Oh. I’m not as familiar with West VA. Certain states are taller than others. Like FL has a lot of shorter people with the older Jews, Cubans, and some of the other HIspanics. Minnesota is full of vikings, some of the women are like amazons lol. I grew up in the DC area and we had everything, because it is so ethnically diverse. I am a 5’6” female and I feel like I am towering over many of the women in my family, especially on my husbands side, and many of my friends too. I hate it. When I hit 5’5” I hoped and hoped I would stop growing.
I empathasize, 5’8” is on the shorter side of average, and I know for men it is a big deal in their minds. I think my dad is 5’8” maybe 5“9 at the most? I don’t think of him as short, I just would never describe him as tall. My brother-in-law, his boyfriend and my father-in-law are all somewhere around that height also.
I tend to think in terms of couples, like I do like when my SO is taller than me (not that this would be a deal breaker, but I prefer it, feel more natural to me) so you ARE taller than most women.
Or, is it that you compare yourself to other men?