would you date a shorter man?

[AmserGwin]

Sorry if been done before. Had a date last night with a guy I met on-line and when I got there he was a good few inches shorter than me. I had wedges on, though not huge ones and am 5'5''. It did put me off to be honest, and I feel awful for being so shallow as he was really nice, and good looking. I suspect he would still be shorter than me if I was wearing flats, help! Should I meet him again? Would you date a guy that's shorter than you?

I think WhoWants is bang on.

Many blokes that fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down still think 'I could have her, if I wanted'.

Deluded. Of course I actually could ;-)

I would and did used to date someone about my height who I was taller than in heels. It never bothered me.

It's just sexism. Women tend to be raised to think 'can I Iove him?' And men to think 'how do I get that?'.

Both are silly. Don't try and make a relationship fit when it doesn't and don't treat people like status objects.

Yes absolutely would.
Especially as you say he's handsome!

It's just sexism. Women tend to be raised to think 'can I Iove him?' And men to think 'how do I get that?'.

this

I also think men feel entitled to a relationship, like they just buy a dinner and that's all they have to do, where as women seem to understand that it actually takes a lot of work.

personally, and this sounds bad but i see it as a positive, i'm grateful everyday that my GF chooses to be with me and not someone fitter, manlier, taller etc. I just wish she'd pick up her damned socks now and then.

I'm 5'7 and while I don't think I would be attracted to someone who was a lot shorter than me, the same height or not much more is fine. Before I met current DP I would always have said that I was more attracted to tall men - all of my previous boyfriends had been over 6'. However, I then met DP who is 5'8 and thought/think he's absolutely gorgeous. I'm taller than him on the (rare) occasions that I wear heels, but neither of us gives a damn, it really doesn't matter. He's very solidly built and strong though which definitely makes a difference!

Wow loads of replies thankyou. After sleeping on it, I have decided that I probably won't see him again, and seeing as he hasn't asked me (after seeming quite keen) it probably serves me right! Haha
One of my exes was 6'2" which seemed perfect to me, and I also quite like 'nerdy' men so I'll stick with that I think.

But, you could be missing a really nice shorty!

It seems there are probably a lot of great men out there who happen to be short. Going by the number of relationship problems on MN some of you could have access to an untapped abundance of decent men if you don't mind shorter men.

So you'd think! and yet......... I actually to set out to look for one of these under appreciated shorter men a while back. I haven't had any luck so far. I looked on pof, put in a shorter height bracket and it found no results. So either there are no short men on pof or they're all at least 5'10".
Maybe I'll try again.

Men lie about their height on OLD - according to my friend who has done OLD lot. She says they all say 5'10" - then they turn up and their all her height-ish - about 5'6", 5'8" if you're lucky.

For men, height is a valued thing in society. No doubt about it.

well I'm 5'4 and perfectly happy with it. I wouldn't lie about my height, why, what for? as if someone wouldn't notice! it does make me laugh when I ask other guys how tall are you then? ...and they say 5'11 or something. I reply and say, well that's odd because I'm 5'4 and you're only three or four inches taller than me. Their reply usually comes with a look of dismay, saying, no way you're taller than that surely? Me: no I'm not it's just that you're only 5'7

maybe I should give OLD a go after all.