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A View From The Top.(life experiences of a tall person)

Vogue

| April 01, 2009 | Cohen, Arianne | COPYRIGHT 2009 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

From schoolyard taunts to dating a man of the tallest order, Arianne Cohen chronicles life from on high.

I was once, I believe, one half of America's tallest couple. We met in Germany, where Alan, seven feet two, expressed his romantic interest by following me around, an experience not unlike having a helium balloon attached to my belt loop. Whenever I glanced up, there he was, offering to walk my six-foot-three self two perfectly safe blocks, or suggesting a fourth meal. On our first date, the waitress seated us, and the entire restaurant stared.

We had nothing in common. He was a 37-year-old titled British orphan; I was a decade younger, a writer ...

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