http://www.singlesteve.com/im-too-short-to-date-statistically-speaking/

"Burt, 20, who currently lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, refuses to date anyone shorter than 6-foot-3, but says she has a lot of options.

“Fortunately, New York is full of tall, hot men,” she said. “Guys will come up to me a lot and say things like, ‘Your legs are gorgeous’ or ‘You should be a model.’ ”"

I was going to get mad going into this article, but to be fair, Holly Burt is 6'3 which is VERY tall for a woman and being this tall, I can't blame her for not wanting to date men under 5'9 though she did say that she wants to be with someone her height or taller. To her, most men are short I guess since the male average height in American is 5'9/5'10.

Would you date her if she dated any height?

Morning!

Looking for a bit of (silly) advice. I just started dating a guy 4 inches shorter than me and I haven't quite mastered the hugging part. I just don't want to make him feel awkward. Should my arms go over the shoulders or try to get under his arms? Usually guys I've dated are my height or taller and my arms end up around my partner's waist...

I feel silly asking - but too awkward at this early stage to ask him directly.

So.... what's the general preference?

Also, being "tall" isn't really a trait! This basically sums it up. I can't even handle speaking with most of my girlfriends anymore because they have these views and as I have said on here, my boyfriend is short.

#DoubleStandards

Just curious. I noticed that as I made more money and my lifestyle improved over the years, women are warming up to me and are more interested in dating me. What do you think? Does money make up for lack of height?

This story is unbelievably said. A man admits that his being just 5 feet tall and having an ugly face has confined him to being single for most of his adult life. He says that at 31, he hasn't had any relationships and while successful gets absolutely nowhere with women which drove him into a deep depression. To help mitigate the loneliness, he hired a pretty call girl to stay with him 4 days out of the week for the price of $40,000 (I'd guess how much he paid so far).

This is fucking horrible. Is the stigma of being a short man that bad that out of billions of people on the planet, a guy that shot is reduced to this? I guess I can applaud him for dealing with the hand he dealt, but could you imagine shelling out that much cash? Worse, he's caught feelz for the woman and you know how that might end up.

You have read the reddit post here. Truly sad but makes me angry how important height is to women. His success in life means diddly squat. 

Hi guys,

So i'm new, think its cool there is a forum for this - seems there is one for everything else. Im only 5ft4 (sigh).

Basically in school when everyone shot up past me circa the age of 15, it became a nightmare. My height was always brought up and the butt of a few jokes.

However, I went to university and suddenly it wasn't that big a deal. Guys never brought it up or laughed, there were loads of other short guys. Woman didn't care. Infact I've had a tonne of success dating/hook up wise here.

I feel like the girls at uni are so much more cultured and intellectual, they aren't as superficial as the hometown girls. I dunno.

Anyway, im leaving this year and it is worrying me. I won't be on the student social scene and I feel i'l flounder in the 'real world'.

How do i carve out an identity? It just feels like short guys can't really be anything. You can't be the strapping athletic guy, or the cool alternative dude. Your just.....short.

Dating seems like it will be hard. There isn't the social scene of student life. You're in the working world full time. In nightclubs i notice that it is very hard for short guys to get attention. The girls flock round taller guys - even if they are really ugly.

I've been successful on Tinder (in terms of matches). Woman do find me attractive but they obviously don't know my height. In decent shoes I'l reach 5ft6 but that's nothing. I worry about going on dates and feel im not good enough for them. Even though im funny, athletic, ok looking and intelligent. It just feels like height is the top trump.

How do you guys cope?