Girls would you date a guy shorter than you? Guys would you date a girl taller than you?

[Anonymous]

[AmandaYVR]

Such a hot topic these days!
I like that someone asked you why you were asking, and it was about your girl friend who rejected a guy slightly shorter.
I personally always see it as being about proportion (one person to the other), and I have heard this from many others as well. (I think it might be similar to men talking about breast size on women - the good guys say they are very flexible and open to many sizes, so long as the breasts are proportional to her overall figure - men, do you generally agree?)
I would always also prefer to be with a man taller than me, but not a lot taller. I married someone my same height (and we are average height). And to be completely honest, when a woman is with a man the same height (and shorter, I would imagine), from a distance or in the dark, people sometimes do mistake the other person for another female. So, like if you go to a dimly restaurant for dinner in the evening, it's not very pleasant when the hostess accidentally says, "Right this way, Ladies." This has happened to me many times. And then once they notice their mistake they often are embarrassed, but there's nothing really to say at that point. Mostly this happens because of height and stature, but it has also happened when the man's hair is longer.
Also, women (and probably all people) do feel physically a bit safer when with a larger person standing next to them. This is no news to anyone - larger framed people feel less vulnerable.
So I do think it's shallow and vain to choose partners based on things like height. And I don't do that. But in defence of some people, there is a biological component of greater safety to it, and it is understandable to feel very uncomfortable when gender mistakes are made. I just have different priorities (personality and compatability being paramount), and don't believe in bowing to societal pressures. Live your life, I say. And I'd rather have a fascinating and fun person to talk to than it be all about superficial things one can't change. You can only look at a pretty picture for so long before getting kind of bored.

[MiniiKaekae]

I wouldn’t mind, only because I’m like 5’7 1/2 and most guys are usually a bit shorter than me or a bit taller, but thankfully since I’m in my sophomore year of high school most of the boys FINALLY got their growth spirt, but like I said I wouldn’t mind as long as he isn’t shorter than like 5’2 or 5’3 something- even then the height difference would look kinda odd. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[jennifer_bloom]

I've liked shorter guys before. One guy had a very attractive face and good personality and was super nice to me - another guy was insanely smart.

[holograph]

Yeah, no problem. I don't really have any "requirements" on someone's height, but I'd be a little bit more attracted over someone that is very tall over someone very short, all else equal. (But short is fine too.)

[GuidoThePizzaMaker]

How could any healthy person desire a midget? (In reference to that photo)

I would, but she would really need to be special. I seem to be more attracted to women who are shorter than me.

[Asker]

Because he is Tyrion Lannister 😍

[abc3643]

Absolutely.
In fact, I think that my 2nd girlfriend eventually grew to be taller than me while we were together.

[abc3643]

@asker
Why are you asking this question?

[Asker]

Because my friend rejected someone just because he was shorter than her 5cm and he is a very nice guy and he likes her

[abc3643]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpXeLVzJIw

I would have dated her.

[abc3643]

Well, while what your friend did may be shallow, it's not exactly uncommon and it is a legitimate reason. As a short guy myself, I never let my height bother me. Sure, some girls I might have wanted wouldn't have wanted me because of that, but that's fine - if they are that shallow, I probably wouldn't want them on personality grounds anyway. Still, it's something short guys need to accept and, instead of being douchebags about it, make up for it in other ways and women will notice.

[CreativeMumble]

No, I don't think I could.
I'm only 153 cm, he would have to be extremely short. And I'm not into guys that short.

I'm used to most people being taller than me. Heck, someone who's only 14 can easily be taller than me.

[JHAYES317]

So it’s a social thing then?

[jackbenimble7]

Yes I would date someone taller than me but preferably not too much taller. I'm 5' 7" and I think once someone is over 6' 0" I start feeling like a child. That being said, if it feels like they're awesome in every other way, I hope I wouldn't let the height difference get in the way.

[Anonymous]

No I’d probably not date A guy shorter than me.

First I’m only 5’1” and I could probably count on one hand the number of guys I’ve met personally shorter than me

Second I don’t want to have tiny kids

Third , I’m not attracted to tiny guys.

[Sparda20xx]

I hate to burst your bubble but if he carries a short gene your kids would still be tiny. Tall is dominant over short , do if he has a tall gene and short gene he will appear tall. however if you give a short gene and he gives a short gene your children will be short. you have no choice over this by the way. it happens at random

[Opinion Owner]

@Sparda20xx hate to burst your bubble but the best predictor of height for children is the height of each parent. There Is about an 80% correlation between average parent height and children’s height. As such it’s an excellent variable by which I can evaluate a potential mate.

[Sparda20xx]

You still don't understand genetics. there's a difference between phenotype and genotype. I mean I explained it Barney style and you still didn't get it, but let's try this again. you're short. you're boyfriend being tall doesn't mean he doesn't carry a short gene. If you use Mendalian genetics that means he would be Tt (heterozygous for tall ) and you would be tt homozygous for short. After doing a short square , the results would be Tt, tt, Tt, and tt. Meaning there's a 50% chance your kid would be short despite your boyfriend being tall. keep in mind this only Mendalian genetics. There are other factors outside of random reassignment of alleles that contribute to height such as epigentics.

[Sparda20xx]

Now let's not talk about the mu between genes , gene breakage , haplo insufficient genes dominant negative p53 etc. Etc.

[Opinion Owner]

@Sparda20xx I don’t need to understand genetics I need only understand probability and cause.

It is in fact true that the average height of the parents has a strong positive correlation to the average height of their children. Ie the taller avg height of the parents correlates to a talker act height of children. It’s well researched and documented and was true and proven long before human dna was sequenced.

I did not say that it is always true nor did I say it was the only factor. I merely said that partner height is an appropriate filter for selection of the height of children based on a simple unobtrusive visual check. Based on typical methods of mate selection it is one of the better methods of selection.

[Sparda20xx]

What do you think contributes to height. genetics. the probability of you receiving favorable genetics is probability and even that is based on random reassortmemt. so that tells me that you don't know understand either one lol

[Sparda20xx]

Also correlation and causality aren't the same thing. that probability of you having a tall child drastically decrease based on your genetis. If you have epigenetic problems that probability decrease even further. you can't say you understand probability if you don't know what is influencing said probability. Lol

[JHAYES317]

Why do you not want tiny kids?

[Exotica08]

I did. I’m 5’11 and he was 5’7. I stopped noticing after a while.

[Sparda20xx]

Thank you for being open minded

[kari0130]

I'm usually a same height or taller type of girl... I'm only 5'5 so I have quite a bit of wiggle room...

[Buckzor]

If she's only a little taller, sure. If it's pretty significant, then i'm more likely to say no than yes.

[LordSnuggles]

I'm 5'3. My ex was 5'11. It's all about personality and character. You're missing out on some great people over an immutable quality.

[Anonymous]

While I have a general height preference as well, it's never a "deal breaker". If I like her, yes of course. I'm not going to reject someone because of their height and something that they have no control over. There's more to a person than that.

[ShadowofRegret]

I prefer a taller woman for a multitude of reasons, shorter never really appealed to me personally.

[LawrenceKen]

No girl deserves to marry a manlet subhuman. Taller is always better.
I'm 6'3 so finding women my height is very hard, I wouldn't be opposed to it though.

[Angie221994]

No. But then again I’m 4’11 so it’s hard to find a guy that’s shorter to begin with.

[JHAYES317]

What are you talking about? There are plenty of guys that short, literally any guy with dwarfism like Peter Dinklage is shorter than that

[LifeEqualsLove]

I have before but I wouldn’t again just personal preference

[OhmIsTyping]

Lmao, I wonder why

[LifeEqualsLove]

@OhmIsTyping Maybe it had to do with my own insecurities of wanting to feel smaller instead larger

[Inneedofusername]

Yup, I definitely would. Look at any hot actor - girls would still be all over them even if they were short. It's not the height that matters. It's the face

[salmonpudding]

I'm 5'3 and it's rare I find men shorter than me. I don't really think I could do it since I'd feel more masculine. He would have to have a spot on personality tbh.

[JHAYES317]

Height doesn’t equate with masculinity…strength does. I could overpower many taller skinnier dudes I know

[Anonymous]

Heck yeah if he was decent human being but there aren't that many men shorter than me 5'1"

[YetiG]

Yeah sure. Especially since it's pretty rare to find a girl taller than 6'3
If a gal has a great personality, is taller than me, and genuinely likes me then of course

[jgokgotit]

Her heights does not matter to me. I am at the perfect height for dating women of almost any height. Even if a woman is taller than me it would not be by much.

[Bman4907]

I dated a taller woman for a few months. Doggy style was like watching a great dane get humped by a corgi. Got a charley horse midway through because of how i had to stand. I'm 5'9" and she was 6'4" at the time, with my luck she grew another foot.

[HotJealousy]

I'm 6ft 2 so I'd only date shorter, taller than me would be... very tall 😂 Best height in my opinion is around 5ft 5