Talking to a very nice girl on an app, I left the height section and age section blank.
She hit me up first, we talk for a bit the first night. I tell her I'm in my 30s, she says wow you look a lot younger. She's in her 20s. Small talk at first. 2nd night, bit more personal. She asks a lot of questions.
It pops up, how tall are you... Oh, about 5'9. Oh I see. I ask her how tall she is, she's 5'8. I tell her she's tall for a woman, I'm about average.
Her ex was 6'3... She said I looked taller because my profile pic is me sitting down. I have a huge torso,long neck and broad chest, but my legs are short. Like they simple didn't catch up with the rest of my body.
We small talk for a bit and she vanishes. She's online now but didn't return my greeting.
Oh well. How the fk am I supposed to compete with a dude who is 6'3. Funny enough, she said he was ugly. Kept saying how good looking I am. fk looks when you are short.
Sorry, just wanted to vent.
Quote from: BelowTheMean on April 04, 2022, 12:07:28 PMOnline dating is overrated anyway. Most tall guys aren’t getting a bajillion matches on apps either. Everyone is super flaky online as well. Just gotta play it like a numbers game and don’t get too attached to anyone, esp before you meet in person.
If you’re 5’9” you’ll do fine, especially if you have decent disposable income.
I don't want a lot of matches, just someone to date. It was t this hard when I was younger. I blame social media and it's obsession with height. Every man has to be 6ft+ otherwise they are a "manlet".
Quote from: informationispower on April 04, 2022, 01:20:50 PMMy man, you are 37 years old yet you write like you are 16. Ghosting happens all the time in online dating and being 5'9 is not the reason. I am 5'7 and was never ghosted because of it but I was ghosted many times and I myself ghosted as well. About how do you compete with 6'3, you don't since its not a height competition
Height is important, it's the reason we are here on this forum. I think you underestimate how much of a factor it is for women. Sure, I guess I'm not super short, but being under 6ft puts me at an automatic disadvantage. Ive felt it before and this last experience has cemented it for me.
Quote from: ilovescience on April 04, 2022, 03:17:14 PMMy age is close to your age. In America do you see many men their heights around 6 feet tall who are also born in the early 80s.
I think the younger generation is taller. Older generations will be shorter as people lose height as the age. In general, white men are about 5'10 but I definitely see a lot of them that are well over 6ft.
I come from a taller family and even the women in my family are my height. My grandmother was 6ft🤣.
Quote from: BelowTheMean on April 04, 2022, 09:50:47 PMIf you’re doing online dating you’ll need quite a few matches to convert one to an actual date because women on there are flaky. The height obsession in online dating is overrated, esp if you’re 5’9”. I’ve never heard anyone use the term manlet except on Reddit and bodybuilding forums. Maybe get off the internet and try interacting with some people in real life and you’ll have better luck.
Ahh good memories of BB.com and the misc. It helped me get into lifting but reinforced the idea Im a manlet. TBH, a lot of online culture seeps into the real world, but people dont communicate it as much in real life. I have been called short, but that is because my family is full of taller people.
I do agree, reading forums, especially ones where a lot of the guys are "black-pilled" is bad for the mental health of a person.
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