The good and bad about being short in the dating world

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Am doing this from height thread we have going on now.

But this about being short then the average height. Do feel it has affected your dating rate. Or people tend to look at you as younger age. Or getting it on were it Seems like a challenge. Or people tend to be nicer to short women or short men are not attractive.

Or this statement why tall men tend to be with short women. Or opposite way

Am about 5 feet tall so am a short lady. I happen to love my height

State how you feel about being short. And how it affected you

I'm not sure how it would effect anything specific to relationships or dating, but at around 5 feet myself, I can't help but still feel like a kid around a lot of people who are significantly taller than me.

I'd hate to sound shallow, but I can't imagine being with someone much shorter or taller than me. I'd prefer someone more the same height. Overall, though, that wouldn't be something that matters in the long run.

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Tall woman crashing your thread

For most of my life I've found slightly shorter men to be physically ideal. I'm talking 5'7"/5'8". Men of that height seem to be much more proportionate and aesthetically pleasing, from an objective point of view. But having dealt with the insecurity that so many shorter men feel when their female partner is taller than them, I'm no longer interested in dating anyone more than an inch or so shorter than me, and my preference is that he's my height or a bit taller.
However, I'd still put men like Ed Harris, Paul Newman, and Gene Kelly at the top of my sexy list.

Being a short lady hasn't really been an issue. It makes it easier to find a man that's taller than me, as most of them are. I'm 5'3" by the way.

women apparently lie slightly on their OKCupid profiles and pretend to be taller, but it is counterproductive.

men message shorter women more than taller women on the site. unfortunately for shorter men, tall men also get more messages.



http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-b ... ne-dating/

I'm 5ft11 and I'll only say I do feel very uncomfortable being with a woman that is taller than me.

Likewise I've been in places with other guys who were shorter (5ft2'ish) and seen them get passed up by women after a quick glance for guys that were taller and significantly less attractive and dressed worse.

I just cant imagine what being rejected at a glance is like. I've gotten used to seeing the 'rejection' look flash by a woman's face after a few awkward minute of conversation with me (AS yay!) but at least I know there is interest. Getting rejected at a glance must be horrible

Well I'm pretty average height (6'), but I thought I'd add my opinion. I think that being short in many ways might be beneficial for women, as a lot of guys don't want to date a woman who is taller than they are. The opposite seems to be true for men, taller is better. However, all things considered, I don't think height plays a huge role in dating unless it's taken to extreme ends (like under 4'6" or over 6'8")...most people I know wouldn't really consider height much at all.