Dear Life Kit: I'm tall. How do I politely ask people to stop bringing it up?
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These questions were answered by Adia Gooden, a clinical psychologist and host of the podcast Unconditionally Worthy , and NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute .
The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Dear Life Kit, I'm a six-foot-tall woman, and both complete strangers and new acquaintances often make comments like, 'Wow, you're tall.' Some people say I should take it as a compliment, but it makes me feel like a spectacle.
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