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Posted: 9/7/2008 11:09:25 PM | to me it usually dosent matter, but does depend on the person & their personality or chemistry if you will.....I do tend to like a tall dark & handsome man....but have strayed from that many o times! just depends on the person and if they & I get along! | |
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Posted: 9/8/2008 9:56:26 AM | I have noticed that I'm pretty tall compared to a lot of the other women I see in Calgary (so far...I've only been here a week!). I even had one guy comment on it at a grocery store earlier last week! Granted I was wearing heels so I was about 6ft1 as opposed to my regular 5ft11
I tend to feel more comfortable if my s/o is taller than I am - that is only because I have met TOO many guys who are overly concerned about their own lack of vertical stature I suppose. I had one date tell me that he didn't think I was being honest about my height and that if I wanted to see him again then I will have not give up wearing heels so that we were closer in height (he though he was 6ft tall but was shorter than me without my heels on).
I suppose at the end of the day it doesn't matter to me how tall anyone is as long as they don't mind how tall I am :) | |
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Posted: 9/8/2008 10:13:16 AM | I have dated the whole range, from as short as 4 foot 9 to as tall as 5 foot 10. If I had a preference I would say I like women on the taller side of things. But love does not know height so what does it really matter.
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Posted: 9/8/2008 10:58:22 AM | A few inches is no big deal to me. Nice to dance with someone who is CLOSE to my height.
Being 6'3" everyone is shorter than me anyway - AND when I go out dancing I wear a bit of a heel too so......... | |
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Posted: 9/20/2008 2:13:55 AM | I have met only two men in my entire life that are shorter than I am, and in both cases they are much "bigger" men than many " average" height or "tall" males.
A person's height doesn't define who they are and how good of a person they are. That all comes from within. Doesn't matter to me one bit how tall they are ( or not ). What matters is how big their heart is and how they make me feel when I'm with them.
At 5'3" in my barefeet, nearly everybody is taller than I am, male or female. I've dated guys ranging in height from 5'1" to 6'8". My current man is 5' 5 1/2" tall and my ex-husband is 5'5". Just coincidence. LOL I "tower" over both of them in my heels ( I tend to wear 4"-5" heels when I do wear them-- not so I can be "tall", but because I think they look sexy!)
IMHO-- Anybody that would rule out dating a person because of their height is not somebody I'd want to date anyways. | |
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Posted: 10/9/2008 10:47:44 AM | I recently dated someone who was 5'3. After talking on the phone quite a bit and really starting to get to know him (I thought), I did email and ask him if he was seriously 5'3"...he was. When we met in person, I was kinda uncertain about whether or not I could see past it, but quickly...I did. He just became "him". It was never an issue.
I've always dated big guys... my ex husband was 6'4. I am a bigger size female (tall, half black), and I don't like feeling like I'm going to snap someone in half. Only a couple of times have I ever been made to feel small by someone else (physically), and wow...it was an amazing feeling. In this society obsessed with female proportions, a woman can't help but automatically try to diminish herself physically with her partner...or seek it out. We're spoon fed that scenario from the womb.
My eyes have certainly been opened to height differences. While I still prefer men taller than myself, I would never write someone off just purely based on their height. | |
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Posted: 10/9/2008 11:02:39 AM | I have to say something...
Reading comments...Interesting.
Well to start off I'm 5'10... like 2% of the female population, considering the average hieght for a women is 5'6.
The average hieght for a man is 5'10.
Only 4% of the male population is over 6 feet...
Ok I watch too much TLC....
ok I've been on dates with guys shorter then me, it was ok...
but truth betold I love to wear heels....usually I am overt 6 ft in them..
I don't mind dating someone shorter, as long as they don't mind me wearing heels...
But I do have a thing for tall guys... 6'2 and up..
I guess always being the tallest girl growing up, and taller then most of the guys...
I just gravitate to taller | |
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Posted: 10/9/2008 4:18:36 PM | | I would never eliminate someone from this shallow dating pool because of height. I am 5'9" and have never felt the need to exaggerate it, Like every other lie people make on POF, it really is quite obvious once people meet. I tend to be attracted to women who are very short. 5' - 5'4", but I have dated two taller women, one was not ok with being taller than me, she would never wear her heel. the other wore her heels whenever she felt like it and I always enjoyed watching her dance. The height difference never bothered me. | |
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Posted: 10/9/2008 7:35:35 PM | Height should not matter as it's not the person's soul.
Ive learend some men shorter then me are more of a man then someone taller. Shouldnt integrity, respect, compassion, same interests, spirtiual or religious background being compatible with your own. Please dont judge a person based on height. | |
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Posted: 10/11/2008 8:55:00 AM | I've been dating this fellow who is 6'7" (NOT a typo), 245 lbs (I am 5'1", 105 lbs) .... At first the height difference made me think, but it certainly didn't make me consider NOT seeing him.
As said, it's what inside that counts. Does he/she treat you well? Are they sincere and do they have integrity? Those are more the things that matter.
Sure... when we walk down the sidewalk together, people look our way ... But that doesn't bother me one bit. Matter of fact, it's an excellent topic of conversation! lol
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Posted: 10/13/2008 12:16:46 PM | | Everybody here is saying the same thing just using different words...truth be told we all have different opinions of what we would consider "allowable Height differences" and they are only preferences and guides cause as soon as they become rules then someone will test them and make you reivaluate your preferences or you will just keep them out of your Dateing pool. This is the same for age differences, or any charateristics wether physical or mental. It's just Human sellection... some will even overlook a lie when the obvious becomes apparent. | |
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Posted: 10/13/2008 3:05:17 PM | Ever since a girl (who was way taller than me) asked me to dance @ the 6th grade dance (loll), and being pressured by everybody to say yes (cuz they wanted to take a picture of us dancing together, ya know, height difference and everything, made everybody laugh).
Well, ever since then.
I've always been attracted to tall women. And that went beyond my control.
It doesn't make me feel unconfortable at all to be around a taller woman.
But only if that woman feels confortable as well. If not, it just changes the dynamic of the potential chemistry.
Although, i'm still quite attracted to them, i've decided to avoid dating them or asking them out on a date (even if deep down inside, i really want to) and concentrate on a serious relationship with much shorter women (like <5'4").
But strangely enough, I always attracted more tall women than short ones. I think a lot of tall women like shorter men, but don't really want to admit it or talk about it. I am, btw, around 5'10" and have seen quite a few tall women back when i was in Quebec, but not that much since i've been here | |
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Posted: 10/18/2008 12:50:09 PM | I think as a general rule (subject to exceptions of course) that anything from eight to nine inches shorter than me to four inches taller is acceptable. (I have not yet dated a woman more than four inches taller than me so I may revise that assessment should that situation present itself.) And I do not care if when with taller women if they wear heels -if anything I actually prefer that  | |
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Posted: 10/18/2008 3:56:39 PM |
so long as they look good in heels it does not matter how tall they are
The guys or the girls????
If we're talking guys in heels, it's a whole 'nother story!!!   | |
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Posted: 10/26/2008 6:46:32 AM | Think everyone should have said their height at the beginning of their reply…I’m 5’8”…personally prefer woman who are about 4” shorter…I find them the perfect fit!
When walking with our arms around each others waist it feels comfortable, another poster also mentioned the sex study, I know when I’m in my partner horizontal or doing it standing up…our eyes and mouth are at the same height it just feels so right.
Said that to a mate and he said it was BS, however he is now seeing a woman about 4” shorter…said its like I said it was, it just feels so right…it’s a f***ing perfect fit.
One poster said this height issue keeps popping-up.
Height is probably more of an issue for guys, cause there’s the picking order thingy. Larger men simply command more respect and they naturally have a greater authoritative presence, this would therefore play a significant roll in their attitude, also the attraction & chemistry of taller women. (What’s the height of most of the bosses where you work)
Also when you consider women’s primal instinct was to find the biggest, tallest, strongest male to mate with, who could provide and protect her family. Even tho the traditional rolls of men and women have merged in today’s world, but on a sub-conscious level…how does this affect the attitudes of each partner over time?
My gut instinct tells me most woman still admire the physical strength of men, when hugged, held and when they pick them up…should we ignore this basic animal instinct?
Plus we shouldn’t forget the fact, she can wear my clothes…but I can’t wear hers and that’s the way it should be 
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Posted: 10/29/2008 3:26:40 PM | Msg 87: "I tend to be attracted to women who are very short. 5' - 5'4", "
Hey I resemble that remark!!! lol I'm 5 foot 2 and just short I'll have you know!!! lol
Since all men - well; most men - are taller than me all is good.... | |
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Posted: 8/19/2009 10:02:33 AM | Don't recall who was looking for this info and couldn't find it but I figured I'd bump it up for them as their query was going out the window fast.
OT: Height differences? LOL. If that alone's enough to disqualify individuals from a person's possible matches, they have my sympathy for being granted such shallowness. JMO | |
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Posted: 8/19/2009 10:51:50 AM | If that alone's enough to disqualify individuals from a person's possible matches, they have my sympathy for being granted such shallowness. JMO
Mine too. Isn't it difficult enough to find "chemistry" with someone? Meaning attraction and common values. Height isn't a factor for me whatsoever.
OE: there I am on here, in another life. I'm nothing if not consistant, LOL
I've dated between 5'4" and 6'4". My longest relationship (6 years) he was 5'4"....My ex-husband was 6'2".
It doesn't really matter to me. Dating and meeting someone compatible is difficult enough without adding in "criteria" like height. | |
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Posted: 8/19/2009 10:59:53 AM | ^^^^I completely agree.
I am 5' 7" and have dated guys ranging from a little over 5' - 6'4 - as far as I am concerned, as long as he treats me with respect, who the hell cares how tall he is (or isn't)! | |
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