Thread: Ladies, tell me about height.
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Old 05-06-2008   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by StateofMind View Post
At 19, I'm 5'7" and probably won't be getting any taller. It kills me, because I know height is something girls look for and I can't do anything to improve my own. To me, this is harder to deal with than being overweight, unhealthy, or having any other remediable fault. This is something that's wrong with me that I can't do anything about! It sucks!

My main question is, what things can I do to make up for my short stature? I've given up hope in becoming taller, but I'd like to do something to better my situation.

Another thing I'm interested in knowing is how girls view height. Is taller just sexier, or is the shortness unattractive? How important is it, and what things precede and fall below it on your lists of priorities?

I'm sure this has been done before, but I just went through a pretty rough break up where height was apparently an issue and I could really use the discussion.
I don't think taller is necessarily sexier at all. There are many short men in real life and in the media who are very sexy.

I can see why you say your height is more of a problem than being overweight. It's something fixed, unlike weight which can change. The problem with being a short guy is that your dating pool is limited. A lot of women will not go out with a man shorter than her.

But there are plenty of women out there who are 5' to say 5'5", and will have no problem with a man of your stature. I'm 5'3" and I've dated men 5'5" to 6 feet. I never considered the shorter guys any less masculine than their counterparts.

What you might want to do is compensate for your height by working out. You may be at a stage where you won't get any taller, but you can get muscular which improves self confidence and gives the impression of height and power.

There are people who will not consider dating a person because they are too fat, too thin, too muscular, wear too much makeup, have too many tatoos, or a million other reasons, and height is just one of them.

I'm not sure why this woman would have gone out with you obviously knowing your height, only to breakup with you claiming height was a factor. It kind of sounds like a lame excuse; maybe she had another reason.