10 Big Reasons To Date Short Dudes

tigerstripe
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:37 am: [report]

I wouldn’t rule out dating a short guy.  It’s almost happened before, but other stuff got in the way.

DancerNinja
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]

Most relationships have been with guys my height plus or minus an inch or two. So long as they don’t mind when I wear heels, which isn’t often, and can make me laugh like no tomorrow, it’s all good.

IrishErin
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]

What are we considering “short” here? Because my boyfriend is definitely not tall, but I don’t think he’s short either. 5’9” seems an “average” height perhaps. But when I’m nearly 6 ft. it feels “short” to me.

amandabear
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:41 am: [report]

Being 5’ tall, I’ve never had to confront the issue of dating a shorter dude. Even short guys are taller than me. It’s kind of awesome. I do prefer someone at least 5’’ taller than me because I like to wear heels sometimes, but that’s still only 5’5’’ so I think I’m safe.

DeeBee
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:45 am: [report]

As 6ft girl, #7 not always so true… If the difference between you is a lot he may need to use those tippy toes.

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:51 am: [report]

went out with a girl who was 5’10 once.  i am 5’11 and change.  she aske dme if i wanted her to wear flats.  i picked her up and pointed out her 4 inch heels.  she was teh sex.

Lilypie
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:04 pm: [report]

If we’re attracted to each other, height isn’t a huge concern, but I’m a 6ft tall girl too, and I don’t get a lot of interest from the shorter guys.  And I’m the least intimidating person around.

evelwood
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:22 pm: [report]

Yeah I’m 5’10 and I find its usually the guys who are intimidated by MY height. I think you would find just as many guys, if not more, want a girl shorter than them…

zappafrank
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:40 pm: [report]

I’m a guy, and I’m just at 5 feet tall…short family plus I was born a month early. This obviously is an uncomfortable subject with me b/c it’s very discouraging when females around my height still insist on dating guys who are at least near the 6 foot mark. I’m intelligent, generous, genuine with a big heart, have a great sense of humor, and I’m not bad looking if I do say so myself. But I really am too intimidated to branch out there. I really only use internet sites b/c I wouldn’t know where to start “in the real world,” but I wonder how unnoticed my profile goes b/c so many females use the Height range in order to search profiles.

And sorry, but when I hear guys who are 5’8, 5’9 talk about being “too short,” I can only roll my eyes. Maybe I should give them a swift uppercut to the knee.

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:49 pm: [report]

@zap - just be yourself man.  cliche, but true.  girls are less interested in whether you can ride the rollercoaster with them than whether you strut around like you have brass watermelons between your legs.  confidence scores.

Kiki T
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:54 pm: [report]

...save money on laundry detergent…chances of sharing your clothes are higher (at least for me…my ex use to wear my underwear too. he said it help his balls in really good)...when you share an umbrella, it really can work…you can check each other for lice standing up…do I even need to go on after that last reason?

AnitaBath
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:55 pm: [report]

I definitely wouldn’t rule out dating someone shorter than me, and I’ve found many shorter guys attractive, but I’m generally more attracted to people taller than me. I’m about 5’9”, and most of my boyfriends have been around my height or just a little shorter, but I love it when they’re at least a few inches taller than me.

I wouldn’t let height stand in the way. I mean, James McAvoy is a couple inches shorter than me, and when we get married, the height difference won’t matter at all to me!

spatula
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 12:59 pm: [report]

I seem to always like boys who are about my height or slightly shorter…never bothered me, or them that I’m aware of.

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:02 pm: [report]

@Kiki T: Yeaaaaah, that’s what he said….

whitbug
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:05 pm: [report]

@MuchoMacho - Well said! I’m 6’, and I have found that the shorter guys aren’t lacking inches, just confidence.  Confidence is hot no matter how long the inseam of your jeans may be.

Riley
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:06 pm: [report]

11. If there is ever a ring created to rule them all, he will be able to destroy it.

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:10 pm: [report]

@Riley: Come on, Kareem Abdul Jabbar could of hook shot it in Mount Doom.

cattgirl813
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]

I’m 5’4”, so if I want to date a guy smaller than me, I’m going to have to hook up with one of the dudes on “Little People, Big World.”  Sigh….

cattgirl813
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:18 pm: [report]

Wait, maybe not.  Just went back and read the posts.  @zappafrank: How you doin’....?

indianagirl
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 01:29 pm: [report]

Hubbs is 5ft 8 and Im 5ft 7
He’s eye level with me. I like that. In heels im taller and I dont mind that either.

ootie grl
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]

Im 5’3” . I dont have any problem dating a short guy. Short guys are kewl.  and they dont make fun of me for being short. lol

NomChompsky
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 02:59 pm: [report]

Most of the list seems pretty silly, to be honest.

1.) That’s not really a point in favor of dating short guys, so much as “cute, funny” guys. And most women I know are less likely to want a guy that other women don’t.

3.) This sounds like wishful thinking to me. I mean, I don’t sleep with guys, so what do I know? I have yet to see any meaningful correlation though.

4.) Who cares about a bigger LOOKING wang? Not even a bigger wang, but a bigger LOOKING one? Unless you’re planning on filming a pornographic movie, this has to be extremely low on the list.

7.) Not necessarily true.

8.) Nobody ever “has” to wear heels. I’d argue that losing the ability to wear heels (if you for some reason think your heights have to conform to a certain pattern) is a bigger loss.

9.) I’m pretty sure short people can be considered conventionally attractive. Otherwise, who would act in movies?

Shelbs305
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 03:03 pm: [report]

im about 5’2 so honestly its rather complicated to find a guy thats shorter than me that isnt ,like, 12. :/ plus im not i like being the shorter one, to me a girls thats raller is strange (doesnt mean i judge those who date that way! all to their own!)

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 03:06 pm: [report]

stallone would have never made rocky!!!

impoddity
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 04:05 pm: [report]

I dated a short guy. While I was totally into him, he was so hung up on the fact that I was two inches taller than him.  It’s amazing how people’s insecurities will limit their potential….

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 04:07 pm: [report]

it felt so awesome to take my tall hot friend out with her big heels on.  made her 3 inches taller than me and everyone stared at us.  cuz we were smokin hot, and confident about it.  one of the reasons she liked me was b/c i loved her towering over me (3 inches of tower, lol)...

Bermudaful
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 06:35 pm: [report]

I’m only 5’9 (I’m Dutch so that´s short in my family) and for some reason i´ve always found myself more attracted to guys my height or shorter because they tend to be thicker built - especially in the legs…uuggghhh how i can´t stand chicken legs

my boyfriend of 2 years is 2 inches shorter than me and i don´t even know if it occured to us that there was a height difference until like 3 months in because we were having so much fun together

on the heels dealio - i really only wear them for special occassions and when i do we always joke that i´m his super model and he’s my rockstar

Red_Lady
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 08:14 pm: [report]

My guy is about 2 inches taller than me, but in my heels (which I enjoy wearing often) I end up being a little taller.  I usually feel weird about this, but I never though about the whole supermodel/rockstar thing.  So thank you to those of you who brought it up.

shortcitygirl
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 10:20 pm: [report]

I’m 4’10” so I’ve never had issues dating “short” guys - they are ALL tall to me! (Even though the last 3 guys I dated were all 6’1”...)

canadiancutie
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:16 pm: [report]

Woooo! My boyfriend’s on the short side (my height exactly - 5’7). I was never big on height - I’m all about the face and body. I’ve dated guys ranging from my height to 6’4. But the cutest faces usually come on the shortest guys, for some reason.

canadiancutie
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:21 pm: [report]

“It’s amazing how people’s insecurities will limit their potential….”

impoddity, this is so true. I think I was destined to end up with a short(er) guy. Most short guys are pretty insecure because of their height, regardless of how much else they’ve got going for them. Of course only someone as neurotically insecure as me could be my perfect match.

canadiancutie
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 11:22 pm: [report]

#6 on this list is SO TRUE lol.

DancingGeek
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 10:43 am: [report]

The truth is if a man is confident, it really doesn’t matter, sadly I find very few short men who are confident enough to not be intimidated by my height and I’m only 5’9.  I wear heels most of the time.  When a guy constantly comments on how tall I am, I know he’s insecure about it.

snap
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 12:32 pm: [report]

i’m about 5’1, and i’m not attracted to short guys.  maaaaybe i’d go for someone who is 5’7, at the absolute shortest, but i find myself most attracted to guys between 5’10 and 6’1.

(besides, i have to think of my future children!  you all heard zap!  i love my height, but i do hope my future sons grow to be AT LEAST 5’8!)

zappafrank
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 01:24 pm: [report]

Snap wrote: “besides, i have to think of my future children!  you all heard zap!”

And you are EXACTLY why guys like me feel insecure.

When I come across attitudes like yours, I always turn the tables: what would you do if you had a family member or even a child, or a close friend facing the same kind of attitude you’re holding? Would you be so insensitive then?

iphigenia110
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 03:46 pm: [report]

I’ve dated guys ranging from 5’5” to 6’5”, and I actually prefer the shorter end of the spectrum.  I’m 5’1”, so towering over a guy is not an issue.  And it’s awkward to kiss or dance when his hip bone is at the same height as your armpit.  Yes, really.

Question for fellow short girls—have you ever had tall girls get mad at you for dating a tall guy?  Like your depleting their supply or something?

HeartInvestigator
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 03:52 pm: [report]

I’m only 4’10 and I always find it annoying when my friends try to set me up with a guy based solely on the fact that he’s short. I’m personally attracted to taller men, it goes along with the rugged lumberjack type that I like.

Texas_Mace
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 05:13 pm: [report]

Yeah, there are some guys out there who are insecure about their relative height. But there are clearly a lot of girls out there who wouldn’t date anyone who is shorter than them, or who isn’t like a foot taller than them, regardless of how cool or confident or funny they are. Like snap up there. And the data that this whole article is about. And the profiles on pretty much every online dating site I’ve seen.

meredith806
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 10:28 pm: [report]

I’m sorry.  I’m very tall myself (5’11”) and just am not attracted to guys shorter than me.  In fact the taller the hotter;)  (yay for 6’6” boyfriend haha) Shallow? maybe, but that’s how it is.  Plus.  I like my heels thank you very much, I’d like to be able to wear them;)

meredith806
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 10:36 pm: [report]

also.  To be honest, I don’t usually attract shorter guys.  I dated one guy for a very short time who was prob 5’7”.  He was always worrying about me making him look shorter lol.  I remember one night we went out and I wore heels and a dress..his response “WHY do your legs have to be so #&@$% long!” hence me dumping him haha

GypsyQueen
wrote on November 14 2009 @ 11:00 pm: [report]

Yeah, see, I’m 5’1” on a good day, so no, I don’t want to date someone shorter than me. Plus, I’ve always been around guys taller than me, so I’m used to being attracted to taller guys. Granted, what I consider “tall” is “average” or even “short” in comparison to other men. Maybe that poll should have been specific about height ranges—rather than as subjective as saying “shorter than you.”

Just for the record, my boyfriend is six inches taller than me—but that still only makes him “average”.

og217
wrote on November 15 2009 @ 11:51 am: [report]

I’m 5’4 or 5’5 so guys shorter than that are fairly rare.  I usually dated short, very muscular guys - the perfect man, I always thought, was 5’8.  My husband is a tiny bit taller than perfect.

Ghirardelli
wrote on November 15 2009 @ 11:53 pm: [report]

I am 5’9 1/2 and I am nearly ready to make the next move with a guy 3 or 4 inches shorter than me. At first his height really bothered me but then we got to flirting and fooling around a bit and even though I’ve always seen myself going with a taller guy, I really like him. No matter how tall he is. I don’t discriminate.

xifeng882
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 12:08 am: [report]

I’m 5’4 and I live in my 4 inch heels (they make me feel glorious) making me 5’8. My longest relationship was with a guy who was 5’5 and the guy I’m currently dating is 5’3. So I tower over both of them in my shoes. But it doesn’t matter because height isn’t a big deal to me. If he has a big personality and a big heart, he’s definitely going to feel larger than life to me <3

Titi
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 01:25 am: [report]

I dated a really short red-headed guy for 5 years. Short, red-haired—and yes, still attractive. I’m 5’3” and he was 5’4 1/2”. No, it wasn’t Seth Green.
His height was no big deal to us—but other men would make disparaging comments like “Whoa, that little guy is your boyfriend?” as if he weren’t manly enough or something.

The 10 reasons to date a short guy are bogus, though. Only #2, #7, and #10 are true. The others are blatantly false.
I would also add that another reason to date a short guy is that you can bogart his clothes.

I tend to be attracted to ridiculously tall guys, but he was the exception (the 4 that followed, including my hubby, are all 6’5” or taller—there’s no clothes theft or standing sex with them).