You have responded to a thread that is nearly seven years old. Many of the people who posted to it are no longer active here and at least one is no longer alive.
And I’m even shorter now!
Welcome to the community, bigbody!
And even more amazing progeny, right? 
7 years, huh? Whuda thunk it?
Well, taller. She was also 5’7" from a tall family.
I’m wondering who “anonymous user” is upthread. Did someone’s account get blown away or perhaps “cornfielded” ?
Anonymous User is the OP, R3d_Anonymous. They likely originally signed up as Anonymous User and was later asked to change it because it looked like there was something wrong with their account - but anyone posts quoting them from before the name change would still show the original user name.
Thanks, @Miller
My husband is 5’7" so I can definitively say I would not reject a man for being 5’7".
Yeah, I would - he’d be too tall :D.
Seriously though: I’m 5’11" - and my husband is 5’6".
Friends of ours once compared us to Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, who are similarly proportioned. They thought Fox/Pollan looked weird together but Typo and I looked normal. They realized this was silly, and was most likely because they knew us, while Fox/Pollan weren’t as “real” to them.
I won’t rule out that shorter men might have trouble attracting mates. There’s likely an evolutionary reason: taller = better at finding food and better at providing for and protecting the family, or something. And let’s face it, I will never be literally swept off my feet by my man a la every romance move ever. . Figuratively, maybe, if he trips me, but I’m an independent woman and can generally manage tripping all on my ownsome. (I’m quite good at that, actually 
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I don’t think the “I’m too short, I can’t ask HER out” mentality applied to us. We met in a group setting (Freshman year at college) and got to talking and found common interests - sci-fi and bad puns - right off the bat, and I was actually dating someone else at first, so we were just friends.
This is a zombie thread but: my theory is status. Women compete with each other, and a short male partner is low or even negative status points. It’s shallow but (some? most?) women wouldn’t be caught dead being seen with a short guy in the company of other women.
FTR, I was 5’7" when I married my 5’10" wife.
Wait. How tall are you now?
5’6" at approaching 60yo.
I am just under 5’7" at 72 years old. Plenty of women I have been interested in seemed to prefer taller men but I have also not had any problem finding women who were fine with my height. Not everyone will be attracted to you no matter what you are.