Is this true guys?

[sixone]

Ah no. Guys are more hung up on the size of their slong, height not so much.

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

 

[Jeffg010]

You want proof that women are more hung up on height. Just go to any online dating site and most of the women flat out state they want a man over a certain height.

 

[surfsatwerk]

It's ok schneiderguy. You can still be my bitch and pick up my rejects/get some sloppy seconds. You won't go without.

Translation: "schneiderguy will go without."

 

[ChopperDave]

You want proof that women are more hung up on height. Just go to any online dating site and most of the women flat out state they want a man over a certain height.

I was going to say the same thing yesterday but instead just left it at "men would prefer a woman shorter than them but women seem to have specific measurements in mind" and dating websites demonstrate this aptly. It doesn't bother me that women have these requirements because men have their own standards and requirements too. But I have little use for people who are too scared to be honest with themselves about it.

 

[Bird222]

Sometimes they do go all the way up.

What does this mean? I have heard this expression regarding legs over the years but I have no idea what this refers to.

 

[sixone]

You want proof that women are more hung up on height. Just go to any online dating site and most of the women flat out state they want a man over a certain height.

But is that about actual height, or about attitude?

I find that an awful lot of shorter men (or men who think they're short, there's a difference) seem to think they have to compensate for what they're lacking in height.

Logical way to weed them out is to set a height requirement.

 

[surfsatwerk]

What does this mean? I have heard this expression regarding legs over the years but I have no idea what this refers to.

*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* You know what I mean.

 

[corwin]

But is that about actual height, or about attitude?

I find that an awful lot of shorter men (or men who think they're short, there's a difference) seem to think they have to compensate for what they're lacking in height.

Logical way to weed them out is to set a height requirement.

So you posit it's a stereotype that shorter guys have an inferiority complex of sorts as to why they are disregarded for taller guys and not the actual height that is the problem?

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've never had any trouble getting women.

<-- 5'11" barefoot

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I've already tried suicide. Puked up the bottle of sleeping pills I took an hour after falling asleep. Clearly there was not enough.
I wish I wasn't so chicken-shit to get it over with already, else I would have just shot or hung myself.

Had a couple females on POF reject me because lack of height...

 

[jagec]

What does this mean? I have heard this expression regarding legs over the years but I have no idea what this refers to.

hypothetical: How would you determine, empirically, whether a woman's legs did, in fact, go all the way up?

 

[sixone]

So you posit it's a stereotype that shorter guys have an inferiority complex of sorts as to why they are disregarded for taller guys and not the actual height that is the problem?

Not all the time, but often.

 

[corwin]

Not all the time, but often.

I think that's worse than just having a preference for taller guys

 

[sixone]

I think that's worse than just having a preference for taller guys

I have to agree with you.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

6'1" here. I guess im just average

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

We should just kill off every human that's below 6ft at the age of 21.

 

[Away]

We should just kill off every human that's below 6ft.

D:

 

[ChopperDave]

I think that's worse than just having a preference for taller guys

Maybe it is but one of the reasons I didn't like to date taller women was because they seemed to try to overcompensate for being too tall in the same way some shorter guys try to overcompensate for being short. The reasons for our preferences aren't pretty but they are what they are and many times they're grounded in truth and personal experiences.

 

[ChopperDave]

We should just kill off every human that's below 6ft at the age of 21.

Yay I made the cut barely!

 

[sixone]

Maybe it is but one of the reasons I didn't like to date taller women was because they seemed to try to overcompensate for being too tall in the same way some shorter guys try to overcompensate for being short. The reasons for our preferences aren't pretty but they are what they are and many times they're grounded in truth and personal experiences.

How does that work?

 

[Drako]

We should just kill off every human that's below 6ft at the age of 21.

Killing off 93% of the population might not be easy :biggrin:

 

[ChopperDave]

How does that work?

People both men and women who are in some way outside of social norms which is in this case height are more likely to overcompensate in some way or are very defensive about it. It's understandable because they surely face societal pressures and anxiety as a result. With all due respect take you for example. You're clearly sensitive about your height and you don't take too kindly to anyone pointing it out or even someone saying women compensate for being too tall the same way men compensate for being too short even though you just said the same thing to corwin and a page or two ago you were talking about putting your elbow's on JeffGs head. When I pointed out that you were outside the norm just as far as Jeff was you got combative so I guess that's how that works.

 

[sixone]

People both men and women who are in some way outside of social norms which is in this case height are more likely to overcompensate in some way or are very defensive about it. It's understandable because they surely face societal pressures and anxiety as a result. With all due respect take you for example. You're clearly sensitive about your height and you don't take too kindly to anyone pointing it out or even someone saying women compensate for being too tall the same way men compensate for being too short even though you just said the same thing to corwin and a page or two ago you were talking about putting your elbow's on JeffGs head. When I pointed out that you were outside the norm just as far as Jeff was you got combative so I guess that's how that works.

As I pointed out earlier, my objection was to your statement that I had a "preference", which was clearly not the case. If you're going to stick to that other nonsense, you can expect me to get even more "combative". :roll:

I'll ask one more time, and see whether you can answer the question. How do women compensate for being too tall?

 

[ChopperDave]

As I pointed out earlier, my objection was to your statement that I had a "preference", which was clearly not the case. If you're going to stick to that other nonsense, you can expect me to get even more "combative". :roll:

No your objection was to me saying you wouldn't date short guys which I never said so you put words in my mouth and then got mad. As for your preference I'm just telling you how it looks from the outside. Just like when you said

I find that an awful lot of shorter men (or men who think they're short, there's a difference) seem to think they have to compensate for what they're lacking in height.

That can be read one of two ways. Someone could complain that youre presuming to know what's in guys heads or they could use their brains and realize youre really just describing how it looks from the outside which is what I was doing when I mentioned your preference. I'm just saying that's what it looked like from your posts. Again there's no need to be so defensive and hostile about it but the fact that it triggered such a sharp reaction is more telling than anything you've posted to this point.

I'll ask one more time, and see whether you can answer the question. How do women compensate for being too tall?

And I'll answer one more time

When I pointed out that you were outside the norm just as far as Jeff was you got combative so I guess that's how that works.

So that's one way just like shorter men tend to be more aggressive and defensive than their average height counterparts. I was trying not to be too specific in how I've seen taller women overcompensate because I was trying to avoid provoking you but that seems unavoidable because you strike me as someone who loves to dish it but will take exception to even the most benign of perceived slights. So to be blunt I find taller women and overweight women to be grumpy aggressive and jaded and they see the worst intentions in peoples words and actions because they have such a negative self image they assume everyone sees them the way they see themselves.

 

[schneiderguy]

We should just kill off every human that's below 6ft at the age of 21.

Replace human with male and I will agree with you. My harem would grow even larger if you eliminated a large portion of male humans.