Tall Guys

rosenstocktakeh

Ok, this is in response to the "Tall Girls" thread on the guys forum.

Girls often talk about "tall, dark and handsome" but how tall is too tall.

Personally I'm a 6 foot 7 guy but my options with girls are very limited since I'm seen nearly as some form of freak. 2 or 3 times a day I often to deal with questions from strangers about my height - and that is during daylight, you can only imagine what it is like when people have drink on them!

Black Magic

I'd say that is a bit too tall. But I'm sure there is a 6 foot woman out there that wouldn't be put off.

Das Kitty

No such thing as too tall in my book anyway.

Two of my female friends are 5 foot nothing and going out with lads your height OP (even taller in one case).

My husband is just a few inches taller than me. When I was walking around Dublin a few months ago with my friends tall BF and we encountered a group of scummers I was expecting the usual threatening banter I get, they all put the heads down when they saw my friend's fella's height. LOL.

Anyway I actually don't know any of my friends who would think your height would be unattractive.

georgem25

I am very attracted to tall guys - I have never yet met anyone too tall but definitely met plenty too small. I am 5 foot 5.

A friend of mine - 5 foot nothing married a guy 6 foot 5. She often dated guys a lot taller than her.

Another friend is 6 foot and she always joked about marrying a tall man (for the photos) and having kids with a small man as she had such a hard time growing up.

Enjoy your height!!

inabina

You should take a trip up to Scandinavia, there are plenty of girls in for example Sweden around the 6ft mark, and no-one would even bat en eye-lid for 6ft7 there!

joes girls

crazy talk!!!.
I love talk guys, think nothing better than someone talker than me. But i love being the shorty!!
Why anyone would call you a freak is just silly.
Walk proud and look down on them that call you names!

Blush_01

It's not about how tall you are, it's about how you carry yourself. A lot of tall people - both male and female - slouch and don't stand up straight. I don't expect everyone to have a dancer's posture, I'm not short (5' 11") and I know height can make you feel conspicuous, but it's about confidence really.

I live with two guys, both are more than 6ft tall, but they're about the same height. While one stands up straight the other slouches and if you were to pass both of them together you'd say the one who stands up straight was much more confident than the other, which isn't necessarily true.

This might get me lynched, but there's nothing like being made to feel a bit dainty at times, and you need a guy who's taller than you for that imho.

Doolee

Im close on 6 foot and I reckon the taller the better in guys. Its fantastic and makes a tall girl feel small which is lovely.

Ickle Magoo

My cousins are 6"4 is 6"7 and my brother-in-law 6"5 so I'm used to tall guys, doesn't bother me. Both my cousins are married to women who are under 5"5. I've dated taller and shorter guys, I don't have a height preference.

One of my friends is 6"8 - a good foot taller than the next tallest in our group and she married a very, very tall fella - a 7 footer!

BumbleB

I'm 6'6 and its always been advantageous with the ladies:)

rannerap

theres no such thing as a too tall guy in my books,i adore tall men,the taller the better!i wont go near any guy thats not at least a good few inchs taller thhan me,its probably cause im around 5"9 and tall men are few and far between in ireland,if a guy is shorter than me its an instant turn off

beks101

I'm 5 ft 1 and used to have a serious thing for tall guys - went out with a guy who was 6 ft 6 for a bit. But now I find that it's just not practical! 5 10-ish is the perfect height for me coz I still feel tiny, but don't get mistaken for his kid sister!

Doozie

There's no such thing as too tall and tall guys should be explicitedly reserved for tall girls.

jdivision

I'm 6'4 and spent five years on and off with a girl who was 5'1. It was awkward at times in terms of kissing and stuff at the start but you get used to it.

panda100

Doozie wrote: »

There's no such thing as too tall and tall guys should be explicitedly reserved for tall girls.

I find ,in general, that tall men seem to go for small women.

I love tall men as I am 6'1. Been out with lots of guys taller and smaller than me,but I prefer taller as its easier for smooching.

Lockstep

Didn't stop this fella

Fabien Pretou, who was born on June 15, 1968 in France is 188.5 centimeters tall. His wife Natalilu Hughes was born on January 19, 1966 and is 94 centimeters tall. They married on April 14, 1990 in France. The height difference between them is 94.5 centimeters.

http://life.globaltimes.cn/odd/2009-11/485871_2.html

Doozie

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Didn't stop this fella



http://life.globaltimes.cn/odd/2009-11/485871_2.html

Yeah...and its described as one of the world's 'oddest couples'. I hope he knows a good chiropractor!

Webmonkey

This thread is giving me some hope! I'm 6 foot 2 or 3. Thought in general girls preferred more average height guys.

aisling.laura

my boyfriends about 6'5'' and i'm about 5'3''.
i love the height difference, i love to feel small and dainty sometimes!
the smooching can be a bit difficult when standing though and i do get a pretty bad pain in my neck sometimes! but we've learned to work around it!

i can see why the OP might be a bit worried though, people have mixed reactions to my boyfriends height, mainly from other men and older people. he gets a lot of comments, some negative, about it and i know that would be enough to make me paranoid!

i love that he's tall though and girls all think its cute that i'm a bit tiny and he's tall so i don't think you should have problems with the ladies at all!

stripysocks85

I love tall guys. I'm 5'3" and 3 of the times I've worn flats out, I've ended up gaining the attention of guys at least 6'4" or so! It's great, and they seemed to like the fact I was small! Wouldn't get that attention from them in my heels! Honestly!

Catari Jaguar

Oh I LOVE tall fellas. Not lanky stringy ones, they've got to have broad chest/ shoulders.

Vince Vaughn (6' 5)
John Cleese (6' 4¾)
Jason Segel (6' 4)

My boyfriend is 6 ft tall in his Docs. It's perfect hugging size

It's possible the attraction stems from my being only 5 ft tall

Black Magic

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Oh I LOVE tall fellas. Not lanky stringy ones, they've got to have broad chest/ shoulders.

Vince Vaughn (6' 5)
John Cleese (6' 4¾)
Jason Segel (6' 4)

My boyfriend is 6 ft tall in his Docs. It's perfect hugging size

It's possible the attraction stems from my being only 5 ft tall

Cleese ain't buff!

Teferi

@OP - My 5'11 girlfriend would like to have your babies.

sky88

most of the women i know love tall guys sadly i am not tall just 5 10

Catari Jaguar

Black Magic wrote: »

Cleese ain't buff!

But he's funny and has such pretty eyes.... :rolleyes::D

I was just thinking of tall actors that I rather fancy.

None of those guys are particularly buff, just that they aren't skinny. I always though John Cleese was quite lean in his day, like in The Life of Brian. And he fills out a suit nicely.

But yea, he's pretty gangly with his crazy legs

Anywho back on topic.

the_syco

Blush_01 wrote: »

slouch and don't stand up straight

You'd be amazed on how many door frames your head misses when you slouch

Polar Girl

Lots of women love tall men as they feel very protected and safe.

Lockstep

Doozie wrote: »

Yeah...and its described as one of the world's 'oddest couples'. I hope he knows a good chiropractor!

I put it in for some perspective.

Get back in your box. Go on. Back in there.

Doozie

kickoutthejams wrote: »

I put it in for some perspective.

Get back in your box. Go on. Back in there.

:pac: Hey! I know perspective.
This is a small person, but the ones outside are farrrrrr away.

The Sparrow

Right I'm 6'6" and I always get girls coming up to me when I'm out and saying "You're really tall". I often wonder what exactly they are expecting me to say. I normally just smile and say "well spotted" or something like that and they often try and measure themselves beside me.

It's grand and I don't mind. I'm used to getting comments from lads and girls. But I often wonder what they expect me to say. I need to think of a better comeback than "well spotted".

Doolee

how about..."really...I always thought I was kind of small"...and then look really sad and disappointed and have a little cry into your glass and run to the loo!!!:P

BumbleB

panda100 wrote: »

I find ,in general, that tall men seem to go for small women.

So true , most tall girls (about 90 %) Correct me if I'm wrong , I've ever met look like absolute goddesses ,have catwalk figures , and they stand there towering over their friends not looking very comfortable with themselves and because they're probably not interested in shorter guys ,they close off their body language and don't smile . I've seen that a lot ,in fact last week there was an absolute blonde stunner at the bar around 6' when i went to order a drink i caught her checking me out and I didn't really feel compelled to talk to her cause she didn't really look that she was having fun.


OP youre not a freak ,lady ga ga is a freak and millions of people love her .Use what you have to your advantage.:D

akamossy

I love tall men as i'm quite tall myself. I don't think there's such thing as too tall a man in my books

Foxytocin

rosenstocktakeh wrote: »

Ok, this is in response to the "Tall Girls" thread on the guys forum.

Girls often talk about "tall, dark and handsome" but how tall is too tall.

Personally I'm a 6 foot 7 guy but my options with girls are very limited since I'm seen nearly as some form of freak. 2 or 3 times a day I often to deal with questions from strangers about my height - and that is during daylight, you can only imagine what it is like when people have drink on them!

Go to south africa? you'd be average there! i do sympathise. i am only five foot one and i feel i would have been more confident being wihtin the range of 'average'.

come out with me, you could rest your pint on my head. (i haven't seen the original thread by the way)

banshee_bones

At 5' 7" I love taller guys, guys the same height as me are cool aswell. Your not in any way abnormal! One of my close friends is 6ft and she finds it very hard to meet guys any where near her height!

BumbleB

The Sparrow wrote: »

Right I'm 6'6" and I always get girls coming up to me when I'm out and saying "You're really tall". I often wonder what exactly they are expecting me to say. I normally just smile and say "well spotted" or something like that and they often try and measure themselves beside me.

It's grand and I don't mind. I'm used to getting comments from lads and girls. But I often wonder what they expect me to say. I need to think of a better comeback than "well spotted".

me too !

I'm 6'6' too and , I used to find it a really hard one to respond to.Its a real dead end line.

I found out from experience that girls only approach tall guys who are quiet with that line , if you are more extroverted girls will pick up on this and will just start talking to you off the cuff,or grab your hand and bring you to the dancefloor.

The best thing in this case is to either find some detail about her , and compliment her on it .for example, I really like your guess handbag ,I was thinking of getting one for my sis for her birthday ,etc or you can also learn a trick that will make her jaw drop, every guy I know good with women has at least one, not telling you mine, but for example michael scofield in prison break trick is the origami swan ,which is absolute genius ,take time find out our own, and work it . Really what you say is actually unimportant its only a pipeline to open communication.What's important is to be sincere and a gentleman.:)

xmcp

man, i'm only 5'10" and would love to be taller, women gravitate to tall lads. lucky fecker!

Rozabeez

Too tall? There is no such thing as TOO tall! Anyone under 6ft1 is too short in my books.

panda100

BumbleB wrote: »

So true , most tall girls (about 90 %) Correct me if I'm wrong , I've ever met look like absolute goddesses ,have catwalk figures , and they stand there towering over their friends not looking very comfortable with themselves and because they're probably not interested in shorter guys ,they close off their body language and don't smile .

From my own experience I find that most of my female friends are a good bit smaller than me and so you have to slouch down to hear what they're saying. On top of this you feel quite 'masculine' beside them cos you're towering over all the girls and many of the men too.
Added to this that people with drink on them feel they can comment on how massive and tall you are,it does make you feel quite self concious sometimes.

mrDerek

1 of my threads of a similar nature was closed before wonder whhy this hasnt been
anyway im 6.1 and i do find the average irish girl height to be quite short say 5.5 ish for me anyway

ps i find tall girls extremely attractive but the majority iv talked to seem to have a disdain for their own heights hmmmmmm

The Big Red Button

I'm 5'5 and my boyfriend is just over 6 foot.

Sounds like a pretty big height difference actually, but it's not really seeing as I pretty much live in 4-5inch heels! He thinks its hilarious when I don't wear them, he has to pick me up to kiss me

As far as most of my friends are concerned - the taller the better. It's not like a guy's height is going to be a dealbreaker in a relationship anyways, but I think a lot of girls go for the whole cliched "tall, dark and handsome" look.

LivingDeadGirl

I'm 5'5 and a half and find guys over 6 foot really attractive!

BumbleB

panda100 wrote: »

Added to this that people with drink on them feel they can comment on how massive and tall you are,it does make you feel quite self concious sometimes.

Very interesting ,nice to hear your perspective.
This probably explains the reason why a lot of tall girls close off and I can understand why girls would be like this, because if they were really nice and open they would get a lot of druken eejits annoying them.Also you can see the girls not comfortable with themselves just by body language etc.

A little bit off topic but...
Its also understandable why a lot of tall guys would date smaller girls simply because those girls put themselves out more to try to meet those guys. Shorter girls really do have more confidence in doing this and they will say absolutely anything to catch you're attention .I've never been directly approached by a tall Irish girl (other nationalities yes) ever and it's a pity really .

Foxytocin

Doozie wrote: »

There's no such thing as too tall and tall guys should be explicitedly reserved for tall girls.

This is funny. My old flatmate years ago fell out with me for going out with a tall man when i'm so small!! She didn't want him herself, but I should have stood back and let a taller woman have him. I wish I had!

Melange

I've read this thread with interest, and I have one thing to ask the Ladies: what male height would you consider as being tall? What's the definition?

Silverfish

Melange wrote: »

I've read this thread with interest, and I have one thing to ask the Ladies: what male height would you consider as being tall? What's the definition?

How long is a piece of string?

I'm 4'10, so I think anyone above 5'5 is tall.

A girl of 5'10 is not going to think 5'5 is tall.

Its relative.

Melange

Silverfish wrote: »

How long is a piece of string?

I'm 4'10, so I think anyone above 5'5 is tall.

A girl of 5'10 is not going to think 5'5 is tall.

Its relative.

True, but I think it's possible that there could be a rough consensus on what constitutes a tall man. You may look at a 5'6 man and think he's tall, but at the same time you know he's actually rather short as men go. See what I mean?

Webmonkey

I'd imagine take the average and add a few inches.... Its more relative to what the general population's height really.

I'd say anything above 6 1 or 2 is tall.

Silverfish

Melange wrote: »

True, but I think it's possible that there could be a rough consensus on what constitutes a tall man. You may look at a 5'6 man and think he's tall, but at the same time you know he's actually rather short as men go. See what I mean?

Okay, well I'd say anything over 6' is tall. Anything over 6'5 is really tall.



I'd imagine ladies feel the same about it as men, that anything above the average would be 'tall'.

Blush_01

I think I'm tall, but I don't think people shorter than me are tall, which I know is hopelessly silly, but that's my messed up logic for you! I suppose 6' upwards? (The taller the better though, really.)

Foxytocin

Melange wrote: »

I've read this thread with interest, and I have one thing to ask the Ladies: what male height would you consider as being tall? What's the definition?

I think the average man is about five 9 and the average woman about five 4, although that might be more amongst the youngest generation of adults. SO, I think women are hardwired to find that difference of 5 to 6 inches attractive.

just a theory, and not carved in stone. Women can list off what they think they find 'ideal' but then somebody REAL blows all your theories out of the water. It's not an exact science.