# Couples: what is the height difference between the two of you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085 "2009-12-13T07:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/21 "2009-12-13T18:05:59Z")
We’re both 5’ 3", a perfect fit! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/22 "2009-12-13T19:05:15Z")
I’m 5’7", he’s 5’6". No kids, no plans for any. We take turns towering over each other depending on who’s wearing thick-soled shoes (or not). I wear heels occasionally and he doesn’t care. Puts his eye level closer to the boobies, I suppose. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/23 "2009-12-13T19:47:33Z")
I’m about 5’6" and he’s 6’. No children. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/24 "2009-12-13T20:19:18Z")
I’m 6’2" and she’s 5’10". She’s a very physically attractive woman, but I think she’d be just as beautiful if she were 6" shorter. It’s not her height that attracted me to her. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/25 "2009-12-13T20:41:25Z")
I am 5 ft 7 and lived with a woman who was a little over 6 ft for 4 1/2 years. Height means absolutely nothing to me. My wife ia about 1 inch shorter than I am, I think. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/26 "2009-12-13T20:44:06Z")
I’m 5’8"-5’9" and she is about 5’5". ---
**Author:** ![Is\_it\_safe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@Is\_it\_safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Is_it_safe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/27 "2009-12-13T20:44:29Z")
We’re both about 5’10", maybe Mrs.Safe is a fraction taller than I am. No kids yet, but assuming the vasectomy reversal worked we hope to be giving out good news to our friends and family next year ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/28 "2009-12-13T20:53:11Z")
We’re not married, but we’ve been together for 7.5 years now. No kids, but probably will in the distant future. I’m 5 ft 6 inches (almost 5 ft 7) and my boyfriend is 5 ft 4 on a good day. When I wear heels, I tend to tower over him, but his shoulder is a very convenient head/arm rest. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/29 "2009-12-13T21:36:06Z")
Exactly 1 foot. I’m 5’10", and he’s 6’10". And we have the same birthday, 20 years apart. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/30 "2009-12-13T21:38:57Z")
Me: 6’0" Wife: 5’0" I guess that makes me ten inches taller. What? ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/31 "2009-12-13T21:39:59Z")
We’re both the same height - 5’4". Which means I do tower over him when I wear heels - took a little getting used to, but I don’t mind now. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/32 "2009-12-13T23:40:28Z")
**Saint Zero** is 6 foot even: I’m 5’7". Our kids are 5’1" at 11 and 10 years old. I think they’ll both end up taller than I am. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/33 "2009-12-13T23:43:52Z")
My boyfriend is 5’8", I’m 5’5". Perfect size difference. A man being much taller than me is a turn-off. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/34 "2009-12-14T00:56:54Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I’m 5’7", he’s 5’6". No kids, no plans for any. We take turns towering over each other depending on who’s wearing thick-soled shoes (or not). I wear heels occasionally and he doesn’t care. Puts his eye level closer to the boobies, I suppose. 😃 Well I’m glad I’m not the only chick in here who’s taller than her spouse! 5’10" for me, 5’7"(-ish) for him ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/35 "2009-12-14T01:01:58Z")
I’m nearly 6 inches taller than my husband. He is 5’2" and I am over 5’7". I never wore heels anyway but it wouldn’t make a huge difference if I did, the height difference is already so marked. It doesn’t bother us and no one has ever made a comment to our faces, although there is no doubt that we make an unusual looking pair. Our son (9) is tall for his age and will probably be at least my height. We reckon he will match his Dad’s height by the time he is 10. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/36 "2009-12-14T01:16:49Z")
I’m 6’0", SWMBO is 5’7". ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/37 "2009-12-14T01:31:13Z")
I’m 5’4", one long-term boyfriend was 5’11", the other one 5’9". No kids. Bro is 5’10", SiL is 5’9". They have two kids, 1yo and 4yo, both pretty big so they probably will be taller than their parents. The greatest height difference among my friends is a woman who claims 5’0" (I reckon her at 4’10"), whose husband is 6’4". Two kids, months-old and 5yo. The eldest looks like she’s trying to be as tall as Daddy. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/38 "2009-12-14T01:33:29Z")
I’m 6’0" and the missus is 5’3". ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/39 "2009-12-14T01:38:21Z")
My fiance is 6’1" and I’m 5’9". He is a bit taller than me, but we’re both rather tall, so it works. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085/40 "2009-12-14T02:23:00Z")
I’m 5’2" and my husband is 6’2". A foot, give or take a fraction of inches. I wore 4 inch heels at our wedding and he still towered over me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-what-is-the-height-difference-between-the-two-of-you/521085.md?page=3)