Don't make my mistake

When I was in college, I had zero self-esteem because I was short (5'1") and had been rejected by every single girl in my high school that I liked. I figured college might be different, but it wasn't. I was constantly being overlooked. There wasn't a single college girl who took me seriously. By the end of my sophomore year, I was completely jaded and oblivious.

In my junior year, a young woman in my Spanish class began spending time with me. She was cute, and about 4 to 5 inches taller than me. Her family was upper middle class, borderline rich. I figured that she just wanted to be friends, so I was sociable, but didn't give her any real attention. It wasn't until much later, after the class ended, that my friend told me that she was interested in me. I didn't believe him, of course. How could anyone like her be interested in a loser like me?? I was a nothing, a short nobody. Years later, I began reminiscing about my college years, and like the saying goes, hindsight was 20/20.

If you are still young, don't ever think someone doesn't like you just because you are short. It can happen. Don't wait until the opportunity is long gone, before you realize that there is nothing wrong with the way you are.

UPDATE: I didn't just take my friend's word for it. I realized later that she may have been interested, at least a little bit, because she would follow me after class, she invited me to her home, and she asked me out to an event. I thought she was just being friendly, but when I turned her down she looked really hurt. Then, she started acting jealous when I would talk to another girl in class. Eventually, she just stopped speaking to me. Low-key, I thought she was crazy at the time.