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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/16/2008 6:13:51 PM | Im 5'6, so its not like I'm a really tall girl. I met a guy here on POF who was 5'5. He knew how tall I was and previously dated a girl who was 5'8. When we were hanging out, he turns to me and says, "Wow, this really isnt going to work. Your a bit to tall for me!"
That guy is a freak. Sorry but you met a freak and he isn't indicative of a real man...Sorry.
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/16/2008 6:42:40 PM |
I do not like short guys as dating material. I have dated someone that was 5'9 and it just didn't do it for me. [...] To each his/her own. Besides, there's someone for everyone right?
As long as you don't mind sharing your tall guy with 3 or more other women.
The problem is that for most women "short" (even in this thread) actually equals "average" in real height. When the vast majority of women want to date men who are considerably above average height, no there isn't someone for everyone. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/16/2008 6:53:58 PM |
The problem is that for most women "short" (even in this thread) actually equals "average" in real height. When the vast majority of women want to date men who are considerably above average height, no there isn't someone for everyone.
I agree with you all the way what you say is so true. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/16/2008 8:13:19 PM |
As long as you don't mind sharing your tall guy with 3 or more other women.
The problem is that for most women "short" (even in this thread) actually equals "average" in real height. When the vast majority of women want to date men who are considerably above average height, no there isn't someone for everyone.
I never noticed that before, but you are more than correct. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 10:39:11 PM | | This is a good point. Not all the women out there who want a tall guy will get one. Since women give the tall guys so many choices in women they are just downgrading their own ability to get a tall guy. A lot of women who have this "tall guys only" attitude will either end up single or have to change their views. There are only so many taller than average men to go around. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 10:51:43 PM | short guys are whiny, always ready to fight to prove what big men they are, and if a woman is not attracted to a short guy, get a different woman. we cant all be attracted to the same type, geeze, cut the insults get over it.
It is ok for men to say they dont like heavy women, so it is ok for women to say they dont like to date little short men. there is nothing anyone can say to make some one attracted to something they are not, so stop wasting your time . I will never be attracted to Tom Cruise, not because he is 5'5 or what ever but because he is a goof. Not one of those women are going to date a guy just because he is tall.
stop whining | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:01:21 PM | Me personally......
I'm attracted to them, but I tend to feel like the Jolly Green Giant Next to them.
I'm 5'9, and I tend to feel less feminine. I guess you can say it's an insecurity thing with me.
To be honest with you, one of the most amazing men I've ever met happened to be 5'5". It didn't work out between us as we had different desires for our futures.
Even though the height difference was akward at times. The time I was able to spend with him, I was so happy and comfortable, I have to admit that when were were out, I completely forgot about the height thing.
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:02:50 PM | I think there is a part of every woman who looks for an alpha male -- that's part of our wiring -- a taller man projects in a very simplistic way that he is "alpha"
I've dated only one man my height (5'9") who had the type of confidence and "alpha" that I'm attracted to. Most guys under 6 ft tall, in my experience, lie about their height. I've never figured out why.... once we meet, it's apparent they are shorter than stated, since sometimes I can look over the top of their head... I guess it's similar to the women who post photos of themselves that are 10+ years and 20+ lbs ago.
go figure | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:14:20 PM | | It is amazing to me how ignorant and superficial many women have become. It is interesting that not one of the women in the last few posts mentioned what was being talked about...Not all women are going to get the tall man they want. Simple numbers here based on the population. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:27:46 PM | | That is the stupidest freaking thing i have ever heard. I make something like 22% more than many of my taller counterparts and i could do their job probably even better than them, in fact, i did do a few of their jobs better, thats why i am making more than them now. And as far as kids circling the taller one cuz hes smarter, better looking and richer, my god, where the **** are you getting these studies from? So you got to be tall to be smart, good looking and rich, OMG!! How shallow are most of you women on here? From the looks of it, very shallow. Well let me tell you, i have a big heart, would do anything for anyone, have a ton of self confidence, am a great father, and by the way, my kids would circle the short one on that bogus study because they love the hell out of me as i do them, and im bringing them up to have respect for themselves and other people, keep an open mind and not be a shallow person. Maybe some of you women on here should take some of that advice. And Starfish, as far as 5'8" being the "absolute minimum" for you and most women you know, well, they say shallow people hang in groups. So, good luck finding mr right with your high specifications. Sorry to be so harsh, im just tired of women not giving guys a chance because of this, its rediculous. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:27:55 PM | betterlate: Sorry for the ad hominem attack, but that's a fairly large assumption. Remember what the phrase for assume means.
sweetblonde19: Isn't that old news (page 2)?
Optimistically_Cynical: Sadly enough this thread has turned into flamebait. Given my experience with controversial topics like this (5-6 years of forum posting and mailer participating), unless the group of people participating plateaus or admins kill the topic, it will continue to perpetuate itself through its writers. People are interesting animals (in particular in Western cultures and some Eastern cultures) from a pride standpoint where unless we get the last word in we won't feel necessary closure to a given topic and will continue it on until it stagnates and dies from lack of interest.
All:
The fact is although this thread was originally started with [possibly] the best intentions, the comments being made now appear to be harboring nothing more than generating angst between genders and height groups.
Some food for thought:
I went out with a woman for 3 3/4 years, and her logic to me was that "she liked men her height because it didn't feel so awkward". Things didn't work out for other reasons, but I'm not going to involve my personal life any further in this.
Whatever floats your boat is what matters, but I propose that instead of justifying and attacking one another, that we discuss this topic like adults instead of bickering like immature children.
Now for my 2 cents (feel free to disagree or agree as you feel fit):
1. Physical height is relevant to where you live. For example, in my home state Washington I feel much taller than I do in California. I think that it may either be genetics, or the sun, but those are hypotheses and I don't I have a biology background more than the man on the moon; thus my conjectures are purely theoretical without any sort of scientific backing.
2. Height doesn't equal confidence.
3. Height is a misconceived advantage. There's a lot more to being a 'strong' or 'masculine' figure than purely stature.
4. Larger people (fatter / taller) people have been clinically found to live shorter lives. Don't believe me? Several clinical trials and studies have been done to prove this. For example, .
5. Not all 'large' people are skinny and strong, just as not every man and woman in California is genetically superior to the rest of the US (for example). There are a lot of different shaped people in this world and although some people have an advantage and appear in physically elite, the same goes for those who are economically elite -- they are far in the minority even though they are pictured as being in the majority.
Which reminds me of a very shallow person I dealt with in a business engagement -- he talked down to his cats (I know it sounds silly, but just wait) calling them "bXXXXes" and claimed that "no one would be interested in them if they were fat, blah blah". How does this all tie into my story? Well, the way he treated his cats directly translated over to how he treated women.
It's sad to think that we could be so shallow as to restrict ourselves to such a small subset of society, when there's much more out there for one to explore.
Remember the phrase, there are plenty of fish in the sea, so don't just restrict yourself to your own school of fish. You might be amazed on how good some of the other kinds of "fish" truly are.
Peace and goodnight.
-Garrett | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/17/2008 11:36:44 PM | | Yeah betterlate, i see a lot of overweight women on here too whining cuz guys overlook them becuz they are heavy, well, get over it, stop whining. When someone like yourself has a prefer not to say in their body type section of their profile, i look them over. If they are that ashamed to put that in there, it must be pretty bad. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 12:35:24 AM | | Being someone who has prefer not to say under body type , well i have up 8 recent pictures and i address why i have prefer not to say. If someone can't use their eyes and decide for themselves what they think my body type is then why should i .So long as you have up pictures you don't need to answer that question. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 1:54:49 AM |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness
According to this site, men are attracted to women who have a waist-to-hips ratio of 0.70 and women are attracted to men who are 1.1 times taller than she is.
An example would be a woman whose bust-waist-hips measurements are 34C-24-34. Take 24 (waist) and divide that by 34 (hips) = 0.70.
An average woman is about 5'5". 12 inches goes into 1 foot, so multiply 5 * 12 = 60. Add 5 + 60 = 65. Multiply 65 * 1.1 = 71.5. That's 5'11" or 6'0" for the guy's height.
Of course, a 5'5" woman can be attracted to a guy who's under 5'11", but he's usually bringing other qualities to the table. Same for women who don't have a 0.70 waist-to-hips ratio. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 10:00:10 AM | Beats me Kate1976, I kinda prefer 'em short. Maybe because they seem more accessible and therefore equal to me (also short . . .)?
I'm not sure, but I'm with ya, doesn't bother me. :) | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 10:34:52 AM | I am rather tall for my age and I like taller women who I can look in the eye when I am dancing, talking, or hugging. I also am slim so I like women close to my body type but then thats just what I find attactive.
I have never understood why a woman would want a man much more than a couple of inches taller. I am a logical person so I think day to day differences and not the security and protection issues.
If your less than 5' 8" I'm not interested. Thats my preference and not shallow! | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 10:52:37 AM | I don't over look 'em...I look for 'em. Love smaller fellas, they can fit (comfortably) where others can't  !!! I love to be able to look into each others eyes when we are dancing (and stuff). Sometimes I will overlook if they are too tall, just don't fit right together, feels awkward. But I did draw the line at the jockey I went out with, he was about 5'...that was way to short, lol. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 11:04:36 AM | I LOVE SHORT GUYS!!!!!!! Well let me rephrase that .....I love short men who take care of themselves  and are not short fat guys! I didn't realize my attraction to short men until I dated one a cpl yeas ago and WOW...It's nice to dance cheek and cheek, kiss with out standing on my tiptoes (I am 5"3) and kiss while making love and not feel suffocated...look him in the eye.... My eye now tends to gravitate to the men of shorter stature who are tall in macho!    | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 11:22:15 AM | | My Male friend is absolutely gorgeous, 5'5" when he goes out women just line up to meet this guy, yes even very tall women. Many women have no problem removing their high heels to dance with him. What if a guy has prosthetics that make him taller, or he is in a wheel chair and is 5'5" or 6' would that make a difference to some of these shallow women or what I would call insecure women, oh my I can't date a shorter man what would my friends think....as far as feeling secure give me a break that went out with the caveman days... | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 2:43:53 PM |
short guys are whiny, always ready to fight to prove what big men they are, and if a woman is not attracted to a short guy, get a different woman. we cant all be attracted to the same type, geeze, cut the insults get over it.
Seriously? You went there? I have been in one fight since high school, and by fight I should say that I (5'6") and my friend (5'8") were jumped by six guys who were all taller than us, but since that doesn't fit your ideal of violent short guys and peace loving tall guys, I wont bring that up.
I couldn't care less if people dislike me because of my height, but when people make ludicrous statements highlighting their own ignorance.
What you said is akin to me saying I won't date black people because I don t want them to steal my TV and I wont date fat people because I like going to nice restaurants and I don't think it would be respectful to the other diners if my date is shoveling food into her face with her hands, because , you know, thats how fat people eat right? | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 3:24:55 PM | short guys are whiny, always ready to fight to prove what big men they are, and if a woman is not attracted to a short guy, get a different woman. we cant all be attracted to the same type, geeze, cut the insults get over it.
If a woman simply states that she is attracted to taller men, then I don't think many people would have a problem with it. However the reasons why some women want taller man are insulting and are based on false generalizations such as the ones you mentioned. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 4:36:26 PM | | My take is that I like my guy to look like he can "protect" me if need be and I don't find that the case in a man shorter and smaller than I. I love wearing heels and some days I stand close to 6 feet tall-I'm 5'7 without. Its just a matter of being comfortable-I feel awkward if I stand taller than him without heels. I don't rule short guys out totally, I look at the whole package- I have gone out with a shorter guy, but I'm just attracted to the taller fellas. | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 5:48:05 PM | | I personally couldnt care less about the height as long as they have a decent personalty and know how to treat a woman right?! | |
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| Ladies: your take on short guys?
Posted: 3/18/2008 6:29:14 PM | | Society and the media have conditioned women into believing that tall men are more assertive and more successful. | |
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