Maybe I'm a bit late for the question, but I think it really depends on the girl. Not only me but many girls around me agree that the perfect height is the one that allows you to snuggle in your boy's shoulder and it wouldn't be an exact measure but a range. I'm not from the states so I'm not used to use imperial system so I will use metric and try to do an aproximation. I'm 1.70 m tall. I like boys being at leas 15 cm taller than me, so about 1.85 would be my minimum and my maximum 2 m tall. I think that it would be: me 5'6'', minimum 6' 1'' , max 6' 6'' . I prefer personallity over looks but if talking about looks, for me, height is the most important thing. I'm from a country where people is really short. I know around the world as much, I'm average, in many countries I'm even petite but here I'm like super tall. I'm even on the average or over the average for men, so it is difficult for me finding someone tall enough that is not related to me, so... In general I think that women search for taller man. This because, instinct, meaning you feel protected and that you can depend on him ( with this NOT meaning women are fragile and need help for everything, but considering it as a primitive remain of our insticts for the search for a suitable mate) and it's more comfortable and easier to kiss, hug, snuggle, have sex, dance, etc.
What entitles you to demanding a man at least 5 inches taller? Using your logic, would you rather date a a guy. 4 inches taller or 5 inches taller but is a know rapist? Or die alone?
If I have to be super specific I'm a sucker for 6'2". Tall guys make me feel feminine, and a 6 inch difference lines up really well for kissing, snuggling, dancing, sex. I don't know I just like it.
I'm 5'8", tall enough that I'm distinctly beyond the bounds of fun sized, and am near eye level with a good number of guys. I have gone out with guys who are shorter than me, but it just didn't click for me. So, personality aside (which has a HUGE impact) here's my personal scale...
Got it...2 to 4 inches taller than her, I'm in, 6 inches I'm really in, start to push it at 'tip-toeable' So a tip toable girl for me at 5'10" is...5'4"... sounds about right to me :-)
I will tell you this and this is for all those gigantic idiots who use words like manlets for guys in the range of 5'8''-5'11". That range of height is the most beautiful one for any man, guys who are 5'4" to guys who are 6'2" can talk to you without straining their spine, it actually makes you rather friendly and approachable, women can wear high heels and still be your height, i am talking about the average girl and the most beautiful women we check out are in that height range, i mean look at the hottest female celebs 159-170 is their range. This is the height of the alpha male, trust me, its good to have an IQ above average, look above average etc but the best height is the average height. If u still don't believe me look at most of the heart throbs tom cruise 5'7'', Zac efron 5'8'', in india there is hrithik roshan 5'9''-5'10'' etc, love yourself, walk tall and confident and yes, I am 5'10'' myself, no regrets, i consider myself decent looking and tall enough and a few ginormous pimply teens typing from their mom's garage will not change that
5'8"--5'11" is called a manlet? Then what is 5'5"--5'8" called? I hope this is truly a measurement standard only for the gigantic idiots you mentioned, lol...
Maturity may need to kick in among people for this opinion to carry weight, but I agree with you wholeheartedly. It really doesn't matter much when you meet a potential someone.
Ok so I'm a guy but this really pisses me off…. I'm 5'10 and I've been rejected by several girls purely and specifically because I'm under 6'0. What's most annoying isn't the fact that there was only 2 inches in it but also one of these girls was 5'1 and two others were 5'3 (I know because it was on a dating website). They say they like tall men which is fair enough... if they are tall themselves but why when they are short would they factor whether or not to date someone purely on whether or not they're over 6 foot. Besides at my height I would be considered tall compared to them, plus I could have lots of other qualities.
It's absolutely ridiculous, it's like me at my height rejecting a really nice 5'2 girl because I don't want a girl taller than 5'0…
Guys don't seem to care about height like girls do. I generally prefer shorter girls to taller girls but personality, facial features and body all come first for me so I don't get why girls are hung up on height so much. I get the impression from these posts that most girls though don't think like this which is reassuring. I would date a girl anywhere from 4'9 - 5'9, which is very reasonable and open, anything below my height basically.
So you got rejected by the short girls but you are fine with the tall ones? Like the ones that are 5'4-5'8 are fine with your height? I have actually noticed that trend about short girls wanting tall guys. It seems as the girl gets taller her height expectations get lower. Like a 6' girl would be ok dating a 5'8 guy but a 5' girl would not date someone under 6'. Kinda weird right? One thing going for me is that im 5'11.5 so i can just lie and say i am 6 foot and no one will ever know.. except myself and my doctor
My good friend is around 5'6 - 5'7, and back then, she mentioned that she will never choose a partner that is shorter than her. A few years down the road, after her first marriage, she meet another guy who is good to her and whom she loves a lot. The guy is shorter than her, around 5'4. They have an adorable kid and are now, very happy together. We may have a preference for taller guys, but when we meet the right one, one that we can hit it off, these so-called "criteria" will not be our priority anymore.
Height isn’t the deal breaker but if I had to be superficial, I would have to say 6’1”-6’3” ( I am 5’5”) That being said, I have dated and fallen in love with men 5’6” and 5’8” If you are looking for a superficial woman then I would say height matters, otherwise, there are so many other characteristics that count for much more. The same type of question can be asked to men, such as what is your ideal height for a girl or even ideal breast size, but it doesn’t mean they won’t date or fall in love with a woman who falls outside of their “ideal” range.
I think girls have a really weird view, no one grow up to be the perfect height, some are genetically gifted where the parents were about the same height and others not so much. Michael Jordan is 6’6 but no one in his family was over 5’9.
That’s like me saying my ideal girl has to have size DD breasts. It’s just a superficial thing to say on my end. Obviously guys want to be taller but being 5’8 and having the ability to walk after seeing my friend be paralyzed waist down after a skiing accident made me realize why the fuck are we so anal and trivial over these numbers *smh*
I mean if I want to get religious, I can state that the first man ever on earth, Adam, was 90 feet tall, and there’s proof of that. Jesus was probably 5’10-6ft at best
I'm 5 foot 6, so I'm quite tall for a girl. I like my man to be half a head - head taller than me but any more and it's like I need climbing ropes and a harness to go kiss him...! The other problem is if they're too close to me height wise I look like a giant in heels (but I rarely wear heels so it's not that much of a problem)
I am 5'6 (just under 170cm). I wouldn't find any heigth a dealbreaker (although I'm not sure about actual giants with a height way over 2m, or people with dwarfism), but I have found that I'm generally most attracted to guys around 6'2 or 6'3 (190 cm). Although I'd consider it in the range 'perfect' anywhere from 5'11 (Say 180cm) to 6'7 or so. Then anywhere between 5'5 and 6'9 would be 'completely fine', under 5'5 and over 6'9 would be 'Yeah I can deal with that, not a problem'.
I don't know if my opinion is needed anymore but whatever, I'll answer anyway. As a relatively tall girl (about 180cm), I don't really feel like I have the right to be picky about a guy's height. Nevertheless, I've spent most of my life with friends shorter than me so I've grown accustomed to it. For this reason, I assume, it makes me anxious to be with people a lot taller than me, so for me the ideal height for a guy would be about the same as my own. Obviously it's not that specific but I really can't imagine myself going for a guy under 160cm. I don't think I have an upper limit, but as I said, it's a preference. I can deal with tall guys a lot better when they're kinda lanky, if a guy is both tall and muscular/a bit overweight, I just feel intimidated. As for heels, I don't really wear them but it's mostly because they're expensive and uncomfortable. I don't mind being taller others, rather, I find it amusing and it gives me confidence.
Lemme sum this up lol... you are a girl (girls are shorter , and you are 180 ) .. im considered a tall boy here... i am 175 !! ... also im 18 not 16 ... dam i need some protein XD
@malek123 well I am considered tall! plus girls go through their puberty earlier than guys so they get their growth spurt earlier, you might still be growing (It's fine if u don't tho, 175 is just fine)
Nooo! Surgery is not worth it. Your height is fine! It's not even short. There's no general ideal height. It differs from every person so I wouldn't count on it. You can find a nice girl either shorter or taller for you. I'd say to work on your confidence instead of wasting money on a unnecessary surgery.
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I'm sorry, I just can't live with myself at my height. I'll probably be ok at 5'10, though.
No, because your insecurities will come back. You will always want more... :/ you're better off working on your confidence.. My friends are your height and their confidence makes the ladies swoon. ;)
I'm only 5'1 so anyone taller than me is good. In fact based on practicality I would prefer a shorter guy. But unfortunately I don't want my kids (especially a son) to have to deal with the daily struggle of being bullied because of his height. So I'd probably want someone around 5'8 and either under or over depending on the day
I'm 5'3 and my ideal height for a boy would be between 5'7 and 5'10, someone taller than me but not ridiculously taller than me. However, my boyfriend is actually 6'0, so height doesn't matter very much to me (though it's very frustrating having to stand on things to kiss him without leaning up. On my tiptoes, I can just about kiss his jaw)
Oh, I often get lifted up! Whenever I see him, I usually get picked up and carried around at least once and he thinks it's funny to pretend to drop me, even if he's just letting me fall down onto the sofa or the bed. He ducks sometimes but then he usually ends up mocking my height. Tall people are so mean :3
I think it depends on the girl, for shorter girls a shorter to avg height guy but for the taller girls who are 5'8" and up they would probably like a taller guy, usually girls like a guy that is about 3-5" taller, that's usually the difference when they wear heels. But there are the exceptions, the short girls who love tall guys and the rare tall girl who likes a shorter guy
I'm 5'3" . I prefer to look at his face than looking at his little bird all the time so if he's within 5'9 to 6' is just nice. If he's to tall, I can't kiss him standing and if my eye level is on the lower part of torso then that's not fun.
I think anywhere between 6 to 9 inches (15 to 23 centimeters) taller than her height is ideal. Some girls like at least 4 inches (10 centimeters). A lot of girls don't even care too much about height, just as long as your a bit taller than her.
I'm 5'7" so I personally like guys that are 6'1" to 6'4".
I don’t really have a preference. I do find myself dating guys who are 6ft tall tho. I’m 5’2 and I don't know I just feel like that height is perfect for cuddling. It’s also easy for him to kiss the top of my head. It’s also nice cause he’s still a lot taller when I wear heels
No such thing. As far as I know. Although I've heard, most girls in america prefers 6 footers. I don't know why. But yea, majority of women has no height preferences.
anything above 5'11, height is soooooooo important to me (and nothing else to be honest) if i see a tall guy, it makes me weak in my knees. I couldnt even care about his looks at that moment.
BUTT im really lucky to have 6'5 boyfriend <3 @PrettyRegular
@Armourdillo dude wtf i never said i dont care about what he does to me, i most definitely do care about his personality, I WAS LITERALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Yeah and physical appearance means more than personality, or is it just a fucking coincidence that ALL at men have better personalities than ALL short men?
@Armourdillo she said if a guy is tall she doesn't care about any other physical attribute of his. Obviously personality is still important to her, but if a guy is tall she doesn't care if he has a shitty face, that's all she said
@furiousrat i can't deal with him right now and honestly i couldnt care about what he thinks of me. But thank you for understanding what i was really trying to say.
As for you @Armourdillo , its not like im COMPLETELY AGAINST dating a guy shorter than 5'10, but can i at least prefer dating a guy 2-3 inches taller than me? (im 5'6) or does that make me shallow again?
@Chillabit Look at how they're making fun of me based on what they think my height is. I haven't said anything to then in 9 fucking months and they come back just to spite me.
im 190 but i know a guy who is 20cm and his dick is 27cm it looks so weird for him so i hope u get abused by him or killed, because dick size is better than height
As a guy who is only 6' it's obvious girls want much taller than that, so I'm pretty depressed about being so short. That being said though a woman who is taller than 5' 9" is way too tall for me and most guys, so I wouldn't waste my time with them since they only want guys who are 6' 5" and up
Anything around my height (5'10") is good, preferably a little taller of course but not too tall and not too short. Like around 5'8" & 6'5" are where I'd make a cut.
I'm 6'1" and I'd be cool with a guy who is my height or a little taller. If I said I wanted somebody monstrously tall, that would be unreasonable because they'd have to be like, 7 feet tall lol.
@Armourdillo no, I'm just not attracted to short men in the same way you aren't attracted to obese women. I'm lucky I found a tall guy who's into skinny short girls, maybe your luck will change.
@Armourdillo average height is 5'9-10 so anything shorter. Amd yes before you say it I also know at 4'10 I'm classed as a midget but I never let my small height hold me back or turn me bitter.
@Armourdillo average height is 5'9-10 so anything below that is short in my opinion. And yes before you say it I also know at 4'10 I'm classed as a midget but I never let my small height hold me back or turn me bitter.
@Armourdillo of course I would love my short kids. Just because a person is taller than me who is midget doesn't make them any less short. I'm not holding anyone back, I can't help who I'm attracted to and nor should I.
Im not picky. Id date a dwarf if his personality lined up with mine. But I have always seemed to date guys around a foot or more taller than me. I don't know if thats because I unintentionally go for really tall guys or they go for me. Im 5ft.
OK, I'm joking. I'd love to be taller, but I know I won't. So the best thing to do is accepting your height because I don't think it'll matter if a girl truly loves you. We're not perfect.
I'm 160cm tall (which is I guess like 5'4') and my ideal height for a guy is about 185cm, but not over 190cm because than there's too much difference haha :D But I really like tall guys so 185-190cm is the perfect height for me.
I'm 5'3" and my ideal guy is ANYTHING taller than me. But I also like when I have to look up to see his eyes, or kiss. But I also kinda like boys shorter than me, "fun sized" ^.~ I like both but prefer taller :D
I'm 5'7 and don't really ask for too much. He can be anything starting from 5'5 and up; my then bf was 5'7 and 1/2. What I don't want is a 7 footer; saw one like that at a supermarket and it creeped me out to be honest.
i dont like crazy tall guys because they freak me out, lol, i dont want to feel like their child, plus the taller they are the bigger chance they have a huge penis and huge peniss hurt!!!
a big penis is good, but a huge 10 inch is not. thats a lot of pressure to be able to give that a blowjob and i dont have a big slutty vagina lol so it would be very painful
Damn apparently girls want a guy to be at least 6 inches taller. I'd say 4 inches taller than me, since most heels are 3-4 inches...so for me that would be a guy who is 6'2. It's not really a big deal though, my boyfriend is shorter than me
"accept" it's really fucking feels bad that you go around measuring guys and crossing people as a acceptable or not depending on their height. Using you logic, personality only matters at 5'9+ right?
I hope you at least admit you're shallow. So since shorter guys are unacceptable, what then? Does it make you sick when a short guy serves you in a restaurant, or fixes your car? Do you only request tall workers?
@Armourdillo oh you have no idea how shallow I am. Yeah I accept it and its part of evolutionary biology to want a man that is taller than you and for a man to want a woman who is shorter than him and has a good waist to hip ratio among other thing. I dont blame men when they say they want a beautiful slim girl and other beauty standards because we can’t control what we are attracted to. And by the way considering my height my standards are pretty relaxed compared to the other girls. Guys and girls have different priorities and it’s not crazy to have them because we are BIOLOGICALLY wired to do so. You can’t control who you get attracted to. So get off my case.
@Elena_the_Star Girls are more attracted to handsome men and men are attracted to everyone and men are also attracted to tall women, so we have no standards
@blabla890 why do you think so many old rich ugly guys have beautiful young girls with them? Because many girls would choose money over looks in a guy. But a guy mostly would choose looks over money in a girl. Why did the old, ugly guy waste money to get a beautiful young girl? How many women do you see who are willing to spend money on a guy to get him? Very few. Because there are different priorities.
Bwahaha dont tell me guys dont have standards. Most guys want a femininely beautiful, slim girl with big boobs and a round hips and a bubble butt with long hair and long legs and delicate features. Dont even tell me this isn't an ideal. Oh yeah and shorter than them. But obviously, most men who are average can't get this type of woman would settle for something less. Similarly not every girl can get a 6 feet tall, six inches dick and six figure salary guy. So we also settle and compromise. Duh.
My ex said it was always "two inches taller than the guy I'm currently wanting. Just to give me an edge so he don't get too cocky. And so I'm not the 'googly-eyed wannabe'." It was either really smart or really mean. I'm not sure which...
Well.. preferences, some don't care and others like shorter but mostly taller.. I'm 5'2'' so it isn't hard to find someone taller than me, my dad is 5'11 and first cousin 6'4, from them I calculated my perfect height would be 5'9-6'0 I don't wanna be too much of a smurf because it is hard xD
Im 5'9, tall guys are my weakness. between 6'1-6'4 is my ideal height for a guy. My last boyfriend was 6'5 and I loved being able to wear heals around him! anythig taller is getting almost too tall.
I would want him to be taller then me but not to tall I am 5'5 but I think my Ideal height for a guy would be 5'10-6ft I would want any taller I might go for 5'9 but not taller then 6ft
Funny you say that, I was reading an article about how the easiest way to become a millionaire is to be born over 7'0 as an American. I forget the exact numbers but its something like a 20% chance of making the NBA and becoming a millionaire.
As a bi guy, I've found that myself and known other women/men who purport to have ideal heights but then just don't care whatsoever. Attraction always rules and height seldom matters. As for me, I usually prefer guys a bit taller than me (5'10) but have been just as attracted to sexy guys who were 5'6-5'7.
ideally, he's larger than me all over and can make me feel :3 dainty and small, lol but I'm 5'7 and not skinny, so, I take a 5'10 140 guy when I can and don't sweat it if he isn't 6'3 and 180+
Ideal would probably be around 6'6, but keep in mind I am 6'2 so really ideal is just like four inches taller than me but I don't expect every guy to be that tall nor do I make it a requirement.
I'm in between 5'7" and 5'8". I like guys to be any where between 6'1" and 6'5" because then I can wear 5-6 inch high heels and not have to worry about being taller than him
Im around 5'8. Im always attracted to tall guys (over 6') But tbh as long as the guy is taller than me is okay, haha, coz other than physical attraction, confidence and humour is just so much better
As a 6ft guy I now after reading these comments do not want a short girl. Seeing as girls are so picky about height. What happens when we have children and he's short because of her short genes and has a problem getting girls. I am now only willing to go 3 inches short than me. Before I did not care however I must put my childs needs 1st when selecting a girl.
Lol nothing. It’s just a preference lmao. Get a life dude. You call me entitled and a leech just because I prefer taller guys. You obviously can’t find anyone not just because of your height but because of your blatant disrespect and bitchyness. Do us all a favor and take that stick that’s shoved up your ass and shove it down your throat.
Acting like a dick won’t make yours any bigger. Or add inches to tour height. Do us all a favor and don’t comment on topics sensitive to you. No one likes to see the bitch who insults everyone who comments their opinions. Go comment on how you believe man spreading is a problem because you have no balls in the first place.
I'm 5'7" and I like a guys that are between 6'0" and 6'5". I'm a bit tall myself and I want to feel small and protected when I'm around my guy which is why I want him taller than me.
@Keepcalm89 Yup. It helps to be attractive, but still woman prefer taller men. Guess it's in their genes. No big deal I still have success in the real world.
Sorry if that was rambling, I meant to saying something like: If the man is comfortable with himself and has the humility to wear flats to cater to your preference, what's the issue?
Yes! That's completely fine! But that's the magic of lifts (SORRY I kept saying flats haha), that way more men about be in your accept range so you can have a higher chance of finding a guy who you clique with based on personality.
I don't think many guys would mind. I mean we all do things to want to be given a chance right? If I had to wear lifts because a girl wouldn't be interested in me because I'm not a certain height, I'd do it in a heartbeat!
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