Men lying about height

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure you have never lied about your weight, OP?

I mean, yeah, if op posted 10yr old photos where she was 20lbs lighter I think it would be completely fair for a man to feel she was being dishonest and not be attracted to her or want to continue dating.

[Anonymous]

Meh. When I was first dating my now-husband, I claimed to be super into soccer. After attending a few games where I must have had a zoned-out look, he asked me if I really liked soccer. I sheepishly admitted that no, I didn’t like soccer, but I liked him, and knew that he enjoyed soccer, so I wanted it to appear that we had a lot in common. He laughed and laughed. If he had broken up with me over “being a liar”, we wouldn’t have our 20 year marriage and 4 beautiful kids today. And soccer has grown on me…a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why height matters to taller women. But I know lots of women who are my height (5'4") or shorter and will only date men over 6'. Honestly, couples with a huge height difference look stupid together.

My preference is 5'7" to 5'9" but I've dated men of all heights, including a couple who were shorter than I am.

oof .. we may look stupid together, but we are happy and have beautiful children, together 20 years.

-4'11" dw with 6'2" dh

I could say a couple where the man is a couple of inches shorter than the woman look stupid together, but I won't say that. oops.. just did.

Maybe you looked at us and thought we looked stupid together, and I looked at you when you were with a shorter guy and thought you looked stupid together. That would be pretty funny.

I actually think couples where the guy is more than a foot taller than the woman look weird. It looks like he's with his kid, and I figure he's not manly enough to get a woman remotely close to his height.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate men the lie. Bye bye.

I'm 6'5". I run into so many women who lie about their age, weight, and status.

Ok, but I don't.

[Anonymous]

I’d be open to shorter guys, but the lying is a turn-off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate men the lie. Bye bye.

I'm 6'5". I run into so many women who lie about their age, weight, and status.

Ok, but I don't.

And both of you have every right to not want to date liars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be open to shorter guys, but the lying is a turn-off.

+1. Insecure short guys who lie about their height? I’ll pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why height matters to taller women. But I know lots of women who are my height (5'4") or shorter and will only date men over 6'. Honestly, couples with a huge height difference look stupid together.

My preference is 5'7" to 5'9" but I've dated men of all heights, including a couple who were shorter than I am.

oof .. we may look stupid together, but we are happy and have beautiful children, together 20 years.

-4'11" dw with 6'2" dh

I could say a couple where the man is a couple of inches shorter than the woman look stupid together, but I won't say that. oops.. just did.

Maybe you looked at us and thought we looked stupid together, and I looked at you when you were with a shorter guy and thought you looked stupid together. That would be pretty funny.

I actually think couples where the guy is more than a foot taller than the woman look weird. It looks like he's with his kid, and I figure he's not manly enough to get a woman remotely close to his height.

Given that he's dated women who were tall, I don't think that's his problem. shrug. We may look weird together, but we're happy and have a great marriage with beautiful kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. When I was first dating my now-husband, I claimed to be super into soccer. After attending a few games where I must have had a zoned-out look, he asked me if I really liked soccer. I sheepishly admitted that no, I didn’t like soccer, but I liked him, and knew that he enjoyed soccer, so I wanted it to appear that we had a lot in common. He laughed and laughed. If he had broken up with me over “being a liar”, we wouldn’t have our 20 year marriage and 4 beautiful kids today. And soccer has grown on me…a bit.

liking or disliking soccer has nothing to do with physical attraction, though. It is nothing about what you look like. If you had said you were 5'8" because you knew he liked taller women, but you are really 5'2", he may have not given you a second look. Maybe that would've been his loss, but you can't tell me that men aren't superficial about a woman's looks.

And I say this a short woman who probably had guys skip over me because of my height.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why height matters to taller women. But I know lots of women who are my height (5'4") or shorter and will only date men over 6'. Honestly, couples with a huge height difference look stupid together.

My preference is 5'7" to 5'9" but I've dated men of all heights, including a couple who were shorter than I am.

oof .. we may look stupid together, but we are happy and have beautiful children, together 20 years.

-4'11" dw with 6'2" dh

I could say a couple where the man is a couple of inches shorter than the woman look stupid together, but I won't say that. oops.. just did.

Maybe you looked at us and thought we looked stupid together, and I looked at you when you were with a shorter guy and thought you looked stupid together. That would be pretty funny.

In trying to insult the PP you also insulted lots of others who are in couples where the man is shorter. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why height matters to taller women. But I know lots of women who are my height (5'4") or shorter and will only date men over 6'. Honestly, couples with a huge height difference look stupid together.

My preference is 5'7" to 5'9" but I've dated men of all heights, including a couple who were shorter than I am.

oof .. we may look stupid together, but we are happy and have beautiful children, together 20 years.

-4'11" dw with 6'2" dh

I could say a couple where the man is a couple of inches shorter than the woman look stupid together, but I won't say that. oops.. just did.

Maybe you looked at us and thought we looked stupid together, and I looked at you when you were with a shorter guy and thought you looked stupid together. That would be pretty funny.

I actually think couples where the guy is more than a foot taller than the woman look weird. It looks like he's with his kid, and I figure he's not manly enough to get a woman remotely close to his height.

or he's man enough to not care what others think of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why height matters to taller women. But I know lots of women who are my height (5'4") or shorter and will only date men over 6'. Honestly, couples with a huge height difference look stupid together.

My preference is 5'7" to 5'9" but I've dated men of all heights, including a couple who were shorter than I am.

oof .. we may look stupid together, but we are happy and have beautiful children, together 20 years.

-4'11" dw with 6'2" dh

I could say a couple where the man is a couple of inches shorter than the woman look stupid together, but I won't say that. oops.. just did.

Maybe you looked at us and thought we looked stupid together, and I looked at you when you were with a shorter guy and thought you looked stupid together. That would be pretty funny.

In trying to insult the PP you also insulted lots of others who are in couples where the man is shorter. Thanks.

yes, and I'm sure the ^PP insulted other couples where the woman is a lot shorter. But, I guess since you don't fit that category, that was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s in a tough spot. You, like most women, would screen him out without giving him a chance if he listed himself at 5’6”. Totally understandable. You had a connection, see where it goes.

Just like men would screen out women based on all sorts of standards?

Cry me a river. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. When I was first dating my now-husband, I claimed to be super into soccer. After attending a few games where I must have had a zoned-out look, he asked me if I really liked soccer. I sheepishly admitted that no, I didn’t like soccer, but I liked him, and knew that he enjoyed soccer, so I wanted it to appear that we had a lot in common. He laughed and laughed. If he had broken up with me over “being a liar”, we wouldn’t have our 20 year marriage and 4 beautiful kids today. And soccer has grown on me…a bit.

Oh please. That’s very different. The equivalent would be if you using a dating profile photo from when you were 20 in your college soccer uniform. Then you show up to your first date weighing 200 pounds and being 40 years old.

Do you think your husband would have laughed and thought it was cute that you just wanted to show an interest in soccer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. When I was first dating my now-husband, I claimed to be super into soccer. After attending a few games where I must have had a zoned-out look, he asked me if I really liked soccer. I sheepishly admitted that no, I didn’t like soccer, but I liked him, and knew that he enjoyed soccer, so I wanted it to appear that we had a lot in common. He laughed and laughed. If he had broken up with me over “being a liar”, we wouldn’t have our 20 year marriage and 4 beautiful kids today. And soccer has grown on me…a bit.

liking or disliking soccer has nothing to do with physical attraction, though. It is nothing about what you look like. If you had said you were 5'8" because you knew he liked taller women, but you are really 5'2", he may have not given you a second look. Maybe that would've been his loss, but you can't tell me that men aren't superficial about a woman's looks.

And I say this a short woman who probably had guys skip over me because of my height.

As a guy, I would never think of embellishing my height by 4 inches. If she likes him otherwise go for it, but she has no obligation to keep dating him.

And I've seen plenty short guys do well in the dating game.