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Have you ever seen a short man/tall woman couple in Ireland?

jeanjolie

without high heels making the woman taller?

Keep in mind I don't mean where the man is short by the general standards of a short male (<5ft 10in) but rather he is shorter in a relationship than his girlfriend.

Despite seeing women online who say that they either wouldn't reject a man purely because he's short (i.e would date him if his personality was great) or date a man the same height as him, I have yet to see such a couple in Ireland.

Even among the 'liberal' youth (20 and under) that we hear with the trend of non-gender conformity, I've also yet to meet a couple in that age range were the boy is shorter than the girl.

So what gives, are the dating dynamics still backward in Ireland?

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Badly Drunk Boy

jeanjolie wrote: »

You have to discuss the average man in regard to height, race, attractiveness, etc...

The average man is a few inches taller than the average woman so it's much more likely that the man will be taller.

Having said that, I know couples where that are the same height or the woman is a bit taller.

RiseToMe

Yup, I'm. 5ft 6 and my wife is just shy of 6ft.

Punching way above my weight (and height) but sure after 12 years I think it's safe to say she has no issue with my height!

Pac1Man

RiseToMe wrote: »

Yup, I'm. 5ft 6 and my wife is just shy of 6ft.

Punching way above my weight (and height) but sure after 12 years I think it's safe to say she has no issue with my height!

Does she call you by your username?

Pac1Man

Sorry

RiseToMe

Pac1Man wrote: »

Does she call you by your username?

Of course, that was her chat up line sure.

wakka12

RiseToMe wrote: »

Yup, I'm. 5ft 6 and my wife is just shy of 6ft.

Punching way above my weight (and height) but sure after 12 years I think it's safe to say she has no issue with my height!

Do you get comments/looks from people ever when you're together?

RiseToMe

wakka12 wrote: »

Do you get comments/looks from people ever when you're together?

Honestly, can't say I've ever noticed. The only comment ever was at the midwife the other day when they were measuring the baby (Mrs is pregnant) and mentioned height doesn't come from the mothers side! But she quickly followed it up with a joke about her own height, she's just about 5'1.

jeanjolie

RiseToMe wrote: »

Yup, I'm. 5ft 6 and my wife is just shy of 6ft.

Punching way above my weight (and height) but sure after 12 years I think it's safe to say she has no issue with my height!

These answers seem to good to be true...I believe you 100% obviously, but this might be selection bias.

In reality, it's still pretty damn rare to see a couple where the woman is taller in Dublin in terms of a weekly or even monthly occurence.

Jesus Wept

Pat Mustard wrote: »

Sarcozy and Bruni are in France but still a reasonable example:

Yourself isit wrote: »

Power is apparantly an aphrodisiac.

Michael and Sabrina got married in 1974, it wasn't a recent lap of the disco since he became president.

Arghus

In fairness - and I mean this with no malice, sincerely - I just think you need to get out more and try not to feel as self conscious.

I'm shortish- 5'9 - and I have never felt height to be an issue with women down through the years. Even if you are a short man you'll probably be taller than the majority of women out there. I wouldn't get hung up on it.

I remember being 18-19 and being convinced that no woman ever could possibly find me an attractive proposition because of things I perceived to huge physical problems with my appearance. Looking back, most, if not all of it was entirely in my head. For instance, I was convinced for ages that my ears were comically massive and I felt very self conscious about it. I don't know how or why I snapped out of that particular hang up, but I eventually did and now I can't believe I wasted so much negative mental energy on that fixation, which I'm sure, nobody else even noticed or thought about.

Mister Vain

Well I've never seen a couple where the woman completely towers above the man, but I know plenty of women who are slightly taller than their fella, usually a couple of inches at the most. It's common enough.

Glenster

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Men with small penises.

SHUT UP!

Birneybau

The master of the classic (that is, sitting around, rattling brain for something to ask/say) threads strikes again.

jeanjolie

Mister Vain wrote: »

Well I've never seen a couple where the woman completely towers above the man, but I know plenty of women who are slightly taller than their fella, usually a couple of inches at the most. It's common enough.

Let's be honest, this is a sign that Ireland is a backwards country in regards to gender equality compared to other European nations.

I wish people would stop praising this country when we still make fun of men who wear 'skinny jeans' that fit them perfectly, call well dressed men/women 'too posh', and still have problems with trans people using bathrooms.

It's a joke isn't it..?

Pat Mustard

jeanjolie wrote: »

Mister Vain wrote: »

Well I've never seen a couple where the woman completely towers above the man, but I know plenty of women who are slightly taller than their fella, usually a couple of inches at the most. It's common enough.

Let's be honest, this is a sign that Ireland is a backwards country in regards to gender equality compared to other European nations.

Perhaps there should be grants for shorter men to purchase stilts?

bee06

jeanjolie wrote: »

Let's be honest, this is a sign that Ireland is a backwards country in regards to gender equality compared to other European nations.

I wish people would stop praising this country when we still make fun of men who wear 'skinny jeans' that fit them perfectly, call well dressed men/women 'too posh', and still have problems with trans people using bathrooms.

It's a joke isn't it..?

What does a couple's height difference have to do with gender equality?

Donald Trump

bee06 wrote: »

jeanjolie wrote: »

Let's be honest, this is a sign that Ireland is a backwards country in regards to gender equality compared to other European nations.

I wish people would stop praising this country when we still make fun of men who wear 'skinny jeans' that fit them perfectly, call well dressed men/women 'too posh', and still have problems with trans people using bathrooms.

It's a joke isn't it..?

What does a couple's height difference have to do with gender equality?

I would guess that he'll alluding to the fact that it is generally seen as more acceptable by society for a woman to be short rather than a man. You wouldn't have seen the below story if we had a female president who was the same height as Mickey-D
https://www.thejournal.ie/president-height-bullying-1877170-Jan2015/

On the other hand, I suppose it's more accepted by society for a man to be overweight than for a lady to be a fat wobbly chunky monkey. Swings and roundabouts sez you!

Mister Vain

jeanjolie wrote: »

Let's be honest, this is a sign that Ireland is a backwards country in regards to gender equality compared to other European nations.

How exactly is women being slightly taller than their partners indicative that Ireland is backwards when it comes to gender equality? Didn't you already say you've never seen these sort of couples anyway?

jeanjolie

Mister Vain wrote: »

How exactly is women being slightly taller than their partners indicative that Ireland is backwards when it comes to gender equality? Didn't you already say you've never seen these sort of couples anyway?

A mistake on your part, I said that I've never seen more than 1 in Ireland where the woman was taller and that was only by a few inches.

The fact that there are a lot of short woman tall man couples in Ireland even when people can get partners of their height still tells me that gender dynamics matter to the overwhelming majority of Irish people.

pickarooney

This might come as a shocking surprise, Jean, but in Ireland women are on average several inches shorter than men. There needs to be a referendum to change this.

AnneFrank

Gender equality, ffs

LadyMacBeth_

Definitely seen couples where the woman is taller, you'd have to be living under a rock not to. I've gone out with some guys a lot taller than me but the majority have been my own height or a little bit taller, made no difference to me. Never went out with a guy shorter than me but not because I wouldn't, just because I haven't met anyone I clicked with who was shorter. I'm 5ft 6 though so there aren't that many men around shorter than me.

My missus (just for you Conor74) is the same height as me, handy for kissing!

Widdershins

Just get some platforms, OP.

kylith

I went out with a guy significantly shorter than me for a few months. Can't say I had any issues with it. Can be handy having them at boob-height

wakka12

OP where are you originally from? You seem to hold a lot of peculiar viewpoints on Irish culture/lifestyle that are actually common to many countries, such as majority of women preferring to date taller men

You phrased the OP as if this is a quirky little thing unique to ireland

Grayson

My dad was shorter than my mother. by about 4 inches. I'm the tallest in the family.

draiochtanois

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Triceratops Ballet

jeanjolie wrote: »

The fact that there are a lot of short woman tall man couples in Ireland even when people can get partners of their height still tells me that gender dynamics matter to the overwhelming majority of Irish people.

Your post makes no sense, gender dynamics has nothing to do with attraction.

gender dynamics lol, I'm such a sexist cos I've never had a boyfriend shorter than me! Imagine if the roles were reversed grumble grumble

LadyMacBeth_

jeanjolie wrote: »

Any other men not attracted to short women but not repulsed either? I've never got the love for short women, I'd prefer someone who my kids could look up to (metaphorically and literally) as a dominant, feminine figure. I just couldn't take a short woman (<5ft 3in) seriously as a mother of my child.

Hypocrite much?

Lollipops23

My Dad is 5'4" and my mam is 5'8".

Their wedding photos are gas.