Are there are any very short women in happy relationships with short men?

[Whitsta90]

A very popular topic posted many times on this site, but I was wondering if there are any below average height women who are in happy relationships with men who are also below average, or maybe just about average height. I [M, single-approaching mid 30s, single and at the point where I'd like to settle down with someone],I have noticed quite a strong point made in these kind of threads both here and elsewhere, that aside from the obvious general consensus that women are more attracted to taller men, that usually the women who are most biased where this is concerned are much smaller height women.

My main reason for asking is that I am a slighter build and shorter height man-just 5'7'', so I guess I can be classed as quite short, not super short but well outside the famous 6'' height range preference-Who does have quite a thing for very height small women, however quick disclaimer, I am perfectly open to dating women of all height ranges and build and have been attracted to a very wide variety of women[tall/short/curvy/chubby/skinny]. I tend to be most attracted to faces more than body where the physical side of things is concerned, and then its all about personality which I'm finding makes a huge difference now I've reached the age I have. However I have very often been attracted to smaller than average women, so it would be nice to hear if there are any women of this description that are married/in relationships with guys of my stature, mainly because I so often typically see it written how women like this are more often than not, less attracted to guys of my physical description -[Not sure if I mentioned it but I'm slim build as well unfortunately, so another disadvantage😂]-Would be nice to hear if a few real life instances exist, just to give a little ray of hope that regardless of who I do manage to hopefully attract, I might have a least a bit of a chance with smaller women as well😂

I'm 5ft 1 and as long as a man is a couple inches taller than me, I don't care.

My husband is about 1.5 cm taller than me at 161.5 & 163.

There was me thinking that this was a woman making a thread, but it’s a man with a short-man complex. I’m 5’1 woman with a 5’8 man, I don’t even think about it. It would probably be logistically annoying to be with a man over 6ft. I also prefer the term ‘petite’ to short.

According to Wikipedia; the average height of males in the UK : 5'9"
The average height of females: 5' 31/2"

I don't think then that being 2" less than the average is anything to worry about.

One thing though, make sure you keep your slim build OP because as you age,
you tend to put on weight, and ppl always look taller when they're slim, no matter your actual height.

5ft 7 is average height for a man in Scotland. The above 6ft thing really seems to be a terminally online thing because all of the shorter men I know in real life are in relationships. My 5ft6 brother is happily married with 3 kids. Most women do prefer a man to be taller because we've been socialised to do so, but most women are also below 5ft7 so you will be taller than most women

What this means OP is that 50% of women your age in the UK are your height or smaller and therefore unlikely to be bothered about it. Many taller women may not want to date someone significantly shorter than them but even if you discount everyone taller than you that still leaves 50% of women in your potential dating pool.

I can that see it'd likely be quite limiting if you were more significantly under-average for your sex and age, but with you being 3 inches under average height are you sure this is the reason you're struggling with dating and it's not down to some other factor e.g. confidence, behaviour etc?

@Whitsta90 also, you wrote "yet i've seen examples of women of this height still dismissing my height as too short, whether its an exaggerated online thing or its different in real life i don't know", which seems to imply that this is just something you've read rather than actually something that has happened to you while dating?

I went on a blind date with a man who said he was my height, 5'8... I walked right past him as he was about 3-4 inches shorter than me! I'm used to 6ft+ men but, I actually quite liked dating him. It reminded me of my younger days when the mixed sex friend group of varying ages in highschool were always together.
Fwiw, my cousin is 6'2 and her husband is about 5'5. I wouldn't worry at all about your height, totally average. In a good way.

Man who tell lies about his look is big NO

Yes your probably right, I do have low confidence so that's probably something thats making things doubly more difficult for me, its very easy [for me anyway] to see just a few things and then it automatically be blown out of proportion and believe that this applies to ALL women:- I think there are other men in my position who fall into this trap too

I never thought of that😅 Thanks!

My husband is your height. I personally prefer it. Never understood wanting someone towering over you. In fact, most of my friends have husbands the same height as them. Loads of really attractive meant aren’t especially tall.

I thought this would be the best place to ask with it being a predominantly female place with mainly UK users so basically the women who I live amongst, its hard to know what to believe asking on general forums like reddit [this is my first time ever making a height related post btw], some of the answers given by men to other men asking the same as me can be just as depressing as seeing women saying they only date very tall men-IE-"its over bro, i know myself, i'm only 5.6'' etc"

Reddit is toxic, leave that place immediately. Real life is far less exciting, but at least it’s real. When younger I’d get a lot of attention from shorter men, assuming this was because they were looking for a petite woman. I’d start there if I were you.

I know loads of short men who are happily married. I honestly can't believe that a man's height is that big a deal. I think though you hear it said, the majority of normal people are just attracted to people for who they are.

I know a couple where the man is the same height as you, she's smaller. Soon to be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.

I'm 5ft1, happily married to 5ft7 DH, height never even crossed my mind, but we have produced very short children 😂

I'm 5'6", ex was 5'4" and slim build, his height had nothing to do with why we didn't work out and didn't put me off.

I'm 5'5, husband is 5'6. He was the shortest person I've dated but the one I married! I was quite attracted to his shoulders and thighs. He was/is physically fit and strong, which definitely helped (shallow me!). I was only allowed a tiny heel on my wedding day (so I wasn't taller in pics), which was fine as I don't like heels anyway. Been married 21 years.

This absolutely.

One word- eyeliner.

Sure it'll maybe put 75% of women off. But the other 25% will go wild for it.

Clean shave, tousled hair, eyeliner.

Sure, some people can't pull that off but if you're slight of build I recon it'll work.

Bollocks I quoted the wrong reply.
I meant to quote the lady who talked about goinn for androgynous looking style.

My father was about your height and had two marriages to women (both about the same height as him) who absolutely worshipped him.

I'm married to a man who is 14 inches taller than me and that comes with it's own issues.

I'm 5'4, husband maybe 5'6.
I've dated all heights but same as a pp - a when I dated a tall man it was logistically annoying
Haven't chosen men based on their height, don't think I even looked at that bit when I online dated

Agree with this.

Just had a plumber in about 5'7" and a very attractive man indeed. Nice compact masculine size.

I'm 5'5 dh 5'10. Height wise I preferrred my exs height of 6'1