men... own your height, don't lie about it...
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I'm 5'8".
At least I'm not fat....0 -
6'30
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I'm 5'40
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I agree with OP, if you lie you should wear lifts too.
Incidentally, if X is your height (in inches) and Y is the height of the lady of your heart, you can lie by up to (X-Y-2)/2 without her noticing. Semi-serious.
EDIT: I'm 5'8 or 5'9 depending on day and time of day.0 -
I agree with OP, if you lie you should wear lifts too.
Incidentally, if X is your height (in inches) and Y is the height of the lady of your heart, you can lie by up to (X-Y-2)/2 without her noticing. Semi-serious.
you should add an absolute value around your numerator0 -
No, but I should add a floor to it all.
you should add an absolute value around your numeratorI agree with OP, if you lie you should wear lifts too.
Incidentally, if X is your height (in inches) and Y is the height of the lady of your heart, you can lie by up to (X-Y-2)/2 without her noticing. Semi-serious.0 -
Kinda athletic...Height isn't something I've been lied to about. Weight, for sure. Don't fill out "athletic build" when you're just fat. And don't use photos that are 10 years old. Less picky about the height. I'm tall though, so would prefer a guy that I don't tower over when I wear heels.
Photo less than two months...
6'3" without heals...
How yah doing?0 -
Kinda athletic...Height isn't something I've been lied to about. Weight, for sure. Don't fill out "athletic build" when you're just fat. And don't use photos that are 10 years old. Less picky about the height. I'm tall though, so would prefer a guy that I don't tower over when I wear heels.
Photo less than two months...
6'3" without heals...
How yah doing?
How tall are your heels?0 -
Don't y'all have Skype? Tell whomever you're going out with that you want to Skype first. If they start hedging, then you know.0
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5'11 (and three quarters) butt naked
I just say 6 foot...0 -
... women will diss you for lying, not for being 5ft5.
Yes they will.
Trust me, its the kiss of death. Growing up i was very short. Thank god im taller than average now.
Any woman that denies the majority of women place huge emphasis on height is simply delusional.0 -
Simple fix- join a dating site with height filter. Short guys profiles won't even show up in your feed.
They will if they're lying about their height.
I agree that it seems pointless to lie about something that will be immediately obvious if you ever meet. I know people lie about their age and body type, but that's usually a self-delusion issue ("I still look young" or "I carry my weight well") but height is not a perception issue. So either they don't really plan on meeting, or they think once you meet them you'll be so enthralled that you won't care...?0 -
I'm a fan of everybody just telling the truth - height, weight, age, etc. That way, when you meet, there are no surprises. Why lie? It's going to be obvious and then the person is gonna wonder what else you've been lying about...people who play games piss me off.0
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Kinda athletic...Height isn't something I've been lied to about. Weight, for sure. Don't fill out "athletic build" when you're just fat. And don't use photos that are 10 years old. Less picky about the height. I'm tall though, so would prefer a guy that I don't tower over when I wear heels.
Photo less than two months...
6'3" without heals...
How yah doing?
6'3" is perfect. I could wear stilettos and still not be taller.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with having preferences when it comes to height. Men have preferences, too. I've heard guys say they'd never date a woman my height (I'm 5'0). I don't care. There are plenty of men who dig short chicks. Besides, I'm awesome enough to compensate for being vertically challenged.0
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I said I was 5'8" (from a doctor report) until I was 44 and measured shorter. Maybe I shrunk?0
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Wow, does this thread make me feel like an Untermensch in Nazi Germany much?0
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Limiting your man selection by excluding anyone short really does leave you with a much worse chance of finding a good guy for you, statistically. I'm 5'8, my boyfriend's 5'6. We look adorable.
Oh and a guy's height doesn't always correlate to foot size. Just throwing that out there. 0 -
Limiting your man selection by excluding anyone short really does leave you with a much worse chance of finding a good guy for you, statistically. I'm 5'8, my boyfriend's 5'6. We look adorable.
Oh and a guy's height doesn't always correlate to foot size. Just throwing that out there.
Especially when you consider that only 14% of men (in the US) are over 6ft. Obviously, one is some kind of amazing to rate themselves better than 86% of the population. 0 -
Out of curiosity I just measured myself since I'm in my late 40's and haven't measured my height in many years. I'm down half an inch!
A quick google search confirms that men shrink on average 1" and women 2" from ages 30 to 70 (and then another inch from age 70 to 80). I guess I should be glad it's only half an inch. <_<
I can't speak for all women, but the main reason I don't like to date guys more than an inch or so shorter than me is because I don't like feeling like a hulking giant next to them. I accept the blame there - if I were more dainty of size, it wouldn't matter. I'm always surprised at 5' tall, 90 lb women who won't date under 6'.0 -
I'm 6'5", and I actually find it uncomfortable the way it draws attention to me most of the time. I'm naturally heavily introverted. I can put on a really REALLY good act of extroversion, but I had to work really hard on social anxiety stemming from bullying and issues fitting in during high school to get to that point. On top of that, it makes a lot of things super awkward, many of which are every day things average people don't have to think about. I can never get in a serious car accident, otherwise my legs will probably need amputation at the knee, because my knees are jammed against the dashboard (I have a '98 Rav4 and no money for a new car). I automatically pay 30% more for clothes. If don't fit in many houses (I've literally knocked myself unconscious on a doorframe once). I have some pretty significant lower back pain at times from leaning over on counters, so low counters are an issue too.
That being said, I own the **** out of being tall now, but it has to be a conscious effort every time I do. I used to actually shave an inch off when I told people how tall I was. No more, I'm proud of who I am capable of being. I still have to retreat within myself and convince myself that the world isn't lying to me when they compliment my height, though, but i'm sure that will change with time. Confidence isn't always something that's tied to height. It's tied to the successes you've had in your life. Hang on to every success, and you'll be more confident.
On a side note, please don't ask me the following questions:
Do you play basketball? (no, do you play minigolf?)
How's the weather up there? (Fine, how's the air by my balls?)
and please refrain from comments that ... don't really have a legitimate response, for example.
"Wow, you're so tall!" .... Thanks? I worked really hard on it for (X) years while I grew?
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And for god's sake, don't use me as a god damned meeting point if you haven't met me before. (Yes, I've had a random stranger come up to me and say "Hey, tall guy, can you, like, not move? I told my friends to meet by you, because you're easy to see" ... )0 -
Well... I'll just say 6'5. And yes I will help you reach that.0
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Ok so I just have to point this out....Men, if you say you are 6 foot tall, BE six foot tall. If you are 5ft5, but claim to be 5ft9.... women will diss you for lying, not for being 5ft5. What is the point in lying about your height?
ROFL step out of your stilts er heals
Heels to enhance their height, makeup to enhance their appearance, wonder bras to enhance their physical assets. :laugh:
No deception there.
Need to bring back the stuffed codpiece.
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I'm 95 pixels. I'll be bigger if you make me your wallpaper...no lie!0 -
Ok so I just have to point this out....Men, if you say you are 6 foot tall, BE six foot tall. If you are 5ft5, but claim to be 5ft9.... women will diss you for lying, not for being 5ft5. What is the point in lying about your height?
ROFL step out of your stilts er heals
Heels to enhance their height, makeup to enhance their appearance, wonder bras to enhance their physical assets. :laugh:
No deception there.
Need to bring back the stuffed codpiece.
Eh, it wasn't that great.
Heels aren't meant to enhance height, they're meant to accentuate calves and butt.
I'll be speaking in generalities here, so these aren't true across the board for everyone, but there is a lot of scientific evidence for the following:
And human sexual attraction is a lot different than just comparing physical to physical. Men are largely attracted to physical characteristics, so women accentuate physical assets: boobs, butt, face, hair. They're all biological signals of health and well being, something that is important to men, anthropologically speaking, when choosing a mate. They want to find someone capable of carrying several offspring, and surviving a long time to be able to rear these children.
Women on the other hand, have a much wider viewpoint of what is physically attractive in a male. Personality, and often carrying from personality, status, and more intangible aspects of a person are more important. Is he good at identifying and taking advantage of key social cues (humor, for example)? Is he capable of asserting himself when necessary? Is he TOO aggressive, and thus a danger to others and potentially himself (i.e. won't survive to help raise children, provide food, etc.)? Is he lazy? Does he command respect? Many of these traits often result in status, which increased offspring survival chance. So the male equivalent of heels and a wonderbra is closer to being around his bros and bragging about his accomplishments than anything physically based.0 -
Wait...are you talking about pen!s?
niiiice.0 -
So do I list my height with or without shoes?
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I don't think I've ever had a man lie about his height to me. Of course I don't walk up to people and ask their height either.... I look at them and can see that they are either taller, the same size, or shorter than me... either way it doesn't make any difference to me. (Actually, I am one of those women who thinks shorter guys are a turn on... but don't tell my husband that, he is taller than me!)0
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I said I was 5'8" (from a doctor report) until I was 44 and measured shorter. Maybe I shrunk?
Similar thing happened to me. One height all my adult life and then go to the docs at 44 and somewhere I lost 3/4 of an inch! LOL0 -
So do I list my height with or without shoes?
You're not doing it right.
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