When I was younger in preschool and such everyone loved me for having really large and round eyes - it was a result of inheritance from my mother. As I grew older my orbitals were recessed, and the large round eyes turned into bulgy chameleon eyes, and it lead to further harassment.
And for height, my father said when I was growing up that I would certainly be 6ft+, and I thought so as well. From one medical check I was 5'10, and a few years down the track I measured my height again hoping to be 6ft and I was still 5'10. Not too brutal but still