Men and their height.

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I understand why men are self-conscious about their height. There are enough threads on MN where women say they wouldn't date someone shorter them, shorter than 6 foot or shorter than some other arbitrary marker.

Personally, I don't care. If Peter Dinklage wants to leave his wife and ask me out for a date, I'm entirely up for that.

But why LIE? That's the bit that baffles me. We can tell, you know. You could lie about your weight. People carry their weight differently. People don't carry their height differently. It's literally how many cms the top of your head is from the ground.

Saw a lovely FWB tonight. He's the same height as me. I'm 5'6. Whereas apparently he's 5'9 and a half. I did splutter "Bollocks you are. Maybe on your online dating profile" when he said it.

*I don't know and have never met any shorter men

It would be weird if it were true, but there is no way you have never met or don't know any men under 6ft. Only about 14% of UK men are 6ft and over.

I guess men lie about their height for the same reason women lie about their age and weight. Men lie about their job/career and income too. I know several men who wildly exaggerate their job; a receptionist at premier inn tells everyone he is the manager of the hotel, and refers to it as 'my hotel' when speaking about it, and even says MY staff. PMSL! I also know a chap who is a cleaner/odd job man at a local convenience store and tells everyone he runs it.

As I said though, I know a few women too, who lie about their age and weight. Hilarious, because you can tell they are 14 stone and not 12, and they are 45 and not 38. Amazing also, how some women think they LOOK younger, and even say 'everyone comments on how young I look.' One woman I know is 49, and swears people have mistaken her for 25. yeah right. PMSL!!!

My pet hate is women who bleat 'everyone thinks my daughter and I are sisters.' errr, no they don't luv! NO-ONE thinks that.

My lovely DH of 24 years is 5' 5 ... Sometimes he says 'wouldnt you like it if I were a bit taller?'

'No DH, you were 5'5 when I met you ,when I went out with you and when I married you..'

As well as being the smallest ,and the poorest man I ever dated. (a single parent student - as was I ) . He's still small, but no longer poor .. and we now have DGCs

I had a friend in my 20s who wouldnt even consider at men shorter than her or who earned less. She is still single.

oh, I am 5'6 , so not much diffrencebut yes, taller than he is .. I also often wear heels .. --and I usually weigh at least a stone more than him sadly)

I once received a message on a dating site asking me out but he also stipulated that he didn't want me to wear heels!
He thought we could be a good match but he was concerned that with me being tall, he would look small if I was to wear them.
We never did go on that date

I once received a message on a dating site asking me out but he also stipulated that he didn't want me to wear heels!

People who lie about their height - it's not just that they are shorter than they said, it's also that THEY seem to think it's a problem. They are being weird about it.

When I did internet dating, I set my min. height to 5ft 8. (I'm 5ft 5ft, rarely wear high heels). Over the course of a year I went on numerous dates with people I was matched with based on my criteria, but nothing worked out. Then I was contacted with someone who'd listed his height 5ft 6. It seemed as though we had a lot in common and he had a lovely face so I waived my height restriction and met up with him ...

Turned out he was in fact 5ft 7.5, but had no idea of his true height, so had guessed, underestimating it!

We've now been married for 6 years and I've never been so attracted to anyone in my life.

Prior to meeting him I'd had a partner who was 6ft 4 and another who was 6ft 2 and I thought that tall was what I was attracted to, but it's so lovely to be face to face with DH when we kiss rather than getting neck ache!

He also weighs considerably less than me which I thought would make me feel huge, but I've actually found that as weird as it sounds, ergonomically it works so much better - we can cuddle up without him crushing me which had been a problem in the past, plus I always get a decent night's sleep because he isn't taking up the majority of the bed!

Exactly, catra 😊