shrinking in old age

Greenfinch how do you think I feel I'm only 5 foot 1in! I might be a bit shorter, I haven't been measured for a long time. I will have to get someone to measure me.

Confused???? Your height has remained the same(5') as 4 years ago(5')????

I used to be 4' 11 and three quarters for years. I then went to 4'10 now I'm 4' 9 and three quarters. I'm 74 so no idea how short I will get eventually.

Ah! That explains why my long floaty summer skirts now scrape the dust off the floor! I'll have to measure myself...

I'm about 5ft 4in in height - though probably I'm going down to 5ft 3in - and rather round which is a nuisance. I don't think I over eat but there are times when I can't walk very well which is frustrating. The good news is that I'm still alive and I buy dresses that aren't tight fitting but still look OK [in my opinion] so I can't really grumble

Yes. I was 5 foot 3inches, now I am barely 5 foot..or 1.6m? Smaller than early 20s anyway...It would have been much easier to have been a little bit taller...luggage racks, cupboards, (I could go on) all too high!...;)

I now buy petite length trousers and still have to take them up. Was 5ft 2 1/2 but now certainly three inches shorter. I hate M&S because they double-rack clothes and there is not any chance of me reaching them. My size always seems to be up in the sky.

In supermarkets it is always the things I want high out of my reach, like free range chicken, dry cured bacon and duck pieces. I asked an assistant why and she said I had expensive tastes, they put the cheaper stuff lower down. She quietly said I might fair better at Waitrose (I was in Aldi!).

I usually scout around for a tall man to help me, most are abliging.