Does it look strange when a girl is much taller than her boyfriend?

DColeman

Does it look strange when a girl is much taller than her boyfriend? The concept doesn't bother me personally but I hear a lot being made out of it in celeb magazines, even if a girl is slightly taller than her boyfriend. For example take tennis player Caroline Wozniacki (5'9.5 and Rory McIlory 5'8.5). Rory is about an inch shorter, so together in regular shoes, they look like this:

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/R...OR2eafK8Gl.jpg

But when in heels it looks like this...



Do images like that put a lot of women off from 'minature boyfriends'.

Lets put things into perspective here, Rory is near average male height and isn't desperately short (about my height! :eek:)

Do you think being the golf world number 2 helps overcome that in her decision a little.

Ihatecuddles-old

I personally dont date guys shorter than me, mainly because I find tall men a turn on.

I think it looks a bit silly to be honest! My last boyfriend was my height so I never wore heels.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Yes it looks a bit (a lot) odd.

I'm 6'2'' and God damn I'd hate to date anyone taller than me.

Sofiztikated

I'm 5'8" in shoes. The wife is 5'11" in socks.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

policarp

I remember back in the 70's wearing cowboy boots with an inch and a half heel and it was sore on the calves the following morning.
Why do people want to be taller than they are?
If you meet someone your own height fine, but
Small Man Syndrome shouldn't be a factor.

Dr Turk Turkelton

A tall tree is easy climbed once its knocked.

looking_around

I think it looks odd .. a guy should be taller than the gal :P ..

Maybe some guys should start wearing heels? Man heels now thatd be something XD

Iwasfrozen

An inch or so taller wouldn't be too bad but I'm 5' 10" and I wouldn't go out with anyone much taller.

Fratoue

DColeman wrote: »

Does it look strange when a girl is much taller than her boyfriend? The concept doesn't bother me personally but I hear a lot being made out of it in celeb magazines, even if a girl is slightly taller than her boyfriend. For example take tennis player Caroline Wozniacki (5'9.5 and Rory McIlory 5'8.5). Rory is about an inch shorter, so together in regular shoes, they look like this:

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/R...OR2eafK8Gl.jpg

But when in heels it looks like this...



Do images like that put a lot of women off from 'minature boyfriends'.

Lets put things into perspective here, Rory is near average male height and isn't desperately short (about my height! :eek:)

Do you think being the golf world number 2 helps overcome that in her decision a little.

If you're boning her why care?. Why bother with something so trivial, it only looks "Strange" to jealous men who wish they were with the leggy woman you are with, and yes I've dated taller women.

Sofiztikated

Fratoue wrote: »

If you're boning her why care?. Why bother with something so trivial, it only looks "Strange" to jealous men who wish they were with the leggy woman you are with, and yes I've dated taller women.

I can't believe I'm agreeing with you, I've hated every other post you've posted.

But exactly. My Mrs. has a good 3 inches over me. I can still throw her around the bed, 69 is uncomfortable though.

policarp

Fratoue wrote: »

If you're boning her why care?. Why bother with something so trivial, it only looks "Strange" to jealous men who wish they were with the leggy woman you are with, and yes I've dated taller women.

It's the Man thing.
Must be Big.

endacl

Never met a woman taller than me.

Meh...

mad turnip

Any girl I've been with either wore flats or was considerably smaller than me, any time they were heels you feel like a bit of a dope but no one ever seems to notice that much or if they do they really don't care that much, everyone knows if a girl is wearing 6" heels well you know....

Jacks Smirking Revenge

The tallest I'd go out with would be maybe an inch or 2 over me, I'd draw the line there.

Personally I wouldn't go out with some 6'4" giantess. Would be quite ridiculous looking.

I have an imaginary box the height and width of me that girls must fit.. Not because of what people might think, just because I like the girl being shorter or the same height. I'm 5"7.

Hasmunch

Minature boyfriends... how do girls stoop so low???

Lurching

DColeman wrote: »

Lets put things into perspective here, Rory is near average male height and isn't desperately short (about my height! :eek:)

5'8.5" is not near average male height!

Maybe it is in 60 year olds, but not across the board.

DColeman

Lurching wrote: »

5'8.5" is not near average male height!

Maybe it is in 60 year olds, but not across the board.

Depends on the country but 5'10 would be average height for 21-35 year olds in Britain, Australia, USA and Ireland. And 5'8-5'9 is near average height.

The Backwards Man

I mainly like girls between four and eight feet tall

Gummy Panda

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have an imaginary box the height and width of me that girls must fit.. Not because of what people might think, just because I like the girl being shorter or the same height. I'm 5"7.

Liar!

It's so you can get them through Ryanair carryon luggage

beks101

I'm 5 "1 and attract an insane amount of short men. I tried dating one once, he was about 5 "4, shorter than me in heels and it felt like I was hanging out with my little brother or something. Just couldnt get used to it.

It's an innate thing I can't really understand but there's something incredibly exciting and sexy about a tall man to me.

mattjack

Look at size of the bag she,s carrying .Maybe she has a lttle step ladder in it for him.

The Backwards Man

beks101 wrote: »

I'm 5 "1 and attract an insane amount of short men. I tried dating one once, he was about 5 "4, shorter than me in heels and it felt like I was hanging out with my little brother or something. Just couldnt get used to it.

It's an innate thing I can't really understand but there's something incredibly exciting and sexy about a tall man to me.

Did I mention I am 7'5"?

af_thefragile

What is it that women find 70% of men below average looking...

I suppose we all have expectations that reality often doesn't match. We all fantasize about the ideal guy/girl we'ld like to be with and at the end of the day its nothing more than just a fantasy. In reality there's a lot more than comes down to choosing your partner than simply ideal looks and physique. Maybe if you're in CFJ and your physical appearance fits in some guy/girl's ideal then it may be easy for you to score/have a one night stand with said person. But relationships that start off in this way rarely last. I've many times seen women/men describe in great detail what sort of person they'll date and then end up dating someone who fits no where near their ideal partner image.

December2012

It does look a bit strange, but so does anything that's not the average.

Hasmunch

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I mainly like girls between four and eight

:eek:

fergiesfolly

I'd always have a lot of admiration for a short bloke that can pull a tall girl.
Its gotta take some cojones to chat her up in the first place

Rasheed

I think it looks a bit odd to be honest but what's worse is if the girl is of bigger build aswell as being taller. I see this one couple in town with about 6 inches of a height difference and perhaps 3 stone of a weight difference. The girl isn't even that big, your man is just tiny.

Big mare, small horse situation.

BraziliaNZ

Any girl I've known has always said they wouldn't go out with a shorter man. Tall is attractive innit.
In Rory's case, I wonder if the fact that he's a leading sportsman and multi millionaire is helping his cause at all? Hmmmm.

Remmy

Jacks Smirking Revenge wrote: »

The tallest I'd go out with would be maybe an inch or 2 over me, I'd draw the line there.

Personally I wouldn't go out with some 6'4" giantess. Would be quite ridiculous looking.

You are missing out on some quality snu snu.

Kintarō Hattori

The missus is only about an inch smaller than me but I have to admit finding it a huge turn on when we're out- she's dressed up and towering over me in boots. I don't mind her being taller one bit. Hmmn hmmn hmmn.

OldNotWIse

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I personally dont date guys shorter than me, mainly because I find tall men a turn on.

I think it looks a bit silly to be honest! My last boyfriend was my height so I never wore heels.

Why would you confine yourself to a life of flats because you think an outward appearance is silly? My best friend did this with her ex...she spent an entire year wearing ballet pumps because he was short :eek:

Boofle

There is something instantly attractive and sexy about a tall man! :P

Mr Benevolent

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I'm 5'8" in shoes. The wife is 5'11" in socks.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I'm 5'6, my girlfriend is 5'10, 6'1 in heels. I love it. Tall women are sexier, and I'm naturally sexy anyway. Win-win.

Legs.Eleven

I must be the only woman alive who doesn't have a thing for tall fellas. All the men I've gone out with have been either a bit smaller than me, same height or a bit taller. Short and stocky. Mmmm.

XxMCRxBabyxX

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Why would you confine yourself to a life of flats because you think an outward appearance is silly? My best friend did this with her ex...she spent an entire year wearing ballet pumps because he was short :eek:

This reminds me of the famous Nicole Kidman quote after her and Tom Cruise broke up: "Finally I can wear heels again!"

caustic 1

Yes.

Larianne

Each to their own, but personally I would be uncomfortable being more than 2 inches taller than the guy.

Sophie Dahl doesn't mind it though. She married Jamie Callum.

http://www.celebrities-with-diseases.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sophie-dahl-jamie-cullum.jpg

NothingMan

I'm 6'1" and my ex was 5'10". About my height in her heels and didn't phase me at all. Would definitely go out with a taller girl too. Sure if I can't be comfortable in my height at over 6 foot then something's wrong there.

Saying that, my gf is 5'4" and it's great .

Liam90

I'm not tall 5'10" my ex girlfriend was 5'9", even though i was taller it did bother me a little that it was so close.

My current girlfriend is 5'2" and i feel much more comfortable with the height issue.

gobnaitolunacy

Perhaps. To insecure people.

Gummy Panda

Women should be shorter!

It's important when hugging them from behind. They think you are resting your head on their shoulder in a loving embrace but really it's to peak down her top.

Sofiztikated

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Women should be shorter!

It's important when hugging them from behind. They think you are resting your head on their shoulder in a loving embrace but really it's to peak down her top.

Meh, when hugging her from the front, my face is right in her bewbs.

Ilyana 2.0

I'm 5ft 1 so it's never been a problem, guys are always taller than me. My boyfriend is about 5ft 8/9 so he's not extremely tall, but we look grand together because I'm such a shortarse, and if I wear heels he's still taller

--LOS--

I only think it's silly to think that it looks silly, people need to get over themselves.


What's silly is Rorys feckin socks in this pic O_O

nicowa

Some of the responses here scream if insecurity problems.

I'm 5"9, verging on 5"10. He's just about 5"8. Sometimes I do feel ridiculously tall next to him. But I've gotten over it. It possibly helped that my sisters guy is a bit shorter - they were going out first.

It's gotten to the point where I'm happy wearing 4" heels (I'm not able for higher abyway) when we go out. I just think to myself - people see a 44 yr old short guy with a 26 yr old leggy blonde and think "either he's well rich or he's damn good in bed".

I'll give you a hint. It ain't the money....

Malari

Why does it "scream" of insecurity rather than personal preference?

newport2

Boofle wrote: »

There is something instantly attractive and sexy about a tall man! :P

There is something instantly attractive and sexy about a busty woman.... But if someone said publicly that they'd only date women above a certain cup-size they'd be berated for being shallow, objectifying, etc. Acceptible with height though?

Don't really see why someone has to have a specific physical characteristic for you to find them attractive TBH. Who cares if some people think a couple look "silly"? Anyone who judges you on that is not really worth worrying about.

WanabeOlympian

I'm 6 foot and women actually think I'm tall. Go traveling a bit and you soon realise 6 foot for a man is short haha I've dated a woman the same height but never any taller. She wasn't Irish so didn't wear the giant heal things.

Viper_JB

I find a lot of the taller women to be incredibly sexy, I think it's the legs that do it for me, I'd say the issues though are mostly on the girls side that they wouldn't be mad for a shorter guy. I don't get though really, you might look odd as a couple walking down the road, but at the same time you're not going to be watching yourselves.

Iwasfrozen

WanabeOlympian wrote: »

I'm 6 foot and women actually think I'm tall. Go traveling a bit and you soon realise 6 foot for a man is short haha I've dated a woman the same height but never any taller. She wasn't Irish so didn't wear the giant heal things.

Where did you travel, Norway? South Africa? In most countries with most ethnicities 6ft would be considered tall.