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What age did you reach your current height?

(61 Posts)
CrazyUSA Mon 20-Jul-26 11:50:04

I would I have been this height since I was 16/17.

Mojack26 Wed 22-Jul-26 13:36:17

5'4" Around 16/17

LOUISA1523 Wed 22-Jul-26 01:49:13

I was 5ft 6in at age 11.....I'm the same height now at 61

LucyAnna5 Tue 21-Jul-26 19:32:56

Astitchintime

Why do you ask CrazyUSA? For goodness sake, you’ll be asking for shoe size next!!!

I agree! What does one’s brain do with this random information?!

Astitchintime Tue 21-Jul-26 19:30:54

Why do you ask CrazyUSA? For goodness sake, you’ll be asking for shoe size next!!!

butterandjam Tue 21-Jul-26 19:25:07

Greenfinch

I don’t know how anyone would know the answer to this question unless they kept measuring themselves. I’m sure I haven’t a clue myself.

Every house we've ever lived in, had a doorway with multiple lines showing the growth of children. Never to be painted over.

The current family measuring door ( kitchen ) also shows all the adult heights because the giant teenage grandkids say we're old enough to start shrinking. I've lost a centimetre.

Overthemoongran Tue 21-Jul-26 18:50:54

Similarly to others I reached the grand height of 5’3” at the age of 13 and was one of the tallest in my class (all girls), but I never grew another inch and everyone else overtook me. I’m quite proud of the fact that I’m still 5’3”” at the age of 73.

MiniMoon Tue 21-Jul-26 18:35:32

I was 5' 4" when I was 14. Never grew any taller. I'm 5' 2" now.

butterandjam Tue 21-Jul-26 18:02:54

when I was 26. I grew an inch and a half taller, and a whole shoe size, during my first pregnancy at age 26

Grandma70s Tue 21-Jul-26 15:35:40

I was always tall, but have no idea when I reached my adult height of 5’9”. Everyone in my family is tall, and there were many tall girls at my school, so I have never felt particularly self-conscious or conspicuous.

My sons are 6’2” and 6’4”, my brother is 6’4” - or was. He is 90 now and has shrunk, as have I. My mother was 5’8”. I have a nephew of 6’ 7”, who has a 9-year-old daughter who looks as if she is going to be tall, too.

Oreo Tue 21-Jul-26 15:17:39

AuntieE

It used to be said that women do not grow more than half-an-inch after their menarche.

So, I was my present height at 13.

That fits with my height peaking at 5ft 7” when I was 14, but I think I have lost a good inch now.

Crumbly159 Tue 21-Jul-26 13:36:46

Mid teens, 5' 1". It's been static for decades but I wish to goodness the top supermarket shelves weren't quite so high, especially in the fruit and veg section.

Yes, Sainsbury I mean you.

AmberGran Tue 21-Jul-26 13:21:37

You may not remember exactly but if you were extremely tall or short for your age you would be very aware of it.

I was the tallest in every year I was in, in three different schools. In school photos I am always about half a head taller than the others. For a brief 3 months a girl arrived who was an inch taller than me and we became great friends then suddenly she disappeared. By the time I was about 14 I was 5' 7" and 5' 9" by the time I was 16.

Sarnia Tue 21-Jul-26 09:07:52

I was the tallest girl in my Primary School at the age of 11 and 5'6". I haven't grown a lot over the years but since reaching my 60's I started to shrink. Now at 78 I am 5'2".

Redrobin51 Mon 20-Jul-26 20:36:45

I was about 16

AuntieE Mon 20-Jul-26 16:55:44

It used to be said that women do not grow more than half-an-inch after their menarche.

So, I was my present height at 13.

Charleygirl5 Mon 20-Jul-26 16:06:01

Why? It is inane.

Greenfinch Mon 20-Jul-26 15:47:46

I don’t know how anyone would know the answer to this question unless they kept measuring themselves. I’m sure I haven’t a clue myself.

BlueBelle Mon 20-Jul-26 14:58:40

No idea but before I was 21 🤣🤣🤣
Now on the way down 🤣🤣🤣

Retread Mon 20-Jul-26 14:29:46

Do we now have to post when we're scrolling on by? confused (checks GN rules 😁)

In reply to the OP - crikey, who remembers this level of detail?!

LucyAnna5 Mon 20-Jul-26 13:36:37

nanna8

It was 11 and the tallest in my.class. I have a very old pic of my school mates to prove it, very proud of it now ! The following year just average height. Geez some folks are a bit paranoid - I guess they must have had some awful experiences in life. Or they live in London , I always think Londoners don’t trust anyone and I should know.
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I don’t (now) live in London and I’m not paranoid. No awful experiences in life (so far!). It simply seems to me an odd thing to chat about.

nanna8 Mon 20-Jul-26 13:33:51

It was 11 and the tallest in my.class. I have a very old pic of my school mates to prove it, very proud of it now ! The following year just average height. Geez some folks are a bit paranoid - I guess they must have had some awful experiences in life. Or they live in London , I always think Londoners don’t trust anyone and I should know.
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JaneJudge Mon 20-Jul-26 13:33:08

I have no idea either
I know I was very tall at primary school but can’t remember when all the smaller girls caught up

LucyAnna5 Mon 20-Jul-26 13:32:35

I have no problem with (but no interest in) questions like this - but I always wonder why people want to know something quite obscure and what they then make of the info gathered?

Visgir1 Mon 20-Jul-26 13:21:40

About 14... But I'm shrinking now 😅

Cossy Mon 20-Jul-26 12:53:20

It’s ok, it’s not compulsory to answer, nor to tell us all you’re not answering 🤣

However, I think if it’s a poster we’ve seen before, it’s probably quite harmless.