DuckHairback wrote:
How often does it actually come up? I mean, people can see how tall you are by looking at you, does telling people you're an inch or two taller than you are change their actual assessment of you? If I saw someone and I guessed their height as 5'4" and they told me they were 5'6" it wouldn't make any difference to me. Not that I do put a number on someone's height when I meet them. Do people do this? If someone went to the trouble of telling me their height and it seemed wildly out of kilter with my perception, I might conclude that they were a bit self-conscious about their height, but not much else.
Or are we talking about online dating profiles again? Where you have to put in your height and certain people might dismiss you as too short, or too tall based on a number? Again, what sort of person does that and why would anyone want to attract someone who'd rule out a person because they were 2 inches too short?
I know this one guy who bodybuilds and he always claims “6ft5 and 240 pounds” in person and on social media. I have met him up close in person and I have seen other guys that claim 6’5 who look taller than he does.