How do men feel about dating a teller women?

@My2Cents (291)
Canada
May 22, 2008 11:07am CST
I am wondering how a man fells about dating someone taller then them. I am on the tall side (5'11) and I used to feel very unomfortable with the idea of dating a shorter man - and actually never did. Dancing was always awkward too. However, I wonder if shorter men feel the same?
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ratyz5
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
22 May 08
Lovely Complex - Risa Koizumi The protagonist of Lovely Complex, Risa Koizumi is not your average Japanese high school student. Standing 172 cm tall (about 5' 7"), Risa's height is well above that of most Japanese girls her age; ironically, her name means 'little spring'. She compares herself and is compared by others to a giraffe. Risa can be impulsive and strong-willed at times, and is rarely willing to display her softer side. The team of herself and Otani is known throughout the school as 'All Hanshin-Kyojin'. She had a crush on Suzuki before he started dating Chiharu. Risa starts developing feelings for Otani and soon admits to herself that she likes him. She then starts trying to confess. Failing the first time, Nobuko and Nakao try to help, Nobuko often giving Risa advice on what to do. Finally she very directly tells him. She immediately says she regrets it, and tells Otani to pretend it never happenened, but her true feelings come out, and tells Otani once again, that she likes him. Otani responded that he couldn't see her as a girlfriend yet, so her new goal is to make Otani regret that and make him like her as well. However, eventually, Otani realizes his feelings for her and they become girlfriend and boyfriend. Atsushi Otani is one of the main characters of Lovely Complex. He is very short for a boy, standing 156 cm tall (about 5' 1"). Like Koizumi, Otani's name (roughly, "big valley") is a pun on his diminutive stature, and he can be thoughtless and rude; at heart, however, he is kind and a little silly. Otani is also the star player of the school basketball team. His ex-girlfriend is Mayu Kanzaki, the manager of his middle-school basketball team. She broke up with him for a much taller boyfriend, and this is one of the reasons Otani is sensitive about his height, but he later finds out that wasn't the reason she broke up with him, it was because she was in love with someone else already who just happened to be tall. He doesn't know quite yet how he feels about Risa, and only responds that he can't see her as a girlfriend (at the moment) when Risa confessed. But later, he realizes that he does care for her, and he kisses her. Later on in the series, Otani gets the wrong idea when Risa keep doing suspicious things with her co-worker Kohori, and then breaks up with her. However, after seeing how devoted Koizumi is to him, Otani reconsiders and they make up on Christmas Eve.
Well, for me, I won't mind at all, as long as that tall lady wouldn't mind my height as well. I mean, if it matters for her on how other people look at us dating, we shouldn't be dating in the first place if she still has something with her height complex. Though, I can't deny being affected by it as well, I mean, if she were really tall, other people might laugh when I try to kiss her, I'd be on tip toe while she'd bow a little so that it can work Reminds me of the anime I recently watched..
My2Cents
@My2Cents (291)
• Canada
22 May 08
haha. The odd thing is, when I see it - I do not find it funny at al - I was just very uncomfortable with it. I REALLY liked a guy when I was a teen, but he was very short - made my mind all confused.
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ratyz5
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
22 May 08
Well, the best way to get over the awkward set up would be one's own perseverance on the relationship. Even if the couple looks kind'a miss matched, as long as one or better both of them are persevering in maintaining the relationship, nothing would be awkward anymore
My2Cents
@My2Cents (291)
• Canada
22 May 08
Very True - love knows no....height.
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babostwick
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
22 May 08
I've never looked at height so much. To me, it doesn't really make a difference one way or the other. I'm not exactly a tall person but would I date a taller woman? If she was a good person and someone I can get along with, it wouldn't bother me at all. It's just something that I've never really thought about to tell you the honest truth.
My2Cents
@My2Cents (291)
• Canada
22 May 08
That's awesome! Thanks for that. I am beginning to wonderif it is women who have more of a problem with the height thing.
Ben101
@Ben101 (119)
• United States
23 May 08
I dont think that i would want to date someone taller than me but then again i guess it would just depend on who the girl was if we really liked each other than height shouldnt be a factor right?
Antianara
@Antianara (608)
• Australia
23 May 08
never been my problem but I've known guys that have said they would feel uncomfortable with a taller woman.
aowaow
@aowaow (1516)
• Indonesia
23 May 08
Try to consult her if she wants to use flat-heeled when you go for a dance session. It may help to reduce the difference in height as well. In other way, you may wear a fashion that has a straight line vertically (up to down), it will give an impression of tall to you. Avoid horizontal-line (left to right) type or plain type fashion. Because it will give an impression that you're short than her. You may also consider to use male high-heeled shoes. Oh by the way, muscle up your body through gym or aerobic or swimming, it will make your body will be looked good in the proportion.
Gesusdid
@Gesusdid (1676)
• United States
22 May 08
i really dont mind it realy doest bother me at all because as long as the woman has a nice personality and looks good nothing wrong with that , i never dated a woman that was taller than me maybe like an inch centimeter taller than me other than that nope , but i dont have a problem with taller women i actually know and graduated with a few of them quite atractive too lol