I always told myself I'd marry a tall lanky guy like my dad, but I've always been attracted to short stocky guys (short meaning average height to just below average). My husband is an inch or two shorter than me, but can pass as the same height if he's wearing his work boots and I'm barefoot or in flats. I love wearing tall shoes and leaning down to kiss him, I think it's adorable. So really, I'd say I got just what I wanted. What helps is that even though I'm large framed, he must be super extra large framed (he has a seriously large ribcage no matter how skinny he gets). His very large frame helps me feel petite even if I'm taller. I think frame size would be more of a deal breaker to me than height.

Just curious how many of us made height a requirement when choosing a mate. I have a lot of short friends who always say, "I would never date/marry a guy who is shorter than me!" But, I'm 5'11" and my husband is 5'5" and he's wonderful. If I would have kept that silly rule I would have missed out on the love of my life.

In HS I always said I'd never date a guy shorter than me.....here I am 20+ years later married to one one! I am 6' my husband is 5'3 &1/2 (lol) he has to get that extra 1/2 inch in there! We've been together 20+ years and will celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary this August & have 2 awesome kids!!

I had that rule in high school, too. I started dating my H when I was 23. I almost didn't date him because of how tall he is (isn't? lol). I was talking to a male friend about him one day at work and he asked why I wasn't dating him (since I never shut up about him). I explained that he was only 5'5" and he said, "Wow. I never pegged you for the shallow type." His words stung, but they woke me up. Why was I missing out on a great guy because of something so silly? 5 years and three kids later (two together + one of mine from before) and we're so happy.

Awesome! I remember meeting my H, I was a senior in HS, and when I walked into the room to meet him, he was sitting down and I thought to myself, "Damn he's hot!" then he stood up to shake my hand and I thought "Damn he's short!" LOL! took the wind right out of my sail... However, we went out anyway and by about 1/2 way through dinner he had stole my heart with his personality & hilarious sense of humor! The fact that he was easy on the eyes and had a nice stocky physique didn't hurt either! LOL! I agree with you 100% on the silly rule......I am lucky enough to say I got to marry my best friend & to this day we still are best friends who are deeply in love!

I always wanted a guy who was taller than me, but the heart wants what it wants! I fell in love with someone who is 5'4 and I am 6'. People always make fun of us and tell us we should switch heights, but it works for us!

I'm 6'2 and my husband is 5'8. I'm used to being taller than everyone around me, so it never was weird for me and he got over the difference really quick. We've been together since 1997. He definitely has a football player's broad shoulders and is a lot stronger than me, so I think it would be weird for me if he was shorter and smaller than me, but I definitely don't mind shorter.

My ex husband of 15 years was 5ft 7in. I am 6ft. It was never a issue except sometimes I missed having that "big man" feeling when out. You know the one, where even though you are a 6ft amazon woman you still feel dainty standing next to your man.

My new man is 6ft 5in.

I don't think I will go back to short men anymore purely for that factor but I'll never say never as you can't control who you love.

When I was in HS I read a magazine article that said that tall women who dated short men lacked self confidence, so I promised never to date or marry anyone shorter than me. Been married to my 3-inches -shorter than me husband for almost 20 years

My hubby of 32 years is a few inches short than me. It's only really awkward when he's barefoot and I'm in heels!

I'm reviving my activity level on MFP, so I'm cruising through my old groups and I'm happy to announce that I am now engaged to that shorter fella I mentioned above! I agree with lalepepper that I feel the weight difference more than the height difference, although our weight difference is (still) only about 25 pounds. I'm overweight, he is not. But, I decided not to let my hangups interfere with what is a great relationship, so I'm not letting it bother me. Plus, he has muscles and tattoos, SOOOOOO.....

And now a number of months later, I now only outweigh him by about 6 pounds! I told him, "I'm coming for you!" LOL We actually dated over 20 years ago, when I was still a couple of inches taller, but he definitely outweighed me back then. At best, I'm hoping for close to equal weight this time around.
Anyway, we're not married *yet*, but I swear we're working on it! Hehe