Your Ideal partner, does height matter when it comes to who you date?

By Nic
@academic2 (7000)
Uganda
July 10, 2007 9:12am CST
Many folks are very particular about who they date-sometimes even when the beauty/handsomeness is so sparkling, if the height factor is missing, the relationship does not mature to full bloom. my brother is a really tall man, but my God, his wife is only 4.5ft! To him height is completely immaterial and all their 7 children are 5.8ft-6ft+ including girls! Do you care about the height of your partner?
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14 responses
• India
12 Jul 07
as for partner is considered it is important primarirly to have coherent mutaual understanding inorder to have successful relationship.height and appearance r secondary features.it is height of understanding each others hearts which makes a difference
• Malaysia
11 Jul 07
my girlfriend reach about my shoulder and i like it.. i dont like girl that not even reached my shoulder or girl that too tall, like reach my eyes.. but when it come to love that doesn't matter if we love someone all that matter is love and if we love someone that also reach our dream girl that is bonus!! :D
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
11 Jul 07
i dont think height matters at all. my mum is tall and my dad is only up to her shoulder lol. in relationship all you need is love and trust.
@Tanika (632)
• Australia
11 Jul 07
Hiya, I will have to say that the answer to whether height matters to me is mostly yes. I say mostly because I am only attracted to men taller than me (which isn't too hard since I'm 5'7ft) but I'd like to think that if I found a good friendship with a man and we were really compatible but he was shorter or the same height than me and we had a deep connection then I could get past it. I think that friendship and compatibility are more important than cosmetics. I haven't had to put that theory to the test however since I've only ever dated taller men than me due to circumstance really. Regards, Tanika.
@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
11 Jul 07
Normally I prefer a guy to be taller than I am, but there have been times that I have been in relationships with guys shorter than me. I'm 5'9 so it feels a bit weird to be in a relationship with a guy shorter than me. I don't really like super tall guys either cause I don't want to have to constantly look up to talk to someone. I guess for me perfect height would be between 5'7-6'2.
• Philippines
11 Jul 07
I think as for the guy it doesn't really matter if the girl is shorter than the guy.. It doesn't look odd at all.. Its just enough.. But for a girl who will date a guy shorter than her, Then I could say that's a bit odd.. Though its very unfair to consider height on choosing who would be your date.. But thats life.. LOL.. same goes with a guy who would be dating a girl taller than him.. The guy might feel conscious.. and same with the girl.. The best thing is.. A guy dating with same height or a shorter girl... and a girl dating with same height or a taller guy.. :-)
@DRoddy77 (1776)
• United States
10 Jul 07
I'm married now and my husband is 6ft 2. I could never be with anyone who is shorter than me (I am 5ft 6 1/2). I would just feel like a giant and would feel weird about it.
• United States
11 Jul 07
It does matter to me. I'm 5'7" and I've never dated any guy shorter than me. I've always loved a tall height in a man. My husband is 6'4", nice and tall! I have no doubt that his height played a factor in my initial interest in him ;)
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
10 Jul 07
I personally dont care about height bcoz height is given to us by god and not by our own will, otherwise all the people wished to be tall. tallness is a part of beauty but the pair will only good look when the girl is less compared to the guy,but if this difference is much then it matters much. The example u have given above comes in the case where height really matters bcoz height should be well or perfect with the partners neither too tall nor too short.Tall man should try to find partners with tall height too so that their pair looks beautiful.
10 Jul 07
I am already married and there is no question of me finding any other partner in this life.But even when I was still single,I did not think much of these things.Physical characteristis never mattered to me.But I must admit,it looks odd to other people.Still love is the important factor.As long as there is love in the relationship,nothing else matters.I have seen couples where the wife is taller than the husband and so on.I myself am not that tall-I stand 5.3 ft tall whre as my hubby is 5.11 ft tall.I do admire tall men as well as women though,maybe because when I was young,I always wanted to be very tall.
• United States
10 Jul 07
I am a fairly short woman (5'2"), so my only height requirement when considering someone to date is that they are taller than me. Oddly enough, most of the men I have dated have been over 6'0" tall! My fiance is about 6'2" or 6'3". I'm convinced he's still growing! :)
@snoopy04 (718)
• United States
10 Jul 07
My ideal partner is 6'9 and I am 5'5. Life is definitly alot more funnier and we get alot of attention when we go out. When he kisses me he has to bend over and when I give him a hug I dont get to look into his eyes but thats ok because he is such a sweet guy and knew after a year of dating that he was the one for me. We have three kids and they all will be tall like their dad. My three year old looks like a six year old and will probably be taller than his dad. But life with my husband is great and even when we have our problems and our fights I know that I couldnt live without my jolly green giant lol.
@tantal25 (838)
• United States
10 Jul 07
maybe it does matter a little to me. i would date a person with my same height but maybe i wouldn't date someone shorter than me. i don't know, maybe because i was fond of being with someone a lot taller than me.
• United States
10 Jul 07
I'm not extremely tall. I'm only 5'4 but I prefer that the person that i'm dating is taller then me which shouldn't be too hard considering most men are taller then 5'4 anyways.