Ok, so how tall is your significant other? (female, single, attractive)

[cloven]

Originally Posted by Lilac110

And not for nothing, but some tall guys like to throw their height around to intimidate people. It's not that they pick fights or anything, but that they use their size to block people's way, tower over people too closely, or make someone feel penned in. A tall man can be threatening to a woman if he doesn't handle his height well. Quite a few women will say that they feel safer with a shorter man. And shorter men, well, let's just say that even if they don't dance well, it's not as noticeable or disastrous as when a tall man is out there flailing his limbs around, and a lot of women love to dance.

Originally Posted by mir86

lol and bedroom moves ahem...

These^ are both great points
and offer constructive positive ways to consider the perennial "height issue"

[CrueRulz]

He's 5'8, I'm 5'7.

[Joe the Photog]

I am 6"2. My wife is 5"7. Our 12 year old daughter is taller than she is at 5"8. Our thirteen year old son is 5"6. (5"6 and a half, if you listen to him.)

[Pikantari]

Originally Posted by AStalkingButler

And I'm sure you're one of the people in this forum who is always telling short guys to not worry about their height

Because they don't need to worry about their height. They need to worry about overcoming their insecurities and low self esteem.

I think my bf is 5 10 or 11. I have dated a man my height at almost 5 6. No big deal.

[jillabean]

I don't have a significant other, but I am sort of hitting it off with a man right now. I am 5'7" and he's about 5'9" (I judge this on if I wear 2 inch heels we see eye to eye... so I don't wear the heels around him anymore).

In the spirit of the thread, the tallest man I ever dated was about 6'5" (he was really tall) and the shortest was 5'5" (just a little shorter than me).

[Katnan]

Originally Posted by Davros

Do you believe that you are entitled to having a date ?

If so, that's why you have this attitude.

There is nothing wrong with a woman choosing not to date someone because she thinks he's too short. There's nothing wrong with a woman choosing not to date someone because he's Italian, or black, or white, or tall, or has too much arm hair, or has no beard, or wears glasses, or doesn't wear glasses, or has too high of a voice, or too low of a voice, or doesn't use enough big words, or didn't serve in the military, or is from Texas, or is from New England, or for any other reason whatsoever.

You are not entitled to be dated by any particular woman. She can choose not to date you for any reason whatsoever and she doesn't have to feel she's done anything wrong.

Just as you have the right to choose not to ask out any woman you don't want to ask out.

^^^This.

I have a really hard time believing that women are actually telling men the reasons they're choosing not to date them. Not interested or not attracted or not compatible would be more likely than a woman directly saying you're too short, or have too much arm hair, or wear glasses.

I'm think it's a safe bet that most shorter guys are not being told it has anything to do with their height, they're just assuming so because they have their self-worth tied up in their height.

[redbean]

Not this again!! My BF is 5'3", an inch shorter than I am... but he's got an ego the size of Mt. Everest

[hawaiiancoconut]

I would say all my previous SO's were around....hmmmm... just above my waist, idk, didnt care

[nifear]

I'm 5'5", my SO is 6'8"

[Serena Sattar]

i'm 5'1 and i don,t think i met a guy shorter than myself. i do want my man taller than myself but not by much.