Dishy Rishi is only 5ft5 !!

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He's dinky!!

He looks so much taller!!

@Bluesheep8

If any mums of small boys are reading this - please get them into sports. So important they feel physically confident.

What about emotionally and intellectually confident? Oh and tell them never to marry stupid women.

The reminds me of my cousin ( 5ft 4) Thoroughly decent man who was having trouble finding a nice woman because of his height. He was constantly friend zoned by women and they let it be known to him that his height was the issue. I introduced him to a lovely friend of mine who is stunning and an accomplished woman. They are now married and have three kids. They are a wonderful couple and my friend always says that she is glad that these women turned him down . The strangest thing is that when he started dating my friend some of the women who had turned him down suddenly found him more attractive

"Since when did it become acceptable to be so scathing of a person's physical appearance?"

It isn't unusual on mn to have threads with comments that are scathing about short men - not a particularly new development, sadly!

If any mums of small boys are reading this - please get them into sports. So important they feel physically confident.

How bloody patronising!. Do you go around telling mothers of flat chested girls to get them into sport as it’s so important they feel physically confident?

The only reason that anyone is surprised is that he has the proportions of a tall slim chap.

Turns out he’s not so tall, but still very slender. We can probably all recover from the shock of that pretty quickly.

Blimey the professionally offended are out in force today. I should have added 'Light hearted' to my OP.

@kooked

Its a no from me. He's not Dishy in the slightest, he's a Tory ffs. He could be the most aesthetically pleasing man on the whole planet ... unfortunately personality and credibility are big things to me.

^this wtf is wrong with people ?

He’s a bloody Tory! Wake up!

littlepatilou It is a stupid thing to say really, and as a few others have said, imagine the uproar if a man came on here and said he would never marry a fat woman, or a woman over 5 ft 4.

Men make remarks like that online all the time. Just not on this forum, because its a forum aimed at women, mainly comprised of women posters. But yes, of course women get that and far worse directed at them online. Much much worse comments than just having their height commented upon. I don't see why men should be exempt from having to develop a thick skin.

He is a bit of a borrower.

I hope this is a reference to the fact that he is Chancellor of the Exchequer rather than another rude comment about his height.

I should have added 'Light hearted' to my OP.
Yes of course because it’s light-hearted to start a thread that’s making fun of short men and posting derogatory comments about their perceived character and unsuitability for a partner relationship.
It’s all so funny ha!ha!ha! .

I thought he always looked very smart. Does he stand on a box?

Almost tiny enough to pass through the eye of a needle isn't he

@GreenlandTheMovie

littlepatilou It is a stupid thing to say really, and as a few others have said, imagine the uproar if a man came on here and said he would never marry a fat woman, or a woman over 5 ft 4.

Men make remarks like that online all the time. Just not on this forum, because its a forum aimed at women, mainly comprised of women posters. But yes, of course women get that and far worse directed at them online. Much much worse comments than just having their height commented upon. I don't see why men should be exempt from having to develop a thick skin.

Men can be mean, so we should be as well? Maybe it’s better if we all just stop? Silly remark

I like a small, slight man, me. Big men take up so much bloody room. I also had a 6'2" ex who was abusive, and he would loom over me threateningly, which was very intimidating.

However, I would reject Rishi Sunak on his politics. Sorry Rishi, sure you're devastated

Lots of people from certain countries or ethnic backgrounds will be shorter than the average in the UK?

Am I 5’6” and when I visited China about 20 years ago I felt oversized when I needed to buy a coat - it was hard to find one that would fit me.

I would!! He always look so clean and well turned out .

Wow how strange.

I've just looked at images and they are really set up to disguise that. I'd also had the impression of a tall man.

The few images which catch him directly next to someone - he's tiny. And strangely out of proportion.

How very weird!!!!

@YoniAndGuy

Wow how strange.

I've just looked at images and they are really set up to disguise that. I'd also had the impression of a tall man.

The few images which catch him directly next to someone - he's tiny. And strangely out of proportion.

How very weird!!!!

Tinkly laugh at the end?

I've just looked at images and they are really set up to disguise that. I'd also had the impression of a tall man.

Set up? Why would they be set up? Why are so many posters behaving as though someone's height is something that needs to appear to be other than what it is? Why do so many assume that he cares?

@SchadenfreudePersonified

My DH is 5'5". I', 5'3"

I never think of him as short. And he's he's lovely, inside and out.

Not all short men have "little man syndrome".

We are the same heights and our DS is 5.6. They are both lovely, caring, intelligent. highly successful professionally (DH) and academically (DS). Some comments on this thread are disgusting

Never marry a short man

Why?

My husband to be is 5 foot 4. Nowt bloody wrong with him. My 6 foot ex was bustard

Whats next..criticising peoples weight or appearances?

I hate all this hatred towards short men

Yes of course because it’s light-hearted to start a thread that’s making fun of short men and posting derogatory comments about their perceived character and unsuitability for a partner relationship.

OP didn't start a thread making fun of short men. She merely said she didn't realise RS was that size as obviously he comes across as a lot taller in photos etc.

Bastard not bustard ffs

OP didn't start a thread making fun of short men. She merely said she didn't realise RS was that size as obviously he comes across as a lot taller in photos etc.

Exactly. It's some of the other posters on here who have said some really nasty things.

Set up? Why would they be set up?

For the same reason that our wedding photographer was hellbent on making DH (my height exactly, but I was wearing small heels) look much taller than me? Putting us on different steps, making me sit and so on. It was stupid and I had to struggle to rein in my sarcasm.

Why are so many posters behaving as though someone's height is something that needs to appear to be other than what it is? Why do so many assume that he cares?

Societal conditioning, I think.