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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 9:58:50 AM | Kate, I feel that you have put a lot of thought here behind your personal feelings. I have to laugh at times, how far off the original subject things can go at times.
I am 5'8" and don't feel insecure with my genetic inclination at all. I am myself with women and if they accept me as I am, this is great. If they don't accept me for my height, weight, hair color, eye color, personality, or whatever it may be, that's ok with me too.
I think your forum is very fair and appreciate it.
I think we as humans do catagorize too often as I read through the numerous replies. We do have our idiosynchrosies, our likes and our dislikes, even if at times they are unfair. I love the country/western song that comes to mind about being too short, too tall, and other "toos."
I have a family member that is quite obese, but has a heart as big as Texas.
I have to laugh at some of the so called studies. I always get a kick out of the one that tells us that on average taller people have a higher intelligence quotient. I graduated from a high school class with four validictorians. None of these people would be considered tall, especially one girl who I don't think was even 5'. This still means nothing as to height and intelligence. It doesn't slant the table in favor of the shorter person either.
One post mentioned that some men are attracted to women with larger breasts. This is another subject that is humorous to me as it really doesn't matter to me how large a lady's breasts are, but more importantly how large the heart behind the breasts are.
I would hope that more than anything (beyond our human tendancies), that we would take more stock in if we match up spiritually, and if we are attracted to a person more once we get to know them than by what really becomes superficial later on in a relationship anyway.
I appreciate your honesty Kate... Good job! | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 10:22:18 AM | The bott0m line ... it's not so bad that a man might be "short" or "vertically challenged" ... it's more that he is truthful about stating his height in his profile.
I have discovered that the majority of men who supposedly fall into the "short" or "vertically challenged" category cannot find it within themselves to be honest about it on their profiles.
I've communicated with men who insist they are 5"9" and taller and when we meet, we are basically looking eye-to-eye. WTF is that all about? I'm a mere 5"3" ... did they take some sort of "shrinking pill" right before they left out for the meeting?
So for me, the "challenge" is not in their height ... it's in finding a man who is honest about his height. Why is that so important you may ask? Because if he's gonna lie about that in order to get a date with me, what other stuff is he lying about that is not so easily noticed?
Also to note ... if a guy is not realistic enough about himself to accept and state his true height, then he's no doubt quite "challenged" about the realities of many other aspects of his life. NO THANKS ... that's just too much of a "challenge" for me.
I have no problem dating a man under 6' tall ... but he must be an honest individual and in touch with reality ... | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 10:53:50 AM | WOW! Such vitriol, and all over a post that's from 2005!
confidentlyhumble, msg. 426
Starfish: wtf;
What study? What date??....Because you will be ALONE!
I'm certainly not Starfish, and I don't personally feel it's relative, but here's just a few I found with about 30 seconds on Google:
1) Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 89, No. 3)
2) Stature and Status: Height, Ability and Labor Market Outcomes, Anna Case and Christine Paxson
3) The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, University of Pennsylvania
4) The Effect of Physical Height on Workplace Success and Income, Timothy A. Judge, University of Florida
Now, having provided you some starting place for YOUR research, let me say that I don't think it's "fair" that, statistically, shorter men receive less pay or status than taller men. Nor do I think it "fair" that women receive less than men, or Hispanics and blacks receive less than Asians and whites, or....
Guess what? Life's not "fair" to anyone. Most of us get out what we put in, more or less. Sometimes we get more than we deserve, sometimes less. Like I used to tell my kids, "Use some sugar and make lemonade, don't bite the lemon and be a sourpuss."
Attitude and aptitude are far more important than height or weight to me, and to the vast majority of women--and men--that I know.
Why so much bitterness? And why does this subject bother you so much? Your profile lists you as 6'. Not short in anyone's book. Ok, professional basketball, but even there you will find men under 6'. Even I, who detests professional sports, knows that. So, just what, other than your attitude, is your problem?
Could it be you're lying to women about your height and they get mad when they find out?
Here's my opinion: Women don't like you NOT because you're SHORT, but because, in their opinion, your attitude sucks, you're misogynistic, and a racist. And specifically here on POF, you put prefer not to say everywhere that was an option on your profile--big turn-off for most of us.
But thank you for posting; now that you have five postings they should start showing up on your profile, making it easier for all us shallow, superficial, hypocritical women (condensed from another thread you posted to) to better know the real you.
How's that gonna work for you? | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 11:16:05 AM |
It is really a woman’s own insecurities and neurotic behavior patterns that cause her to behave this way. You think you’re smart? NOT!!!! I know how conceited, stuck up, superficial and judgmental you Asian chicks are.-, so I would expect something like this from somebody like you. You are only 5'2"!!! You are a stupid, ignorant, idiotic and selfish person. You will grow old, lonely, fat and ugly with scaly skin and 50 stinky cats pissing all over you. There will be old newspapers stacked all around you in a smelly dank s**thole apartment. You will be out on the street, pushing around a grocery cart digging through the trash collecting cans, bottles and junk. Because you will be ALONE!
 this is hillarious........I've never read anything soooooo.........hmm I don't remember decent English words appropriate for a public forum
1. Are you really 6' or 5'0"?
2. Have you ever been in any relationship until now? You don't sound like 35 y.o.
3. Is she stupid because she is 5'2"? or because she's an "Asian chick"?
4. What if she doesn't like cats? Who is gonna pissing all over her? She'll probably miss that
5. I have more questions, but it's probably the turn of a doctor to see you
Unbelievable post keep posting, I dare you, people will enjoy -- it's very rare in normal life | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 11:40:03 AM | since i stand 5'1" (well...almost), i really don't care about a man's height, although i really don't prefer giants.
i do care about whether he stays in shape, though.
and the condition of his mind.
nothing worse than a mental midget.  | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 11:42:44 AM | I am a "short guy" at about 1/2 inch under 5'8. In my opinion you can't blame someone for liking what they like. Attraction isn't about logic. I have dated woman who were 5'10" to 4'11" so height it is not a problem for me but I don't begrudge anyone for their preference. Besides, like just about everyone else on the planet I have preferences too.
I am a decent guy who is comfortable in my own skin and with my life. I want to be with someone who is attracted to me for all those reasons that can't be defined but you know when you feel them. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 11:53:22 AM | | The most annoying things is how much blokes get slagged off for apparently being shallow, and women complain how they get treated like shit, well is this because women go on height instead of personality maybe, if a bloke is honest, caring and so on, but only 5-8 it's curtains, no pun intended but try lowering your standards you may get treated better | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 4:21:14 PM | Am glad am not short, but I cant imagine how I would feel if I had to be in tipp toes to kiss a girl?? | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/24/2007 5:04:48 PM | I have been dating a man with heels on eye to with me..Im 5'3" .. I share your thoughts on shorter men. this one seems to not even think he's short .. Aries men , think they are GOD'S gift to women .I don't really care for tall skinny men either . Sounds so silly,
Aries short men . have the peter pan thing going on.  | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/26/2007 3:09:34 AM | At 5'11 it's rather not completely unusual to run into guys shorter than me. Personally it's never been a problem for me. Height has nothing to do with attractiveness. Nor personality. H*ll several people I've been seriously attracted to were 4 or 5 inches shorter than me. *shrugs* Maybe it's just me but if the personality has you smiling and there is a spark than what the h*ll does height matter?
Might just be me though. | |
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mumzie
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Joined: 4/28/2007
Msg: 437 | |
| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/26/2007 6:42:26 AM | | I like taller men too. Don't know why though. When I was a kid I liked dating guys my height(5'0) But my ex (of 17 years) was 5'10...and I really got use to that height. The tallest guy I was with was 6'2 ! Boy was THAT a strange sight...LOL ...I do not think I would have any problems dating a shorter guy though, if he was attractive to me. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/26/2007 8:13:42 AM | | oh gosh..shorter the better...lol...im only 5 ft 2....and i love my short guys :) even if they are my height..dunno...something about em :) its cute | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 5/31/2007 3:34:44 PM | | im 5''7 and love my heels!!! i guess i like bein able to look up at my man.. makes me feel more feminine and girly.. cant really explain it!! | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 8/25/2007 9:18:17 AM | well my last girl was 5'10 and very beautiful I can show you the pic to prove it and she always said it does not matter when your laying down  | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 8/25/2007 9:34:56 AM | Personally, I have no problem with men who are shorter than I am. I am 5'9". Many of the shorter men that I have encounterd Do however have a problem with me. Apparently tall women intimidate these men...sorry but that isn't my fault.. and isn't a problem I can fix.. nor is it one that I am willing to take ownership of.
Tall , short, light , dark.... men are men to many of us . Personality and responsibility are the features that are most attractive...but then again I like geeks...so there ya go.
I will say that my ex-husband was (and still is) shorter tham I am.. but that was in no way related to the reason for the divorce. Tallest I ever dated.. 6'5"...shortest.. 5'5" both were jacka$$es so that seems to be an indiscriminate factor. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 8/25/2007 9:48:56 AM | I see this is an old post, but I wanted to comment on it anyway. I LOVE shorter guys...I am only 5'3" myself so pretty much every guy is taller than me...lol I find that the ones closer to my height actually works out better in the sex dept.  for me anyway!! I have dated guys over 6', but feel uncomfortable....I'd rather stick with the shorter ones thank you. :-))))) Oh, and I find most of them have better personalities too!!! | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 8/25/2007 10:03:56 AM |
Oh, and I find most of them have better personalities too!!!
basic truth in that statement.. unles they suffer from "short man syndrome" and have some bitter sense of" entitlement" and a need to blame their entire life's misfortune on tall women...some who actualy look "just like their mother". | |
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ali823
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Joined: 7/7/2007
Msg: 444 | |
| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 9/14/2007 4:56:42 PM | | I'm 5'9" and have always had a problem meeting taller men. Personally i prefer men around the same size. Nothing nicer than being able to wear their clothes! For some reason though, most times when I see a pic I like and check out the profile, they are always shorter than me. If I ever meet someone who is a good match, the last thing I will worry about is height. I personally think that men have more of a problem with height than women... perhaps they don't feel as masculine when they are with a taller woman? | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/2/2007 4:16:04 AM | | awww I always see short guys walking around at my school and I think " I wonder if he has a gf"... who cares about height as long as he's cute and has a great personality.. oh and doesn't judge me for my shortcomings... no pun intended.. I'm only 5'2 and I have dated guys who were 6' + ... made my neck hurt.. I feel just as secure with a guy who is 5'6 as I do with a guy that is 6' as long as he knows how to treat me it's all good... tall or short :-) | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/2/2007 4:28:09 AM | Totally agree with you -Im 5 2 too....Look at people like Tom Cruise and Prince, both short guys who have that x factor | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/2/2007 4:39:48 AM | After reading so many posts here... its funny when a guy that is 5'8" gets told he is short or he feels short, and gets all uptight about it, I just have to chuckle.
Its a well known fact that a short man can get into 30 more sexual positions than a man over 5'8"....oh you ladies did not know that, what a shame...  | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/2/2007 4:45:23 AM | Well mine are purely selfish reasons. As a woman being 5 10 3/4 in bare feet I simply find it awkward to date a man that is shorter.......
I KNOW I missed out on MANY wonderful men based on height issues... but what can I say... personal preference is just that.... PERSONAL preference. It's not a slander or put down or insulting... it's just what I PREFER. ( lol it's a girl thang)
 jj | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/16/2007 9:23:05 AM | When you were in school and the captains were picking their team memebers for a game (let's say kick ball) The last people picked were the SHORT , fat, or nerdy ones.
This is the same in dating. it is called sexual prowness. it is in the woman's nature to be attracted to the big/tall/strong man first. (it is her secuirty thing) This is why women tend to fall in lust for the Bad Boys, and also why she doesn't lust for the SHORT MAN. it has been this way since people began.
As for the men it is in his nature to be attracted to the prettyest woman first. The breeding urge..yes the same one that makes men want them all or makes him become tempted by other women.
Now all women KNOW how catty other women can be.. this part of her nature is simple she might go after your Man NOT because she wants him. it is because she either wants what you seem to have or she's just trying to see if she can take from you. So guys don't let your ego's swell you weren't hot to her you were just some thing some other woman had. This cattyness is the Number one reason Men cheat. some cutie shakes a tail feather at him he looses his IQ and his mind. and his only hope is to RUN home to his woman, because he will NOT win against her charms.
the guys well their not catty like women but their more egotiscial they tend to puff up the chest and do things to make them selves look bigger in front of other people.
SHORT MEN are the worst at this because he feels he needs to try harder to prove he's a MAN. and he'll only prove this when he stops trying and just be himself and find happyness with it.
But there are always exceptions to these rules. I am only 5'4" and when i go out the women who do like shorter men ALWAYS let them selves be known in some manner or another.meaning I do not have to look if there is a woman who like what she see she let's me know it.
So all you men who get mad because some tall cowboy got the girl Be a man and quit crying it make her like you even less. and if you think you have to kick another man's ass to be viewed a man think again. in her eyes it makes you look like a Jerk. (the only time i ever seen a woman's view change because you fought another man is when he's defending her honour.)
The ladies are attracted to the Tall/big/strong man yes but if your confident and respecful her view may possiably change and she may begin to like you in spite of your height but if it don't be cool be kind and move on. AS POPEYE SAID I AM WHO I AM live with it. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 10/16/2007 9:30:16 AM | | He lie's about his height because he know's if he tells you you will quit talking to him so he hide sit in hopes that when you do meet with him it will be to late you already like him. that's about it. many of women I've chatted with were wonderful conversations until i told them my height and all of a sudden she had to go and never heard from since. this is ok i'd rather her go away before i get to know her then have her run away after my heart is in volved. | |
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