Shorty Stories

New ‘Shorty Story’: Trang’s Advice to Petites

August 7, 2011 by CynthiaC 3 Comments

ShareReading over some of the older petite stories here, I can see myself in most of them. I remember being so frustrated over, take your pick: not finding clothes that fit, not being taken seriously, being carded for alcohol, etc etc. Probably the most embarrassing thing about my being petite is that many of my [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: age issues, being petite, carded, fashion, growing up, height issues, petite, Shopping, shorty stories, tips, Trang

We’re Looking for YOUR Shorty Stories!

August 2, 2011 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

Share When we launched over five years ago, the site wasn’t just about outfit posts (actually, there were NO outfit posts at that time) or height issues from a fashion or social perspective, but also stories of people’s own experiences (thus our name, Shorty Stories). Now that we’ve pretty much settled down with our new [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: height experiences, height issues, old site, post submissions, shorty stories

Apologies for the technical difficulties

March 15, 2009 by CynthiaC 1 Comment

ShareOver the past few days, shorty-stories.com has had a few issues. Since Shorty Stories has pretty much exclusively been a blog for the past year or so, we have decided to get rid of our main site. When you type in www.shorty-stories.com, you’ll now be automatically directed to our blog. All old Shorty Stories files, [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: blogs, old shorty stories, old site, Your Shorty Stories

Fron the Archives:Becky’s Story

March 12, 2009 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

ShareAs some of you might know, Shorty Stories used to be a regular website, and people had to e-mail me if they wanted to discuss their petite experiences (you can still do the same thing! We haven’t had another person’s Shorty Story in a very long time! Just e-mail them to this address) Here’s a [...]

Filed Under: Petite Shopping, Shopping, Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: Becky, being petite, JC Penney, old shorty stories, old site, Shopping, Your Shorty Stories

Shorty Stories looking for your petite experiences

November 22, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

ShareSend me an e-mail if you’re interested! My contact info is found on the site. Thanks C

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: petite experiences, Your Shorty Stories

Sophie’s Story: An old Shorty Story from the original site

October 14, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

ShareThe story below was a Shorty Story sent to me back in 2006, before Shorty Stories became a blog. If you’re interested in sharing your story in this format, please feel free to email us! In my younger years, it was a lot easier in some ways. I had very little money, so I was [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: being petite, old site, personal shorty stories, submissions

Are you a plus petite? Shorty Stories wants you!!

August 7, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

ShareShorty Stories is currently looking for guest bloggers who would like to write about being plus petite. Plus petites are a very ignored market, even though statistically, the average woman fits into this group. Maybe you’d like to talk about shopping issues (don’t we all have those?) or how society views you. Maybe you don’t [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: average heights, average woman, ignored group, petite ignorance, plus petites, plus sizes, size 14

Shorty Stories is looking for your favourite summer dresses!

July 12, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

Share This Lilly Pulitzer dress is one of my favourite outfits to wear during the hot days of July and August. Do you have a favourite summer dress? If so, we’re looking for your pictures! E-mail them to Shorty Stories no later than July 31, 2008 and we will post them on the Shorty Stories [...]

Filed Under: Style, Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: favourite dresses, outfits, summer dresses, warm weather

Do you have a shorty story?

June 28, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

Share Shorty Stories is looking for your stories to share our blog readers, especially on the following topics: 1. Shopping 2. Dating 3. Career 4. Being carded, despite being well over legal drinking age 5. People not taking you seriously for other reasons Submissions are being accepted by e-mail. Please limit your posts to 250-500 [...]

Filed Under: Your Shorty Stories Tagged With: contributing

A Shorty Story from an Anonymous Commenter

May 10, 2008 by CynthiaC Leave a Comment

ShareThis was posted in the comments section in a post a few weeks ago. Coming from a big family helped me a lot. Being the shortest out of all of us never helped a lot. MY dad————5’8My mum————5’7Me—————-4’10y.sister———–5’6y.sister———–5’7y.brother———-6’0y.brother———-6’2.I used to remember when I was the tallest out of the kids. It was when I stopped [...]