| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 1/31/2008 9:04:19 AM | Absolutely not. The taller the better!
No offense meant to shorter men, it's just because I'm tall myself (5'11'). Luckily for me my fiancee' is 6'6" however, he is such a great guy I wouldn't have cared if he was 5'6". | |
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jurupa
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/17/2008 5:10:25 AM | I find this thread funny as heck, primary because I pretty much hear non stop how girls want to date tall guys and yet I get way more girls giving me looks than numbers. Where the hell are these girls anyway? I think I am going to wear a t-shirt that says "Ya I am short get over it".
The other thing I find funny is the number of girls under 5'5" that have or are dating guys 6' or taller. I didn't think that many short girls were dating guys over 6'. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/17/2008 12:36:54 PM | i am 4' 10 1/2" and i shy away from men that are 6'2" and taller,i think i would be ok,but i always wonder if it bothered him for people to see us together.so i don't contact if they are taller than 6' 1
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/17/2008 12:49:37 PM | | I generally like tall men. I am 5'7" tall (5'9" with heels on) and have a medium build. I've never seen a man I thought was too tall to date. Unfortunately, I have a very hard time with short and/or petite men. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/17/2008 1:08:18 PM | Yes. I cannot date a man over 10 feet. I'd be forced to only go into high-ceilinged places with him.
Luckily, everyone I've met has been shorter than that. ;) | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/18/2008 9:08:49 AM | I guess it all depends on perspective of the woman. I am about 5 foot 10 inches and I feel like a midget at my job where most of my male co-workers are 6 foot 5 inch + something but I don't seem to have ever in real life had a problem meeting people to date based on my height.... well there were a few but not many.... I tend to be attracted to short, cute women anyway.
My point here is that I have talked to several peruvians and met a couple of them in person in their country. They all consider me "tall" always referring to me "you are so tall" but maybe its because I am visiting a country "Peru" where the average height is 5'5". My father is 6' and in his time he was considered tall.... but not anymore... Could it be the growth hormone that they started adding to beef in the 60's / 70's ? Too bad I didn't eat more beef back then :-( | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/18/2008 9:13:38 AM | | I'm only 5 feet tall. I've said this before and I'll say it again... No, no one is TOO tall to date. Or too short either. If I like him, I like him. If I don't, then that's why I don't want to date him--not b/c of his height. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 2/18/2008 12:05:56 PM | Had a very brief relationship with a fella who was 6'11" and it had some very awkward moments, lol! But had it been working otherwise, that part could have been worked out with some effort. . . .
One of the cutest wedding pictures I've ever seen was the bride standing on a chair to kiss the groom. She was something on the order of 5' and he was 6"6" or 7". . . . | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/12/2008 10:09:39 PM | I posted a profile on another dating site, which allows people to enter their own height and their preference for their partner’s height (along with lots of other data). I varied the height in my profile between 5’0” and 7’0”, each time running a “reverse search,” which finds those women whose preferences indicate they are looking for a man having my profile data, while ignoring my own preferences. The partial results are below, showing how many women are interested in a man like me at each height:
5’0”: 23
5’2”: 28
5’4”: 49
5’6”: 117
5’8”: 206
5’10”: 305
6’0”: 335
6’2”: 312
6’4”: 229
6’6”: 145
6’8”: 114
6’10”: 108
7’0”: 91
As you can see, a man who is too tall isn’t nearly as bad as a man who is too short, but it’s still a big disadvantage. At my actual height (6’8”), I am about as popular (114 matches) as I would be at 5’6” (117 matches). Using the simplifying assumption of a total population of 335 women, (335-114)/335 = 66% of all women reject me based on height alone.
I then searched for women 6’0” and above and examined their preferences. 58% of these very tall women would not date a man 7’0”, 32% would not date a man 6’8”, and 25% would not date a man 6’6”. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/12/2008 10:20:02 PM | cheeky, nice set of data. It's actually something that I would expect as well. From reading all the short guy threads, it seems 5'10 is the magic number. According to your stats it seems 6'0 is the ideal height with the highest probability of success.
Pretty interesting that there's quite a decrease from 5'6 down, and quite a decrease (although not as much) from 6'4 and up.
So with this, would we be able to confidently assume that if a person is tall and can't get a date, chances are it's not because they're too tall, but it's because of personality difference or perhaps just not good looking enough? | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/12/2008 10:29:56 PM |
5’0”: 23
5’2”: 28
5’4”: 49
5’6”: 117
5’8”: 206
5’10”: 305
6’0”: 335
6’2”: 312
6’4”: 229
6’6”: 145
6’8”: 114
6’10”: 108
7’0”: 91
Your stats make total sense to me. If I think of the original question I tend to think "no, tall isn't really a problem" but then I realize that for my search criteria on this site I put in 6'0-6'6. I guess that probably shows my real preference, though I still wouldn't rule out someone outside that range.
I dated a guy 6'7" once and it was like craning my neck to try to look him in the eye. And I could never surprise him with a kiss. And in bed he would be hanging off the end of the bed in order for our faces to be near each other. It was okay, given how much I liked him as a person, but I would have loved it if he had been about 4 inches shorter. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/12/2008 10:34:25 PM | | Since I am tall 5'10 (without heels), I definitely prefer dating tall guys. I would feel like an Amazon or unfeminine if the guy was shorter than me. It is also silly hearing women under 5'6 having a preference someone over 6 ' to feel protected or secure. I definitely can hold my own and don't need a bodyguard. | |
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jurupa
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Joined: 2/12/2008
Msg: 165 | |
| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/13/2008 12:24:38 AM |
Since I am tall 5'10 (without heels), I definitely prefer dating tall guys. I would feel like an Amazon or unfeminine if the guy was shorter than me. It is also silly hearing women under 5'6 having a preference someone over 6 ' to feel protected or secure. I definitely can hold my own and don't need a bodyguard. But we tall guys like protecting our tall women :( Why is it silly for a girl that is 5'6" to want a guy over 6'? Ya there will be some physical issues, but if the girl is attracted to such guys then so be it. I seen multiple couples at my work where the girl is 5'5/6" and the guy is and easy 6'+, and yet they seem to be happy together.
5’0”: 23
5’2”: 28
5’4”: 49
5’6”: 117
5’8”: 206
5’10”: 305
6’0”: 335
6’2”: 312
6’4”: 229
6’6”: 145
6’8”: 114
6’10”: 108
7’0”: 91 I hate statistics when they go against me lol. But this basically explains why I am having such a hard time getting a date out of shorter girls as only 145 want a guy that is 6'6". As I said before it cracks me up when I hear girls non stop wanting a tall guy and yet all I get is looks and no numbers (yes I have ask girls out, most being under 5'7" and been rejected by all). I guess this means more money for me to spend on adult entertainment lol. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/13/2008 12:42:33 AM |
Can a man be too tall to date?
If a woman runs out of other excuses not to date a guy, then yeah. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 3/18/2008 9:37:25 PM | Nope, not for me...would love to look up into a man's eyes for a change!! Any takers?
Seriously though...to you shorter women..when you are horizontal...if it gets to that, height doesn't really matter that much. It is the heart and soul that really counts! YOu shorter ladies can put on heals...us tall ones cannot shrink into the floor. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 3:00:39 PM | As shallow as it may be, the height is the first thing I look for on the profile. Being nearly 6 ft with most shoes, I am uncomfortable being with a man shorter than myself. Is there a place where men are exclusively 6 feet or taller? Never can a guy be too tall for me. :D | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 4:25:41 PM | | In my case, its a possibility. I'm only 5f 3, so guys over 5f 6 would look awkward beside me. But in saying that I have once dated a guy who was over 5f 6. I think women want guys taller than them, but there is such a thing as "too tall", as well as "too short". For me, if the gap is no more than say, 20 cm in height difference then it should be ok. | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 4:32:21 PM |
Yes. I cannot date a man over 10 feet. I'd be forced to only go into high-ceilinged places with him.
Luckily, everyone I've met has been shorter than that. ;)
My first thought was whether you had tried, until I got to the second line, lol!
On the flip side, I wonder why most women are so horrified by the thought of dating someone SHORTER than themselves? | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 7:52:37 PM | I don't necessarily want a really, really tall man, but if a really, really tall man found his way into my heart ... I would not run him off ...  | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 7:58:36 PM | I dont think so for I myself happen to like tall men.Thought what was on the inside that counts!!! | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:06:23 PM | | No a man would never be too tall for me to date too thin too hairy too loud, too goofy, too minty, too shady but never too tall | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:32:59 PM | WOW~ are u kidding me?!?!?!
The taller the BETTER :)
I am only 5ft and 6'6 is a tall tree i'd like to climb :) | |
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| Can a man be too tall to date?
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:43:31 PM | The tallest guy I've ever dated was 6'5". He was also about 275-280 pounds, so I obviously don't have a problem with bigger guys. I'm only 5'6" (or 5'5.5" without shoes), so dancing might be interesting over 6'6" or so, but since I'm not much of a dancer, I don't think it would be an issue.
Edited to add... one of my closest friends from high school is 6'7" and while I have to stand on my tip toes to hug him, it's not a big deal. | |
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