We’re all in agreement then. From my experience though, you three are not representative of your entire cohort.
Oh, so do tell us what all women believe. Then we can tell you what all men believe. Broad brushes are fun!
What part of “in my experience” are you incapable of comprehending?
I would, but you all change your minds every ten minutes.
This is why we should all get back in the kitchen, that way poor short guys wont have to deal with some of us wanting to fuck them*** and some of us not 
***Except the ones who claim to want to fuck them are nothing but dirty, lying whores. Because no woman wants to fuck a short guy ever- the short guys said so, so it must be true. Any woman who says anything to the contrary is a big ol’ liar.
Now you’ve got it!
I don’t think that’s true at all. I think fat hate is fairly universal in our society.
heh. nope, many years apart. The first marriage put me off marriage for quite a few years. But height didn’t have anything to do with it, it was more of a personal responsibility thing.
I’m just saying it’s hard to fight the initial ‘type’ you think you’re attracted to, what tends to turn your head in the beginning. And on those stupid dating sites when they ask you to define what you want, people will specify a ‘type.’
I’m 5’7, married to Nashiitashii who is 5’9-5’10. We get along fine. A lot of her friends were surprised that she got married to a man shorter than her. To us it didn’t matter, being shorter than her doesn’t make me less masculine, strong, manly, or capable. It doesn’t mean I’m not far stronger than her and have to open all the jars, or that I can’t carry her around over my shoulder. When people point it out we just say: “so?..” The trick is to stop caring about it.
You don’t want any of the women who say they only date tall guys anyway. Like any number of other posters have mentioned, they’re shallow. While we can’t help what we are attracted to, height falls into the same category as race as far as I’m concerned. We can change our eye colors with contacts, dye our hair, work out until we’re rippling, veiny freaks or eat ourselves into blobs of quivering flab, get nosejobs, lypo, and fake tans but we can’t help certain things. Someone who has laid down that general of a decree is shallow regardless of gender and you’re better off without them.
Tell the truth, you’re still hurt because Scumpup took down his MySpace (oh I forgot, it’s NOT his.. nope) page and you can’t cast your eyes on him anymore. HE REJECTED YOU because of GRAVY or something.
I would say that, for my experience at just over 5’9", I’m secure in my height but generally feel better about myself in general when in the dating circle because a man (or more) is attracted to my somewhat Amazonian Valkyrie build. I’m comfortable in my own skin, so it bothers me none whether the guy who’s attracted is 3 inches shorter than me or 3 inches taller than me. I am, however, really shallow when it comes to looks and age range*-- however, I’m married, so it’s more a situation of “oooh, he thinks I’m cute and is flirting with me-- that’s nice” than a “do you want to get to know each other better?” situation.
I’d wear my 3" and 4" heels just to annoy him, as I think it’s silly reasoning. I’ve gotten over the fact that my height makes some people uncomfortable to the point where the “Holy shit, it’s Bitchzilla!”** looks I used to get at the grocery store when wearing high heels don’t phase me anymore.
*I’m 5’9.5" and built like the average Scandinavian Farm Girl, so I’m generally not the “average look” anywhere but in Iceland; I’m used to being the oddball. If I were on the dating scene again, I’d strongly prefer men who were within four inches of my height on either end of the scale, neither toast rack thin nor obese, but definitely confident and intelligent enough to keep me entertained. My taste in men from that point vary wildly, as I have a more clear sense of things that aren’t interesting to me than things that are universally “my type”. I like and am attracted to people with fairly even tone to their skin (with maybe a smattering of freckles facially), but it’s not a universal thing for me. I prefer a guy who is confident in himself, interesting, and a certain height isn’t required to make me feel safe or protected-- Acid Lamp does a great job of all of those on his own.
**I just moved out of Central Florida where this used to happen. It’d normally be elderly folks and women who were 5’4" and under who’d see me wandering the aisles in 4" heels and nothing unusual about my outfit compared to what I would normally wear, but the extra four inches would push my height above the 6’ mark and as a result, I’d get these stares like I was a circus freak.
Hm, I’m a woman (married to a short man), and I could have sworn I posted something to the effect that women who will date only tall men are shallow. :: checks though thread :: Oh look, sure enough:
I give up. Alright, short guys of the Dope: go ahead and keep thinking women who aren’t attracted to you are shallow, evil, dumb twats (because, clearly, that’s what they are). Physical attraction is an illusion that only shallow, stupid girls believe in. It’s an unfair social double standard that women can say they don’t like short men, but you can’t say you don’t want to pork fat chicks. It’s cruel, but it’s the reality of life, guys.
:rolleyes:
Don’t you feel better now?
No, because you don’t want to pork me and it was exceptionally cruel of you to say so.
You’re still upset about that dog thread, huh?
It’s quite possible that they don’t want to date you for other reasons, but use the height excuse to avoid saying something that might bother you quite a bit more. You kinda sound like those guys who seem to believe women don’t like “nice guys”.
We like nice guys, but not insecure whiny bitches.
Personally, I never like a guy who plays the victim. Excuses like “I’m too short” “I’m too nice” don’t bode well with me. You’re probably not too short or too nice… you’re probably just leaning a little too heavily on the scape-goat.
Pleanty of short and/or nice guys find dates.
ORRRRRRRR
People must be attracted to the person they date. Period. If I’m going to have to pick a guy to date, based SOLEY on physical attraction… yeah, I probably would pick a guy between 6 ft and 6ft6. I like having a guy tower over me. Whatever.
But that’s not how attraction usually works. I can meet a 6’ 5" guy with NO personality, and yeah, not gonna date him.
I can meet a 5’6" guy with an awesome personality, and I will date him.
If I meet two guys, one short (or average) and the other tall, who both have the SAME EXACT personality (for example), I’m gonna probably pick the tall guy.
Same thing… yes, you’d date a chubby chick that was awesome, but if you met both her and her slender friend who was EQUALLY awesome, and they both showed you interest… who would you pick?
Is it okay if I’m a tall, devastastingly handsome man and I also think women who select long-term partners based purely on physical attributes are shallow? 
Yep, and it’s just as ridiculous now as it was then
How can I just turn away when someone rejects my honest request for marriage in such a cavalier manner? You broke my heart. I wont get over this quickly.
Absolutely. Because as an attractive man, I- a woman- value your opinion 178% more than these uggo shorties and gravy chugging fatties (me!) in this thread.