Thinking that women would benefit if they were more open minded about height in a potential partner…

Ah shit, stepmother gonna be around a long arse time yet.

Joke btw, I do love the woman really.

I have heard that a lot actually, (that tall people have shorter lifespans than shorter people, and also more health issues,) and multiple sources on the internet say it. I mean; if you're a woman of 5 ft 8 and your mate is 5 ft 4, you will probably live roughly the same amount of time... within 2-3 years. And have a decent lifespan.

But if you're a woman of say 5ft 11+ or or a man of 6 ft 4+, then yeah, your are more prone to health issues and a shorter lifespan. Lifespan can be 5 to 10 years more for shorter people. The taller you are the shorter the lifespan. Think about it, how many people aged 80+ do you know who are 6 ft 4?

I don't know why being tall is so revered, and people on here seem very braggy about having a 'very tall husband,' and tall gangly 6ft children, and weirdly proud of being 'very tall' themselves. Like it's some kind of achievement. I am happy to be 5 ft 3 and have a DH who is 5 ft 9. (My 2 DD are 5 ft 7 and 5 ft 4.)

I just want one taller than me, so I don't feel massive. Sadly I'm 5'9 and so, so many men are smaller than me where I live.

I find tall men often end up with much smaller women. Maybe there should be a rule: nobody over/ under 3 inches difference.

It’s the opposite, actually. Shorter people live longer (allegedly).

I thought it was pretty well documented that online daters often set height and weight preferences particularly high or low because so many people lie about them. Many women will set their filter to 6' with the actual intention of cutting out anyone below 5'9".

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/good-news-short-people-your-senses-may-be-faster-than-tall-peoples

Faster brain body interface

Ninjas basically

Well yes, I think it would be silly to pretend we are not biased and socially conditioned to date men who are taller than us. But a cut off at 6ft for vast numbers of women? That seems implausible.
Anyhow, the OP later posted one reference to one study of users of one app which showed that 15% of women (on the app) set their search preferences to above 6ft. As a scientist, I can confidently say this is useless data which we cannot extrapolate to the population at large.

Me and my husband are both 5.8 (so average height I guess). I didn’t want to have children with a tall man as I hated being a tall girl when I was young. Both my kids are pretty tall though so that didn’t work!

That's because people with big dogs take training seriously as they're aware of the damage they might do. They're often more lax about training small dogs because they don't think it matters as much.

Several vets have told me this.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12586217/

It's pretty common through nature as well

And how does that work when we all shrink a bit?
I used to be 5'6"
I've shrunk 2 inches, will I die sooner or not?
My stepmother was 4'11" but is now 4'4 will she die soon?

I would date someone shorter than me absolutely. I find they don’t want me as I’m pretty tall and I think they get weird about it.

Bet more postmen/women get bitten by Jack Russells and Terriers, then larger dogs

Do they really. I have never heard that. Where is your info from? Out of sheer curiosity.

Taller people die younger and their brains work slower and they're prone to more life limiting health conditions than shorter people so the genetics don't stack up

You can’t make yourself attracted to someone that you’re not attracted to, so what do you suggest?

I've dated a couple of guys who were shorter than me and never really thought anything of it.
I prefer to be with someone slightly taller than me, but it's not really a massive issue for me.

If only people compensating for things with bad attitude were limited to short men...

Benefit how? Whats the benefit of dating a man much shorter/same height?
And if short men think they are truly missing out, how about they find a different way to be attractive to women.
I suspect its not true, mainly because there aren't that many super tall men or super short men.
But if it is in fact true, its genetics. We all want our offspring to have the best outcome.

My husband is shorter than me, just. As an extremely tall woman, I have spent all my life being told over and over again how big and tall I am. Clothes never fit me and people used to stop me in the street to point this all out. If I date someone shorter im just constantly reminded how different and huge I am.

If I was 5 foot tall I probably wouldn't care about height though.

And that is their lookout.

Maybe if they find that they're unsuccessful at it-they'll need to make their adjustments.

Ever heard of short man syndrome? it does exist in some short men, they overcompensate with bad attitude..

Plus im 5ft 11 in bare feet, dated a bloke 2 inches shorter once and i felt hideously huge.. so no ta!

People like what they like. If you could persuade people out of their preferences, conversion therapy would work.

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Why are half the women on this thread telling OP she’s ridiculous and this isn’t a thing, and the other half saying - well I date tall men but only because I need to be smaller than them. Why do women feel such a desperate need to be smaller than their partners? Can’t anyone see how patriarchal this all is?