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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're 5'0 and you want a man at least 5'9? Now you know how short men feel when they never get picked.

About 57% of the men in the US are at least 5'9", but when you add in your other reuqirements (education), that % will go down a lot. Only about 36% of men in their 30s' in the US have a college degree.. so those 2 requirements alone reduces you to about 20% of the male dating pool.

Oh and by comparison, only 6% of women in the US are 5'0" or shorter.

So.. you're in the bottom 6% height-wise, and searching for a man who is stastically rare. [/quote]

I thought men like short women? [/quote]

Hahhah.. keep telling yourself that. Any man who is marriage-minded will be thinking does he want his kid to be the short kid at school and made fun of, espcially if it's a boy. Imagine if he grows up and is a mere 5'7. That' below your requirements for example.[/quote]

Yes, OP would be very wrong if she thinks men don’t select women by height. For marriage and kids men absolutely try to avoid extremely short genes for the kids. If a woman is 5’5 or 5’8 that won’t matter. But any outliers like a 5’ or a 6’2 woman would have hard time finding a husband.

I know because men told me that when I was dating for marriage in my 20s. [/quote]

Agreed, several men confided in me that they wanted tall children and hence were looking for tall wives. [/quote]

Some men are also terrible with guessing women's height unless they're a real outlier (which OP is). I dated many 6'2+ guys who would say stuff about how tiny and petite I am. I am 5'5. My impression is that many tall guys who say they like short women really just mean "in relation to me" but they're not really hoping to marry someone who is 5 ft or shorter. [/quote]

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