How can I make friends when people are discriminating against me for being short?

Im only 4ft5, I was able to make friends when i was younger but now that im 62, noone wants to make friends with me, not even in church, i live in an apt building and my neighbors never knock on my door to visit but they knock on everyone elses door, i rarely get phone calls from people, when i go to church noone ever asks me if i want to go out to eat with them after church, i wouldve gladly paid for them if they had,even on my birthday and holidays i get stuck by myself, not even my family wants to contact me, not sure why, i lost an identical twin 2 1/2 yrs ago, my brothers wouldnt even go to the funeral thanks to covid, i saw it on zoom but it wasnt the same, my parents have been gone for yrs, i couldve used that time to spend with my brothers, im not working now so i dont really get to see people there, i do live by a senior center and go there for lunch, i see people there and eat lunch with them but they rarely invite me to do anything with them, do people see me as a child cause of my size or do they think i have down syndrome, i heard some people with down syndrome are short, i thought of getting involved with little people of america but dont know if they have any in my area, ive also thought of moving to another apt building so i can make friends instead of always being with people not interested, any suggestions on how to get people to look at me like im their age instead of a little kid. my parents never showed us how to use lipstick and make up so ive never been into that, any suggestions, tired of being by myself all the time, guys have never asked me out on dates so i never got married and had kids, why are people so hateful towards short people? any ideas? tired of it.

assemblingaknob · 26-30, F

omg. i'm not sure if it's got to do with your height. I think it's something else entirely, what exactly I'm not sure I'm still trying to figure out. The whole phenomenon baffles me. People are the same with me. I've always had people walk right across my door, even if i try to be friendly and social, it's like i don't exist to them, that or they'll make cliques and ignore me, or even be active bullies. At work, it's still the same. It's so strange, I don't know what's wrong with me either. I do have a theory: we're not "influential", we don't "know" people, so we aren't resourceful enough to be their fake "friends". People are selfish. They are looking for people to use. If you do not have a network, more often than not, people will not approach you.

[quote]i would've gladly paid for them if they had[/quote]
This broke my heart. I've been there. Paying for everyone just so they'd hang out with me. Getting them gifts, and chocolates. Nothing works. They never stay. Just eat and leave. People just keep taking and taking and taking, and leave. And laugh at us behind our backs. It's not worth it. People just aren't worth it. I wish you'd realize how lovely you are. That you deserve people soooo good that they unfortunately don't even exist in the same space, because they're so rare to find. You are a beautiful human. Most people are not. They're rotten and ugly to the core. Please don't let them steal your happiness.