doomed love life

<p>Well I'm 5'6" and I consider myself short, so probably over 5'10".</p>

<p>my "height standard" isn't even high... At my school most guys r shorter than me but i'm only 5'6 !! I consider myself a tall girl at my school but only average at the UC i'm gonna go to. (maybe short)</p>

<p>I'd say tall for a girl is 5'10" or higher
short for a boy is 5'6" or shorter</p>

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Because I'm not so sure some of the short guys feel attracted to girls taller than themselves... I know I certainly prefer someone my height or shorter.

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<p>My boyfriend (whose drivers license <em>says</em> 5'8'' ;)) admitted to me that when we first met, he made sure I was shorter than he is before he decided he was attracted to me. Lucky for me, I'm 5'4''...</p>

<p>It's sort of funny that in high school, I dated/was attracted to tall, blonde boys (nobody under 6'0''!), but I'm going to end up with someone who's 5'6'' with dark hair. :)</p>

<p>yeah too tall/short is relative. in relation to yourself.</p>

<p>so are college girls less shallow compared to high school girls?</p>

<p>"so are college girls less shallow compared to high school girls?"</p>

<p>Hopefully.</p>

<p>I don't see how they would be, at least not first year, which I'm assuming you're talking about. It's only been 3 months since they were high school girls, anyhow.</p>

<p>I think boomer and I (at least I did) were referring to college girls - once comfortable nestled in the college experience - in general.</p>

<p>just to jump in on the tall guy convo...the biggest reason i'm attracted to guys taller than myself is because, well, i'm only 5'1". so any shorter than me, and you'd be pushing for certification as a midget in my state. almost all the guys i've been attracted to have been around 6'1", and i think the biggest reason for that is because i think some of the cutest couples are those in which the guy is really tall, and the girl really short. i mean, look at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett...but well, that's the superficial side of me.</p>

<p>overall, i like a guy who is confident without the cocky and determined to make something of himself. and i hate ladies' men. a major turn off if he'll hookup with anything with legs.</p>

<p>the older you get, the less shallow you get. dont spite the HS peeps, cuz you were one once</p>

<p>i know a lot of picky ppl when it comes to looks but then they still ended up w/ "not so good looking" ppl w/ personalities that fit theirs.</p>

<p>I know this one man who's EXTREMELY PICKy. he didnt think any pretty girl was pretty or good enuf. N then he fell deeply in love w/ this lady whom everyone thinks was...ugly...and obese... n she's okay in personalities.</p>

<p>My point is tat when it comes to liking or love, looks wouldnt matter anymore. But in the beginning its wat we see at 1st.</p>

<p>^yup
when just meeting, looks count like 90%</p>

<p>but after that it drops to like 10%</p>

<p>i have absoluely no hard evidence to base that statement on, but i think youd agree.</p>

<p>lol..yea i agree</p>

<p>itz not like everyone looks the same, of course we're more attracted to the better looking person. but later on itz another story...</p>

<p>about the height thing.. it seems like a lot of the time its not a problem with girls not liking shorter guys, but with shorter guys not even trying for taller girls.. i'm fairly tall but some of my guy friends have actually said some shorter guys were scared to ask me out because they thought I would turn them down, because I'm a couple inches taller than them. it kind of seperates the men from the boys, i like being tall because if a guy doesn't have enough confidence and self-esteem to ask out or date taller girls, he's not worth your time. guys should just work on the self-confidence and ask out whoever they want, because when you find someone whos right for you, the height thing doesn't really matter.</p>

<p>its not a confidence thing. personally, I'm just not attracted to taller girls. I'll be like, yeah she'd look good in a magazine, but I wouldn't want to be her man. im only 5'5'', so its not like they couldnt find somebody taller.</p>

<p>yea...i was attracted to a lot of taller guys but in the end i found out they only like girls who r 10 inches shorter than them, not me who's 5 inch shorter. I think it just looks awkward when the guy's too tall for the girl too. but i guess itz a preference thing.</p>

<p>i dunno, I've usually had crushes on girls the same height as me (but since we were young, I've ended up a couple inches taller since then).</p>

<p>luckily the girls of my type (bubbly, intelligent, asian ones) aren't very tall to begin with.</p>

<p>wow how'd this thread get so long?!</p>

<p>yes, it is normal.</p>

<p>I don't know that the importance of looks drops to 10%... I know a lot of people that complain that their boyfriend/girlfriend doesn't "dress up"...or..."try to look good anymore." </p>

<p>Wouldn't you agree that people try to act their best and dress their best to attract other people, but once they snag someone, they TEND to (but not always) "let themselves" go after time?<br>
My prime example is the girlfriend of one of my best friends. She always looked really good when they were first dating but after the first year, she'd only wear jeans and sweatshirts...everyday. When they broke up, she started to dress up again and I don't think it was necessarily to try to make him jealous, but just because she was trying to attract a new guy.</p>