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LADIES, how much do men's height matter to you?
Posted by creatingsummer • 12/20/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: attraction, confidence, Dating, height, ladies, love, man, relationship, woman
i thought it would be interesting to hear if a man's height has any bearing on his relationship with a woman. is height one of the first things ladies look for physically in a man? i'd love to hear your thoughts
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Height does matter to me. I know it shouldn't, but it does. I'm tall for a woman (5' 9"). When I was dating, I was always much more attracted to men who were taller than me. Somehow, I feel safer or more secure or something. It's hard to explain.
I have been married for 11 1/2 years now, and my husband is 6' 3". -
Height isn't everything but I am much more attracted to tall men. It's just the way it is.
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my son is a short guy and he has cousins 6ft 6in who put their elbows on his head.....he has struggled all his life with women not appreciated who he is because of his height he is 23 but now he has started his own company and is turning over big bickies all of a sudden the height does not matter which I think is extremely sad my sons have alwas been told the measure of a man is not in his wallet or his height but in his heart-
congrats for your son!
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That is because the girls here are taught to marry a tall man. It is the same as saying blonde guys are better or blue eye guys are best.
It makes no sense at all to go out with a tall guy over a shorter one. There is no advantage to it. It is just a culture thing.
Japanese women go out with all shorter guys than women here and they don't complain. Nobody there is anywhere near 6 feet. -
Males are friends only and the height doesn't matter.
Females on the other hand height matters because I don't want to date anyone taller than my 5ft. 7 in.
She likes to put things in places I need to use a stool and then laugh ( happned once, cute huh?) -
Heights is certainly one of the first things a women finds very appealing in a man, to say something different would be a lie.
Kind of like a man viewing a little petite women for the first time, women with cute little bodies are also very appealing to a man when they see them for the first time.
Does it matter in a Relationship?
I would say "no" b/c when your in a relationship your already passed the looking it over phase.
What else does a women find very attractive in a man? I personally would say the "EYES" -
When I was single, as long as he was taller than me (and almost all men are taller than me), I didn't care. Humor was what attracted me to a man, more so than appearance. -
Prefer at least my height, but the eyes are definately what I notice first
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I am assumed how many regular commenters have lurked on this one
Do some have height issues?
I am fairly tall so same height or taller for me.-
i think i want to discuss height in the next post of my male advice column. just curious, is all. the comments here are interesting
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What color eyes? Mine are green.
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blood shot
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Green or light blue do something for me...
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LOL bloodshot
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Height is nice but not if a guy's a jerk-face. Then all bets are off, short or tall. I don't mind being with a guy who is a little shorter or same height if he has the smarts, a certain look in his eye, a cute smile, and CONFIDENCE!-
I agree! I'd rather have a short guy who treated me with respect than a tall one who treated me badly.
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I'm 5'4", and most of the women I have dated are taller than me. There's plenty of girls out there who look past the height thing. -
My height at least...it just seems that is what I am attracted to initially. -
I'm pretty tall-- 5'8"... So I prefer taller guys, yes. Mainly so I don't feel like Godzilla in comparison. -
Tall... I prefer tall men.
Now, my twin sister married a guy who is 6'5" and she is 5'3".. they do look funny together... but they are blissfully happy! I'm 5'6" and prefer 6'3" or taller. -
Ive never had a problem getting a woman even though I am 5'5 big ones, tall ones, fat ones, thin ones, psychos and normal. They all fell under the charm of crkian.-
LOL!
You are a charmer, aren't you? Women just swoon when they see or hear you, eh?
Wait, I hear them singing outside your door! -
to be honest most said it was my sense of humor that they fell for. The way I see it, when you are sat on a barstool most of us are the same size. Same thing in bed.
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hahaha go you crkian. very true about the barstool and bed
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It's the avatar. Who could say no to that face?
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why does that not surprise me (that it was your sense of humor)? you are quite funny - I find I laugh out loud with some of your comments. you also seem like a nice guy.
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I learnt from a young age that the way to beat bullys was to laugh at myself, after that they had nothing to bully me with. Take the reason away from a bully and turn it around on them.
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Absolutely! I would not go out with anyone shorter then 5'11. But then again, I don't like a guy too tall. 6'2 is a cut off height for my date.
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my wife and i go thru this weird thing, one day she's taller the next day i am...i can't sort it out. My son grew 4 inches in about 3 days and jumped two shoe sizes in 2 days.
I wouldn't go out with a woman that was any taller than my wife. I'm 5.8 and 3/32. I think I went out with a young woman an inch or so taller than me when I was about 17, it was odd. I couldn't go out with a short woman, i know that might sound terrible but i couldn't, even if she was nice. Looks are important to me, I'm totally shallow when it comes to women.-
just don't let your wife know about that last bit just playing
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"I wouldn't go out with a woman that was any taller than my wife." Neither I, or shorter, or whatever other than my wife (she could catch the "Lorena Bobbit Syndrome")
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Depends, if relationship no more than a friend than that's fine, but if.. there's more than just a friend.. from 1-10 i would give 8 (it is important)
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Let's face it CHEMISTRY is important. No chemistry = no interest. Who can explain chemistry. Either it's there or it's not.
A similar spiritual worldview is important too. -
It's a preference (because I'm 6'2'') and I don't want to continually bend over to peck my partner and get back problems.
But again, I'm not going to reject Eva Longoria out of hand.
If she's about my height, then YAY! But if not, then that's cool. But so long as you have a sense of humour! Pleeaaaase!-
I JUST REALIZED I"M NOT A LADY
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Well, I am 5'4" so I at least like my partner to be 2" taller or more. I usually don't look at height first. For me it's the eyes and smile that draw me in. Well at least before, when I was on the market lol
So I suppose for me the height issue is one that comes from a feeling of being able to snuggle under an arm pit and then gazing up at his eyes or at least look straight into them. -
I am 5.6 and a man needs to be taller or at least as tall as me.
Smaller just never did work for me
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A male's height is directly proportional to the length of his 'male organ'. That could be the reason why women fall blindly for a man's height!
I came to my own conclusion on this after watching the movie 'Notting hill' and a newspaper column which carried an interview with Ozzy Osbourne's wife about the possibility of her husband getting a penis augmentation surgery.
She says that he didn't need an augmentation surgery since his fingers and feet are really long and thick-
A) Thats not true.
B) Bigger does not equal better. Bigger equals painful. Painful equals no play. Ergo, your theory is wrong.
However, a large male is indicative of the leader of a pack or group (like in the animal world), which also indicates (SUPPOSEDLY) superior genes (Darwinism), and the ability to protect and provide for a pregnant woman or a woman with a fairly young child. (Since women at that time are much more vulnerable, and require assistance) If you want to take it back to basic survival of the fittest, animalistic behaviors, that is.
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robinsonjoel,
I have to enlighten you on this sibject - women DO NOT like a large "male organ". I do not want to elaborate on this in the forum, but I will say briefly that every women I know including myself thinks that a large "male organ" is not attractive and moreover causes problems in sex life. -
I prefer men to be taller than I am in heels. I'm only 5ft 2 though so most people are taller than me. My partner is the perfect height for me, but he isn't that tall. -
This is such an interesting question. I hadn't thought of it before but all the men I've dated and have been serious about are over 6-foot tall. Interesting. I am only 5'3".
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He has to be 6 inches or more taller than I am -
I like 'em tall. But since I'm very short...the qualifications aren't hard to meet. I haven't met one yet that wasn't taller than me....
My big thing however, is hands. If the man's hands are soft, well manicured, and plump or small - forget it. I'm outta there. I want to see scars, callouses, stains from working, they'd better look like beat-to-hell leather. -
And suddenly I'm feeling very short at only 5'6" and a half, hahaha... it was bad enough being towered over by freshmen when I was a senior in college as was, haha. -
I'm 5'0'' so most guys are always taller than me. I think dating a guy shorter than me - less than 5'- would make us look like a bunch-o-kids. I've always dated men that are almost 6 and above. Current man 6'2'' -
Height or length?-
standing or lying down?
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I'm 5'2 and 105lbs the husband is 6'4 and out weighs me by like a million pounds. His height wasn't what attracted me to him....Actually..what was it that I was attracted to again? -
I'm 5'2 and my hubby is 6'2. He comes in handy for doing the high stuff, and I come in handy getting the low stuff done. We're a good grocery shopping team lol. -
I'm 5'9. I've loved tall men; I've loved men shorter than me...It's all in the heart, eyes and soul, boys.....
Girls think differently than YOU do....We fall in love, or lust from a spiritual and cerebral place.
It's not all visual and tactile (like it is (I'm guessing) for most of you males....especially younger ones.
Intelligence, ambition, knowledge (about something besides sports), compassion, spirituality, sensitivity...these are the qualities that are sublime and cannot be resisted!
You can seduce a woman with your mind, do you all know that?????????
Show us some tenderness, love for little babies or pets, help us clean up, cook for us, listen to what we say..... and we're putty in your hands.
It doesn't matter how tall or endowed you are. Most women don't care. You're beauty lies beneath anything physical.
Have you ever wondered how some magnificent super model type ended up with a guy who was so so in the looks department?????
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I have a soft spot for tall guys, but I wouldn't kick a short guy out of bed either... unless he was eating crackers.-
LOL Jill...
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Height shmeight. What's wrong with you lot? -
I like to look into his eyes, so 5'8 - 5'10 is about perfect.
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It's all the same lying down, no?
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there's more to it, than just lying down
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Really? Dammn, that's where I have been going wrong. I said money didn't matter either on the "would you marry a rich bloke" discussion. I may have to have a rethink.
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Sounds like its turning in to a dating site
I'm dark brown hair, dark blue eyes and 5"11
My wife, sorry ladies is 5"4 and has said she couldn't marry anyone shorter than she is. Her sister is slightly shorter again and her husband is 6"0 -
wastage of time.
dont know why people appreciate this kind of question.-
Just switch channels if you don't approve ranablogs
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Its not the height - its the personality, intelligence and ... ;-) -
I'm 5'8". At least that height is very preferable. A man would have to have something extremely special going for him if he was shorter than me (hey, get your mind out of the gutter, perv!)-
I'm 185cm so yeah, if he's smaller {shorter in some areas of the world} he'd have to be extraspecial - like hyper intelligent or something
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Height doesn't matter to me at all. I could care less how "we" look to other people and that's all this question really amounts to -- public perception. Simply stated I think those who have height criteria for potential partners are "shallow".
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It's not about being shallow, it's all a matter of competition, natural selection. People think that when people like myself use height as a criteria, we are choosing tall jerks with nothing going for them other than height. No-it is usually works out something more along these lines: (for example)I find 10 men, all intelligent, kind, and good looking, all acceptable as mates. If I have a choice, why wouldn't I pick the one I was conditioned by evolution to find more desireable?
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I know that when I was dating I felt awkward being with guys who were near my height or shorter than me. I am 5ft 2. The guy I married is 6ft 6inches tall.
Now I didn't take his height into consideration when thinking of having his children.
My son was 22 1/2 inches long at birth, and my daughter 21 1/2 inches long. I expect them both to be at least six feet tall.-
I meant to add that both kiddos were born via c-section because they got stuck.
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I was gonna say "You are one badass mommy"
Now I will say "You are one badass SMART mommy" -
Thanks... lol.
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I like tall men - but at my height, everyone is tall
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I like anyone who can see over the top of my head, I'm 5'7" so if that means tall than so be it.
Also this is shameless blog promotion: here are more of my thoughts on the topic.
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I don't look for it first, but I'm 5'8", so I do prefer a man taller than I. If it really came down to it, it most likely wouldn't make a difference. -
i like really tall men (6'0" at a minimum) - but that's just my type. i just can't date a guy i can the same height as in heels.
that said, i've dated plenty of tall jerks so the height definitely doesn't have any bearing on their character in a relationship -
It does to me, but not too much. I am 5'2 so if they are at least 5'5 it's all good. My exhubby was 6'1 and my boyfriend before that 5'6 so I have a pretty big window for preferred height
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Just to let you know Iam 5.5 -
aww sooky sooky now haha
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Just kidding man
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I'm 5'6" and like wearing 3-4 inch heels and I like the guy to be at least a few inches taller. -
I would prefer a man who's taller than me. But in a relationship it's the personality that counts most. Outward feature is not my main basis of a successful relationship.
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