Online dating -- turns out guy is 4 inches shorter

[Anonymous]

Four inches shorter where?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four inches shorter where?

This is also a problem. Shorter guys have been shorter in other places, too. :/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You cannot prove the deception for sure, so let it go.

I am taller than my husband when I wear heels and it doesn't bother us.

And I sincerely hope that my very short son will meet a woman who doesn't mind being taller than him!!!

FUN FACT: You get your height from your mother so your son won't have to worry

Anecdotally, I don't believe you. My mom was 5'2". Father stood 6'1". I fall right down the middle between them in height. I am 5'81/2".

Are you a man or a woman?

[Anonymous]

I like short guys, makes them try harder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:4" is too much. Cancel. He's also probably lying if he says 5'10". I bet he's really like 5'8.5"

This is very funny and true.

I dated a guy who was 5'9. Like, he was ACTUALLY 5'9.

He would laugh and tell me that every other guy he met who claimed to be 5'9 was actually 5'6-5'7.

I don't get why guys lie on this when it's so plain to see.

I've got A cup boobs. I don't claim to have a "full B". Just own it!

You give cup size on these sites?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Gollum found his Precious. Don't hate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am very tall. I check profiles 2-3 times for height and other things before I reply. I swear this guy's profile said he was my height, but after we started texting, I reread it again, and noticed it said he was 4 inches shorter. I think 4 inches is a huge deal, because if I wear heels during a relationship, I am going to be 6+ inches taller.

It is possible I missed it. But it is also possible that detail was changed before and after he messaged me the first time and we started chatting.

We are supposed to meet soon. I am turned off at this point. What do I do? Meet up? Come up with a lame excuse?

Stop judging a man on his height would be a good start. It's one thing to have a preference and some things should be absolutes but I feel that within the framework that you mention this shouldn't be one of them.

FWIW I am above the average height but my father was shorter than my mother and it never bothered them.

LOL. And are men going to stop judging women based on weight?

NOT the same. Women and men judge by weight/body size. When I put this "within the framework that you mention" I qualified the height thing.

[Anonymous]

DH here: it's a tricky issue. In an online dating scenario, people get quickly screened out based on very crude cuts at data (e.g., no men below 5'10 or 6'; no overweight women), so there is pressure to spin a bit to try to at least get in front of someone to get a real shot. Having said that, 4" falls outside acceptable spin, as does the morbidly obese woman who cops to "a few extra pounds" and does the extreme angle selfie thing to hide it in her pic.

I think its a little unfair to call this "deception" in a judgmental way as some sort of character flaw; ample justification to next the guy though.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the issue here. You're not interested in him so stop wasting your time and his and move on. Plenty of fish in the sea.

[TwistdMike]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four inches shorter where?

This is also a problem. Shorter guys have been shorter in other places, too. :/

I wouldn't bet the bank on that one...

[Anonymous]

Question. I am 6' 7" tall. If I rounded down 2 or 3 inches so as not to scare someone off would that be equally egregious?

[Anonymous]

Get past the physical features....Its what's in his heart that matters.

[Anonymous]

I am 6'5" and have had some women tell me I am too tall to date. Sadly, I've also had complaints about the size of the other thing (too big, it hurts, too sore). Guys can't win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 6'5" and have had some women tell me I am too tall to date. Sadly, I've also had complaints about the size of the other thing (too big, it hurts, too sore). Guys can't win.

Are you seeking out petite females or tall women?