"I'll never go out with a guy shorter than me"

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Like a lot of the posters here, I'm only 5"2, so it's pretty hard to find a shorter man even if I wanted one! I do have a preference for taller but don't know how much of a deal-breaker it would be, it's never happened - dudes I've been with tend to be a good few inches taller. It's nice to have your head buried in his chest when you hug Although constantly craning your head back to kiss can be a pain!

AirHairLair

I could go out with a guy shorter (not too much shorter though) - I always felt like a dwarf around really tall guys - worth saying as I think men think all women are looking for blokes who are 7ft tall!

Kayly

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G86

Kayly wrote: »

Robert Downey Junior:)

Oh god, yes, yes, YES!!!

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Pembily

I used to say that but have been with 3 guys recently who are the same height as me in flats (I'm 5' 6 and I would never wear heels higher than 3'') and we had fun, no one commented and they were all way hotter than my 6' 2 ex At the end of the day I'm attracted to faces... Height I've decided is kinda irrelevant!

Twee.

I have dated a couple of guys smaller than me and the same height as me. No issues really, and I like to wear heels I'm recently single and my mam said "Go for a tall one this time, will ya" She's only gas.

starlit

Ya very much so, I'm 4ft 10"-4ft 11" so dating a shorter man or a man the same height as myself would be a bit odd for me. If I've heels on or something like that even if a guy was like less than 5 ft 6" I would find that just as awkward if I were with someone of the same height. The whole head bashing and and kissing is difficult. Iv'e been there done that and not again. For balance I prefer someone much taller than myself at least more than 5 ft 6". Rougly 5 ft 6" to around 6 ft or 6 ft 1" be about right for me. Find myself more attracted to men within that height range. A foot more than me be the ideal I suppose!

Maple

For me the ideal is a big, handsome, manly, rugged cliff of a man ala Shane Horgan type build. That's the ideal.

The reality always turns out to be something different, something about him catches my eye and wham, my ideal is turned on it's arse and I forget all about it.

So in ideal world I would say no, i wouldn't go out with a man smaller than me but the reality always turns out to be something different.

NoDice

af_thefragile wrote: »

You see I don't get this.
Weight and personality are something a person is in control of but height is something he's not.

If a person is overweight, it usually says a little about the person's personality that he doesn't really take much care about himself and he's unfit. Which he can change if he starts going to the gym regularly.
Being funny is a relative thing. What one might find funny other might not and vice versa.

But things like height and skin color are attributes the person has no control over.

But then again attraction is not an intellectual process. Its more like an on/off switch which you don't really have much control over.

I agree with what you're saying here in your last post. Weight isn't something that would put me off a guy being perfectly honest but I was using it as an example of things that can be a turn off; much like the height issue.

I love a guy with a good bit of manly facial hair, great and silly sense of humour and I like them to be a teency bit taller than me - which isn't hard as I'm pretty tiny myself anyway as most posters have said.

Fizgig Bandicoot

I'm 5'11 (and a girl) and I wouldn't like to go out with anyone smaller than me as I would feel like a man. My bf of 5 years is the same height as me, but when i wear heels i'm way taller than him. At the start he didn't like it (some people would make sarky comments) but now he doesn't care.

Catari Jaguar

I'm only 5' 1 so I couldn't possibly date someone shorter.. or even close to my height, we'd look like a couple of garden gnomes.

I like to lie on my blokes chest, or snugggle in, makes me feel girlie and protected. If he's lying lower than me, or I stand on a chair and hug him (sometimes I like to pretend I'm tall...) or I have my arms around his shoulders I think it's creepy, like he's my child or something. *shudder*

terlywerly

I'm 5' 5'' and my husband is 6' and to be honest like a lot of people have said its kind of a girlie protected thing. A lot of women like to feel as if they are being minded and a taller guy means cuddling in for hugs or him having to bend down for a kiss (I love that I have to go up on my toes to kiss my husband ). I don't think its odd to go out with a guy shorter than you though. At the end of the day you may be attracted/put off by someones height but how tall the person is shouldn't be the main thing. Its personality and your emotional bond to each other. I have a friend who is 6' and her boyfriend is 5' 7'' and she often wears heels. She once told me they used to get really odd stares especially on nights out, but they got used to it after a while. They even joke about it too, she calls him Tiny Tim (his real name is Tim!!)

Peared

I'm 5'6 and I wouldn't be with a guy shorter than me, the same height as me or only slightly taller than me.

It's not a snooty shallow thing, it's just that I'm not physically attracted to men who are short and why would anybody go for somebody they are not into? The mistake some men make is assuming it's an unreasonable preference. I mean you can't help who and what you are attracted to. It's not a comment on short men, that they are lacking in some way, it's just that they don't do it for me.

sexydancer

I'm quite tall but it wouldn't bother me

Giselle

Peared wrote: »

The mistake some men make is assuming it's an unreasonable preference. I mean you can't help who and what you are attracted to. It's not a comment on short men, that they are lacking in some way, it's just that they don't do it for me.

Thats the issue. Some men try to make it sound like you're shallow and superficial, but in the next breath will tell you they could never date a fat girl because the attraction just wouldn't be there.

shuvly

Have only done this once, am only 5ft 5 ish..(ish v.important)..but when I was 18(many, many years ago), and in college doing a short course, went out with a guy shorter than me, I used to have my arm round his shoulders! My family loved him..(he had a bit of road frontage..), and my aunt christened him "gianty"..but he was on the students union, which came with lots of perks...happy days while it lasted! Happy new year!

The Lovely Muffin

It wouldn't matter to me if a guy I really liked and wanted to date/be in a relationship with was taller or shorter than me. I'm 5"5, and I rarely wear high heels anyway.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Maguined

Giselle wrote: »

Thats the issue. Some men try to make it sound like you're shallow and superficial, but in the next breath will tell you they could never date a fat girl because the attraction just wouldn't be there.

I don't think your comparison is very fair because someone being overweight is within their control and has significant implications on health unlike someones height.

A better comparison would be for a man to accuse a woman of being shallow because she is attracted to tall men while that man is only attracted to women with a large bust size, then the hypocrisy would be pretty evident.

Ultimately all personal preferences are shallow to some degree and there is nothing wrong with that as people are not entitled to being found attractive by everyone else.

Tar.Aldarion

I can never really say things like that. I would have always have said I liked much shorter girls and now my girlfriend is about my height 5' 9/10. In fact I much prefer it! People come as a package, and I don't really see anybody being serious with the 'never' in this instance, it just shows the preference.

vicecreamsundae

there are certain physical features that DO matter to me. (for example TEETH.)
but height just isn't one of them. i'm 5'4" and never wear heels so i rarely meet guys noticeably shorter than me anyway. looking back i guess a couple guys i've dated probably have been just a little shorter than me. but whatever, it's all about he face for me. height and weight don't matter so much.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Interesting thread. I'm a guy and 6ft on the dot.

I usually tend to go for petite women, I'm not sure why. I always thought it was because my main female role model, my mother is short (she has never said her height but I guess sub 5ft) but my brother who is shorter than me usually goes for taller women.

So I have no idea why but petite women really take my eye.

My current girlfriend is 5ft'2 and she loves taller guys. She said she is just used to looking up to men such as her teachers, lecturers etc. that she would feel weird to be looking down at them.

Once she said she met a guy in a nightclub that was 5ft and she felt a little freaked out by it.

Sunshineboo

I'm 5 8 and often wear 5 inch heels when I'm out. I've been with guys who are the same height as me without heels or even a little shorter of course the ideal would be a taller guy but it doesn't matter as long as there is an attraction there.