I take off my clothes and all these ties

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The physical therapist I am seeing for my back has now referred to me clinically as tall and middle-aged. I have no issue with my age, but I have always thought of myself as on the shorter side of medium height and anything else an illusion of the way I carry myself. My family made me look up the average AFAB height in the U.S. My mother has offered to get me a cardigan for being tall and middle-aged in. In high school she was devastated when she grew that quarter-inch taller than Mickey Rooney, because now he would never ask her to dance. She is not very sympathetic.

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Definitely seconding the "tall person vibes". I think it's also something about your frame and your straight hair, that give you a long look.

My physical therapy has also referred to me as "long." That may require less mental acclimation, since it is an adjective I associate with cats.

I should carry an insect ID guide more often

I support this idea! I had recourse recently to a guide to North American amphibians and reptiles.