This body is a prison
I am 5'5, male, European, a little above 20.
All my life I've always tried not to care about my height. Not when my father expressed disappointment for being the only one in the family who had a son shorter than him, not when my sister (5'2) made fun of my height with her 6'3 boyfriend, saying that I'm half a man; not even when, throughout school, I was mocked by my classmates for being the shortest guy in the class, and had to witness all my taller friends get into relationships easily, while all my attempts ended either with me being politely told off or straight up insulted.
I was always told that teenagers are naturally superficial and in university it would have gotten better. As you can probably guess, it absolutely fucking didn't. If anything, it got worse, since now I seem to be the only guy under 5'10 on the entire campus. I can't walk a few metres without bumping into an abnormally tall guy with his loving girlfriend. I feel humbled into oblivion by simply existing near them, but then again, I've always tried NOT to show it. Until now I've gotten a grand total of one date: my friends set me up with a girl who was about the same height as me, without of course mentioning that I'm short. She saw me from a distance and left without a word.
I'm tired. I'm tired of pretending I do not care, I'm tired of pretending that I don't need a girlfriend, and I'm tired of ignoring the fact that my life is completely fucked because my genes aren't good enough.
No, it's not my personality. I've been told many times that I'm a great guy to be around, I have friends both male and female, I work out and have many hobbies.
It's my height. It has always been my height. My life is a cruel fucking joke and I won't pretend everything is fine anymore. I am nothing but this flawed, pathetic, genetic dumpster fire of a body, and no amount of hard work will ever make up for it.