Why don't short girls like to be called cute?

[kashin10]

I've noticed most short girls hate to be called cute even though their petite size is complimented and admired. Why do they hate to be considered cuties?

[BuchitaBuchys]

I'm 4'11, so I hear it all the time. I see "cute" as like for bunnies and rainbows. Like if I'm dressed up, hearing "cute" almost sounds patronizing - like a little girl playing dress up ("aww, omg, my daughter is wearing heels, how cute").
Lol if it's strangers, I know they don't mean it bad. If it's even friends and family, cuz I know everyone has different connotations for cute.

If the person is my boyfriend, I don't wanna hear cute, like ever. Cute is for adorable, I'd rather hear like pretty or beautiful etc. Cuz it sounds more for a grown woman. I get mistaken for a teen all the time, I want to be seen as a grown up! :,( lol
But any compliment is better than no compliment, so I don't get bothered on the outside when I hear it from strangers, I just say thank you and smile.

I do hear that guys tend to call girls "cute" if they consider her relationship material, and like "sexy" if they probably don't take her more serious than a ONS. Not sure if this is true, or just what my guy friends tell me to make me feel better lol :x

[BuchitaBuchys]

But I do like to hear cute when they something funny with it. Like the cliche "you're so cute I just want to put you in my pocket" or I've even heard "you're so cute I could just throw you." Lol these make laugh, so I don't mind hearing it :p

[kashin10]

Yup cute is much more respectable than hot or sexy.

[BuchitaBuchys]

Yea, but cute sounds more patronizing than beautiful or pretty lol Like I said, I'll take what I can get as far as compliments. But cute sounds like my reaction when I see kittens or babies, something completely baby-ish.

[BuchitaBuchys]

Thanks for MHO :)

[Anonymous]

Yea I don't know I call the cute all the time though cause Id love to be caled cute if I was their height but maybe it has to do cause they feel like they're a child yur talking to.. Honestly I'm tall so no idea but if my any of my shorties (best short friends) didn't like it I wouldny ever do it again

[Anonymous]

I don't mind being called cute if they have other terms of endearment for me, but it depends on the situation. If it's my boyfriend, I don't want him to be like my grandmother who still finds me as cute as I was when I was a child. I'd say sweetheart is a better pet name for a relationship.

[meatballs21]

Because feminism. Complimenting a girl = you're obviously a no good mysognistic creep who needs to stop being such a neanderthal and learn sensitivity, so then they can not like you for not being alpha and confident enough.

That or they get pissed off having to use a stool to reach the cupboards in their kitchen.

[kano140]

Depends on the culture and what they associate with the word cute. tl;dr just ask her what she likes.

It seems that lots of people in the US don't like it as much because they think it is patronizing, but coming form Japanese culture cute feels like the respectful/loving alternative to things like sexy or hot (which to me sound a bit more crude or like they don't care about me, just my body). So personally, I like being called cute because it makes me feel like they like me both as a person and how I look. (So kinda like they are saying I like you and want to make you happy, rather than your body looks good and I want it). It makes me feel more comfortable and loved.

In comparison sweetheart and alternatives some people mentioned I don't like as much just because they sound kinda old and weird in comparison and common ones right now like baby bother me more (in a similar way to how cute bothers some other people). I do relate a bit to the 'but I don't want to be so small' thing, but kinda came to accept it because its not like I'm gonna get any taller so might as well find a taller guy who loves me and leave reaching high stuff to him :>

[Spoilers]

I'm 5"5 so not short short but still fairly short and i hate it when people call me cute for being so small. It makes me feel like a pet. Someone says cute and i think of fluffy bunny's and new born puppies not an adult. So no, small girls don't like being called cute.

[kashin10]

Hahhahaa okay.

[Anonymous]

I'm always getting called cute, but fuck it... I know I am an adorable little bastard.

[kashin10]

Hahaha

[Jerusha]

Because we are sick of hearing it. Lol It makes me feel like a 3 year old girl. I want to feel like a woman.

[kashin10]

Hahaha so what words makes you feel more like woman without making you feel like a whore or sex object?

[Jerusha]

Charming, good-looking, beautiful, pretty, exquisite, delicate, wonderful, stunning, nice, admirable, elegant, delightful, fascinating, lovely, gorgeous, sweet..

[AquaReese24]

Yeah, I'm 5'0" and hate the idea of being called "cute." Like, no. I'm not pocket-sized or a fluffy little bunny just because I'm short. It's like you're undermining me entirely just because I'm technically the height of a child (which was hard enough for me to get over in the first place). You can say my eyes or nose or lips are cute, I don't care, but never just tell me "you're cute."

[nonopink]

In some culture, cute is something that you say it to people who aren't unattractive lol.

like when a guy friend shows a picture of his sister who isn't pretty. then we go "Awwww she's cute"

[kashin10]

People use cute is many different ways then. Me personally it expresses an attractive girl that is short or small.

[nonopink]

Good to hear that. I don't mind to be called cute, because I know, I'm tiny but sometimes, I want to be called sexy or hot rather than cute :D

[kashin10]

I hear you but understand when a man says you are sexy or hot it's not for the right reasons. Sexy or hot is a sexual compliment. When a man thinks sex or hot it means he wants you in bed. It doesn't mean he respects you as a beautiful woman.

[nonopink]

haha okay Thank you:D

[Anonymous]

They relate cute and small with youth. Short girls always feel so small already and its hard because everyone treats you as a kid and you want to fit in more. Being small is hard and we just want to feel our own age not two.

[McLemon]

I'm 5ft 1in and have been called a cutie from time to time. Doesn't bother me.

[Anonymous]

Because it feels like you see us as a child when you say it too often. And never say it when we are mad that's the WORST. I can be really mad and I can beat ass too even tho I'm short

[ClumsyxShy]

Because I feel like people treat me like a child and don't take me seriously especially when they pet my head. I'm not an animal... I'm 5' 2

[kangy]

BEcause cute sound like a compliment for pet and child

[kashin10]

What makes you think men see short women as an object, pet or child, and not a real person (adult)? It's just a compliment that fits their look. I'm not disagreeing with what you say but that's like saying just because a man compliments a short girl by calling her cute he's a child molester we obviously don't see short women as kids lol

[kangy]

i think you think too far... i never mention objectifying neither do i mention child molester
we like to be seem as ladies/women and not a little girl especially when we grow older..

[kashin10]

Lol okay sweety

[zombiebabe]

because i'm so sick of being called cute