Would you date a guy shorter than you, Ladies?

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Or marry him? (I would hope the answer would be the same.) This was one of the deeper questions that came to my mind today. So I’m 5’ 8" and would probably feel comfortable dating (courting) a girl who was 5’ 11" but that is probably about it. Kind of silly, perhaps.

Anyways, Ladies, what do you think about height. I was just curious. I know there’s some amount of truth to the tall, dark, and handsome thing.
 
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Well yes,I married my husband who is that height and and the same as myself
 
That does not count. Technically, he is not shorter. :roll_eyes:

What about 5’4?
 
Hmm,but you start to shrink you see,as you get older…one might shrink faster than the other…
 
I used to be 6’1", down to 5’11" now. If I were in dating mode, I would consider someone shorter than me, but it would depend A LOT more on their personality than their height. I would expect that of anyone dating me as well, I’d think.
 
Do you mind if I flip this? I prefer women to be shorter than me, generally around a foot shorter, I’m 6 feet tall. I think, what it is from my standpoint, is kind of a protective thing. That being said, I have no problem whatsoever dating a woman taller than me. I have a preference, but it’s not a hard-and-fast rule, and I would imagine that a lot of women feel the same thing about men.
 
Like Adam says above, it’s kind of a protective thing. I’m a 5’1" woman and have never dated any man shorter than at least 6’ by choice (blind dates don’t count - and never worked out, anyway).

Besides, at my height, it’s hard to find anyone shorter than me, anyway.
 
I’m half an inch taller than my husband. He’s 5’4". If my shoes have any amount of heels to them, the difference in our heights is very exaggerated.

Average height in the US for white American men is 5’10". The average height of an American woman is a smidge under 5’4".

I’m sure that ladies with a basketball player-type build probably have more opinions about dating significantly shorter men, but they still have a good pool to choose from: someone from the 10-20th percentile for women still have half the men to choose from (just going by height) in looking for someone who’s the same height or taller. Whereas half of women would have, like, 5-10% of men to choose from (just going by height) when looking to find someone deliberately shorter.
 
I preferred men to be taller, but am with someone shorter than me right now because he’s wonderful. 😍
 
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Do you mind if I flip this? I prefer women to be shorter than me, generally around a foot shorter, I’m 6 feet tall. I think, what it is from my standpoint, is kind of a protective thing. That being said, I have no problem whatsoever dating a woman taller than me. I have a preference, but it’s not a hard-and-fast rule, and I would imagine that a lot of women feel the same thing about men.
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Is that why is always see tall men with such short women? A waste of a tall man I might add!
 
I am 6’0". I like to have a man my height or taller.

Now that I am almost 66 years old I might not be so picky, but I doubt if I would want anyone under 5’10".
 
My kid sis is 6’0" as well. She likes to wear hi heels a lot. Put her in 6" platform heels, and it’s difficult to find someone she doesn’t tower over.
 
Why are all the women in this thread so tall? I’m beginning to feel insecure.
 
That’s right. Amazon prime, Baby! 😉

(How else do you think Bezos gets all the ladies?)
 
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I never minded guys being short, I thought it was cute. Having said that, I’m only 5 foot 4 so I did not meet many men who were shorter than me. I met and dated several who were about my height (one of whom I had a long term relationship with) and briefly dated one who was a couple inches shorter and really tiny overall (did not date for long as he had some personal issues and was kicked out of college never to be seen again).

I did however notice that every guy I dated who was under about 5 foot 10 seemed to have some Napoleonic complex issues about his height and some bad feelings about other men who were taller. It got a bit tiring to deal with these insecurities at times, especially in the long term relationship, where insecurity led to other negative behaviors like drinking or anger issues.

I ended up marrying a man who was 6 foot 1 and very laid back.
 
Oh yes, the taller the man, the more I hate him. 😡

😛

Truthfully, though, only being 5’8" I wanted to be at least an inch taller. I think I’ve mostly gotten over it. (probably)


Staying sitting down or on the horse has helped to a large degree.
 
My brother is 5 foot 8, I think his wife is actually taller than him, not by much though.
 
I’m short, too.
There just aren’t any grown men shorter than me
 
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