Girls, would you date a man smaller than you?

wakka12 · 16-07-2015 02:04PM

Ive noticed that girls who are tall think theyre much taller than they are. In my group of friends theres 3 girls who are quite tall, theyre all 5'8'' or thereabouts. Anyway Im about 5'9'', theres another guy in my group the exact same height as me. Anyway these girls always make jokes about us being small and them being taller than us, one of the girls guessed she was 'about 2 maybe 3 inches taller' than us.

But there was this health checker thing majigger at college one day as part of health week and it measured your body fat. muscle tone etc and they took our height readings and the 3 girls were shocked to find that us two lads were nearly 2 inches taller than them,

So lads if a girl says she'll date a guy the same height as her she probably means she will date a guy 2-3 inches taller than her.

eeeee · 16-07-2015 02:07PM

I've never been attracted to to guy who is smaller than me, I'm 5'9 and a half so It's been a bit of a pain

Same height is ok. It's not a deliberate "I don't fancy short guys thing" I've just yet to fancy a man who is shorter than me.
Sure It's just a preference, we all have them.

Junkyard Tom · 16-07-2015 02:13PM

It's a disgrace of Joe-duffy-esque proportions that this hasn't yet featured in the thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw

pickarooney · 16-07-2015 02:27PM

Mars Bar wrote: »

He is saying that if the woman had the same personality, same interests etc...he still wouldn't date her if she had bad teeth.

I imageine she is saying she wouldn't date him

Roquentin · 16-07-2015 02:52PM

i think the power of the unconscious in deciding cannot be under estimated. a woman may reject a small man consciously because they dont click or something else, when unconsciously she was not impressed by his lack of height.

when you make a decision to buy a product or a new car lets say, a large proportion of that decision process was unconscious. so you may look at a certain brand of coffee and choose it because it was a low price, when unconsciously you tabulated that it was a nice brand, in date, large size etc.

when you watch a film or go on a date, your unconscious mind is taking in far more about the environment than your conscious. and it influences your conscious decision. lack of height would be a negative, but the guy might have other elements of his projection that are good.

SharpshooterTom · 16-07-2015 02:55PM

Being a 29 year old virgins worse.

Roquentin · 16-07-2015 02:56PM

i think there comes a point when small is just too small. i wouldnt consider 5,7 or 5,8 small. you are maybe not as tall as other guys, but i dont think a woman would mind that height. ive seen guys that were 5,2 or 5,3, thats small.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 16-07-2015 02:58PM

Nope, really fussy on that. I'm quite short anyway so I'm sure any guy shorter than me would be a definate no.

Dial Hard · 16-07-2015 03:19PM

Roquentin wrote: »

i think there comes a point when small is just too small. i wouldnt consider 5,7 or 5,8 small. you are maybe not as tall as other guys, but i dont think a woman would mind that height.

I think you'll find it depends very much on the woman.

suicide_circus · 16-07-2015 03:26PM

In the same way that many men wouldn't date a girl who was wider than them. I would. But that's because I like massive arses.

streetcar · 16-07-2015 03:26PM

If the guy is sound, a good match and doesn't mind their significant other wearing heels when they are out, then it wouldnt bother me!

VisibleGorilla · 16-07-2015 03:30PM

I feel bad for short men but I suppose it's the same for men and fat women, I mean over a size 10 and they are not really getting a look in at all.

Red21 · 16-07-2015 04:33PM

VisibleGorilla wrote: »

I feel bad for short men but I suppose it's the same for men and fat women, I mean over a size 10 and they are not really getting a look in at all.

Yeah, Robert Downey Jr has it rough, I feel bad for the guy.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 16-07-2015 04:39PM

Have done a few times, never got the whole big deal about it. I'm 5'8" so there are plenty men around the place shorter than me, honestly if I was coming up with a list of things I find physically attractive in men height wouldn't come into it

eternal · 16-07-2015 04:41PM

VisibleGorilla wrote: »

I feel bad for short men but I suppose it's the same for men and fat women, I mean over a size 10 and they are not really getting a look in at all.

So even someone a small size 12 can't get laid? Stupid comment. 14-16 is an average size for women and I was specifically told that by a modelling agency. The guys on here haven't a clue about women with statements like this.

Fat Christy · 16-07-2015 04:42PM

Red21 wrote: »

Yeah, Robert Downey Jr has it rough, I feel bad for the guy.

Robert Downey Junior is a roide and a half.

ToddyDoody · 16-07-2015 05:10PM

As a neutral observer, I'd fear it'd only make his small man syndrome worse.

suicide_circus · 16-07-2015 05:27PM

Fat Christy wrote: »

Robert Downey Junior is a roide and a half.

Robert Downey may have drank excessively, taken a heroic amount of cocaine, dropped books of acid, smoked Kingston dry and employed his own pharmacist but there is absolutely no evidence to suggest he took steroids

Mister Vain · 16-07-2015 05:37PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Ive noticed that girls who are tall think theyre much taller than they are.

I've noticed this too actually. I met a lot of girls on Model Mayhem who had their height listed as 5'9" or 5'10" yet when I met them in person they were no taller than me, I'm 5'8". I think some of them were measuring themselves while wearing heels.

VisibleGorilla wrote: »

I feel bad for short men but I suppose it's the same for men and fat women, I mean over a size 10 and they are not really getting a look in at all.

Really? A size 12 is hardly a fatty.

Dial Hard · 16-07-2015 05:55PM

eternal wrote: »

14-16 is an average size for women and I was specifically told that by a modelling agency. The guys on here haven't a clue about women with statements like this.

Average is a relative term so is completely meaningless in this context.

If obesity rates keep going in their current direction the average dress size for an Irish woman will probably be closer to 18/20 in a few years. That doesn't mean that being that size is going to be seen as any more attractive than it currently is, it just means that we as a nation are getting fatter.

kowloon · 16-07-2015 05:57PM

bisounours wrote: »

She was in no way overweight, but the average waist size there (for men) was around 25"/26."

I just looked at the tag on my jeans to see what my waist size was, turns out I've been wearing women's jeans, not sure how that happened, they're not skinny jeans. What's the difference?

purplecow1977 · 16-07-2015 05:58PM

I'm 5'3", so no, I wouldn't.
I'm not keen on the dwarf look.

eternal · 16-07-2015 05:58PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

Average is a relative term so is completely meaningless in this context.

If obesity rates keep going in their current direction the average dress size for an Irish woman will probably be closer to 18/20 in a few years. That doesn't mean men will find them any more attractive than they currently do, it just means that we as a nation are getting fatter.

She's British and she spoke in terms of Europe. 18 is not average, go into any shop and all the 12,14 are gone straight away. It's been like that for 15 years so I see no change really.

Fat Christy · 16-07-2015 05:58PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Robert Downey may have drank excessively, taken a heroic amount of cocaine, dropped books of acid, smoked Kingston dry and employed his own pharmacist but there is absolutely no evidence to suggest he took steroids

Okay. Who suggested he took steroids? Because I didn't.

I has the confuse.

purplecow1977 · 16-07-2015 06:00PM

eternal wrote: »

She's British and she spoke in terms of Europe. 18 is not average, go into any shop and all the 12,14 are gone straight away. It's been like that for 15 years so I see no change really.

Out of 20 women that I work, everyone is between 8 - 12 I'd imagine

eternal · 16-07-2015 06:01PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Out of 20 women that I work, everyone is between 8 - 12 I'd imagine

That's unusual. I'm not an expert. I'm only going by what I was told.

kowloon · 16-07-2015 06:04PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Out of 20 women that I work, everyone is between 8 - 12 I'd imagine

I can't tell these things. I can tell you that one person is bigger than another if they're both in the room and near each other. I can also tell if someone is smaller or bigger than I am, but seeing as I can't remember my own height, weight or waist size it's not the most useful comparison.

Ave Sodalis · 16-07-2015 06:05PM

lanos wrote:

i can interpret most typos but this one makes no sense to me anybody know what he/she is raving on about

Mars Bar wrote:

He is saying that if the woman had the same personality, same interests etc...he still wouldn't date her if she had bad teeth.

This basically, only I'm female. It wasn't a typo.

purplecow1977 · 16-07-2015 06:07PM

kowloon wrote: »

I can't tell these things. I can tell you that one person is bigger than another if they're both in the room and near each other. I can also tell if someone is smaller or bigger than I am, but seeing as I can't remember my own height, weight or waist size it's not the most useful comparison.

I'm pretty good at estimating these things and wouldn't say so if I wasn't pretty sure :-) I don't think there's any small enough to be a 6, and there might be a small number of 14s, but majority fall into the 8/10/12 category

eternal · 16-07-2015 06:09PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

I'm pretty good at estimating these things and wouldn't say so if I wasn't pretty sure :-) I don't think there's any small enough to be a 6, and there might be a small number of 14s, but majority fall into the 8/10/12 category

Are you in your 20s because women get heavier with age.

Girls, would you date a man smaller than you?

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