Here's a question that's being bandied about on another website? Does the height of the person you are seeing matter to you?

I am 5’2”. I have dated amazon women and tall fellows. I prefer my height and tad taller.

The woman that I’m with now, she’s 5’2”, as well.

Yep. It is probably the only physical aspect of a person’s appearance that really does matter to me. I’m a tall girl, so I feel insecure standing next to someone that is shorter than me.

Not really, but being that I’m 5’5”, I don’t know that I’d even find a lot of guys shorter than me. I’d prefer someone taller, but my height would be fine.

Yep.Taller is better for me.:)

For me, height does not matter in the least…or didn’t. I’ll explain. In the past 6 months or so, I have become smitten with a guy who is almost exactly my height (maybe a little taller). I love the fact that when I’m standing talking to him I can look right into his eyes (which are gorgeous, by the way). Now I find that (although I was indifferent before) I am turned off by men that “loom” over me. I know my tastes are no doubt skewed by my current feelings, but I’m not sure I’ll ever be attracted to someone much taller than me ever again.

I guess it shouldn’t, but i’m going to have to say yes it probably does. I mean dwarfs aside, if the wife was way taller than me, well lets just say she wouldn’t be the wife. Macho bullshit? Probably, but hey….it’s an honest assessment anyway.

It really depends on the person but I do have issues with dating someone shorter than myself. But I have made exceptions when the chemistry was intense and then the height thing kind of went out the door.

Having been on on line dating sites, this is an ongoing issue for me. I am 5’ 8”; I repeatedly get “recommendations” for women 5” 7” and up. I am okay with a woman an inch taller than me, but that’s my personal limit.

But I see over and over that women that are 5’ 2’ or 5’ 3” wanting a man that is 5’ 10’ or taller. So many women want to be able to wear four inch heels and still be shorter than their date.

I’m 5’ 1” and need someone who can reach top shelves for me. :P Seriously, if I were still in the dating game, I would want him to be at least 5’ 3” and not more than 6’ 4”. Outside of those parameters I wouldn’t be physically comfortable. Could I get over it? Probably.

When I was dating I dated shorter guys and taller guys. I’m 5’4 so it wasn’t hard to find guys taller than me. My husband is 5’11.

I’d date a 7’ tall woman if I found her attractive and she had a good personality. This is one of those areas where people have strong opinions and I simply don’t have any. I feel like maybe I’m missing some gene that most people have or something.

My SO is the shortest guy I’ve dated, and he’s 5’10. My preference is for guys over 6 feet, and I wouldn’t date a guy under 5’10.

Honestly, I could not date a girl that was taller than me, even if she was the same height, it’d just be weird for me. Can’t do it.

No, I would not be with someone shorter. It’d actually be difficult to date a man shorter than I am since I’m 5’0

I find shorter women, petite women more attractive…. I’m 5’ 11” standing straight… my Ex wife was 5’ 9”…. I kinda go for say the Cheryl Coles of this world or Katy ( KT )Tunstalls….. :-/

I suppose my SO is just about 1–2 inches taller. I’ve dated people shorter than me and people taller than me. As long as their brain is large, I don’t care about their height, I’ll be turned on.

Not really. My boyfriend and I are about the same height, though he is a little bit taller and always was. I used to be really tiny and of course I was attracted to people taller than me. I still am for the most part, but height has never been that strong of a preference.

Somewhat.
I’m 5’11“and my wife is 5’2”.

If I was still single, I’d love to have a woman looming over me, but I don’t think I’d be that attracted to a woman under 5’. However, that wouldn’t necessarily be a deal breaker for me.

Nope, it’s never been a deal-breaker. In fact, height has rarely been given a thought. There are other characteristics that are much too important.

In general it always has been that I prefer a man who is 6ft or taller even though I’m only a bit over 5ft, can’t say why exactly or recall it being a conscious ideal but on reflection, yeah I like tall men.

I would date someone who is not my height preference, but I do have a preference. I like men who are 5’9” to 6’. 5’11” is the most perfect. But, this is in no way a requirement. I would go as far to say that I don’t find men shorter or taller unnattractive, it’s just if you ask me my “type” that range of height is part of my description. I like a man to be my height or taller if I wear a three inch heal. But, this is stuff that doesn’t really matter in the end. Many of my friends are 4 inches shorter than me and I think of them as being my height, because once you know and care about someone, I think the exterior features kind of dissappear.

I am 6’2. I have dated women as short as 4’11, and as tall as 6 foot. The perfect height for kissing is 5’4.
My wife is 5’1. I love it when she stands on the first step of the stairs.

Yes. I don’t care for girls, but for guys, I really don’t want them to be shorter than me. I’m 5’3, so that’s not really hard. 5’6ish is better than 6’4ish, but not a dealbreaker by far.

People are all the same, except for short people.

I’m only 5’6” and I would feel uncomfortable dating women taller than me. If I was dating guys it wouldn’t matter.

@filmfann LOL! I just had this fleeting vision of you on a first date. She wants you to kiss her but you have to measure her first to see if she is of the “optimum” height!

@downtide Now that’s interesting….do you mean it wouldn’t matter if the men were taller? Or did you mean it wouldn’t matter if they were taller or shorter than you?

@Dutchess_III it wouldn’t matter to me if a guy was taller or shorter than me. My current (male) partner is barely an inch taller but it’s so close that we may as well be the same.