Sorry for your dilema Anne, if it helps you look far younger than 42. While being 5'6" does help more for passibility purposes in my case, having size 11-12 womens feet really looks kind of awkward on my shorter frame. Also one side rant for being short in male mode, I lost count of the number of times GG's were turned off with me during my single days because they found a short guy to be a turn off, not that it matters at this point.