gone from 5'7" to 5'4". It took quite a few years.

 

[Elsie]

For years 5'6". Slender. Now, 5' 3/4". "Pleasantly" plump, imo. ha

 

[jujube]

I'm a half-inch shorter now.

 

[Paladin1950]

I went the other way. I went from 5' 8" to 14' 2".

 

[Alizerine]

I went the other way. I went from 5' 8" to 14' 2".

Stilts?

 

[timoc]

My neighbour put up a fence between our properties, it is 5'-11" to the top, and not that I'm nosy you understand, but if I stand on my tiptoes, I can just see over the top.

 

[Tom52]

I'm nearly 72 and haven't lost any height. I am still too tall.

 

[Manatee]

I am 6'2" down from 6'4".

I have to look up to my Grandson. I am age 90.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I’ve lost 3/4 of an inch. I used to be the same height as my husband but now he’s slightly taller than me.

 

[Knight]

I went the other way. I went from 5' 8" to 14' 2".

Is this true?
There is a small village in the Mohawk Valley in N Y where it's been rumored men have stretched their bodies as a symbol of wisdom and maturity. They use natural materials like stone, bone, wood, to gradually increase the size of their bodies. Once the desired size is reached, they line their stretched bodies with beads and use a single weight to maintain the stretch.

Are you living proof of that?

 

[Jules]

I’ve been about the same weight for a few years. Now I’m shorter. It’s like something smacked me on the head and redistributed everything.

 

[MaidMarian]

I was 5’8”. Now, I’m 5’ 7 “.

 

[Paladin1950]

Is this true?
There is a small village in the Mohawk Valley in N Y where it's been rumored men have stretched their bodies as a symbol of wisdom and maturity. They use natural materials like stone, bone, wood, to gradually increase the size of their bodies. Once the desired size is reached, they line their stretched bodies with beads and use a single weight to maintain the stretch.

Are you living proof of that?

Living proof of that? I've never even heard of it. In a museum in Cooperstown (I think it is the Farmer's Museum), there is a 10' stone statue called the Cardiff Giant. That is not me.
Cardiff Giant - The Farmers Museum
Cardiff Giant - Wikipedia

 

[hollydolly]

I am 6'2" down from 6'4".

I have to look up to my Grandson. I am age 90.

that was like my old neighbour who at 103 went into a nursing home autmn before last... he 'd been 6'2 or thereabouts.. and was still over 6 feet tall at 103 years old....and very upright......however he'd lost most of his sight and hearing...

I think woman lose the most height in older age...

 

[timoc]

I’ve lost 3/4 of an inch. I used to be the same height as my husband but now he’s slightly taller than me.

Or maybe he hasn't stopped growing yet, you never know PP.

 

[Paco Dennis]

I am 72, and maybe have shrunk a 1/2", but I have lost about 30 lbs in the last 3 months. I am taking on that "skeletal look". It is good for Halloween. I walk around without a costume and scare everyone.

 

[Pinky]

I am 72, and maybe have shrunk a 1/2", but I have lost about 30 lbs in the last 3 months. I am taking on that "skeletal look". It is good for Halloween. I walk around without a costume and scare everyone.

Have you lost weight due to illness .. are you trying to gain it back? 30 lbs. in 3 months is a lot to lose.

 

[Elsie]

I am 72, and maybe have shrunk a 1/2", but I have lost about 30 lbs in the last 3 months. I am taking on that "skeletal look". It is good for Halloween. I walk around without a costume and scare everyone.

Put a mask of my face over yours, my charcoal gray hair hanging down, and we'd even scare ourselves.