Tall women dating shorter men? Tall men dating childsized women?

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Lemiszki on January 4, 2010 at 4:21pm

I'm 6ft 7 and my husband is 5ft 8. I hate the stares, the comments, and the people that make fun of us (yes, make fun of us) - but as much as I don't want to be judged for my long legs, my husband doesnt deserve to be judged by his short ones!

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Permalink Reply by AJ on January 5, 2010 at 2:58pm

What's funny is on here I feel very short, which is why it was awesome the other day when my very attractive dentist accused me of being tall lol! Needless to say she's probably 5'5", the irony is if I really was tall I might look at it different heheh... though coming from her maybe not =P

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Permalink Reply by Stephen on June 17, 2010 at 1:09am

I'm a 6'8 man of thirty and also have Marfans which makes it difficult to date alot which is what I want to do. I have had three serious relationships each lasting two years and I have always wondered if it was the fact I have Marfans that caused them to eventually fail. The stares suck but I have become pretty tough and can look bitter enough that people don't stare if they glimpse my face. It can be a very sad reality at times. If I could just be myself and feel comfortable in my own skin. They long arms are what are killing me right now because it's summer and I have to wear short sleeves in Florida. I'm bone thin so it is embarrassing. I just joined this site after I read your comments. All I can tell you is I have never dated a tall woman and all my girlfriends have been under 5'5. Life is brutal sometimes.

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy steward on July 5, 2010 at 2:12pm

Wow you are really tall! Anyway people are making fun of him because they are stereotypic people and jealous. I mean really those people are bullies and the only way to have bullies leave you alone is to ignore them. Besides why should they be laughing? Your man is walking with a very beautiful tall woman that others would love to have. I'm tall too but you tower over me by 6 inches and I don't judge short people either. It is dumb too. Just because someone is short doesn't mean they are weak. Short guy can be pretty strong too. If you ever watched UFC before that short guys look like they can rip people heads off.

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Permalink Reply by Paul S on January 11, 2010 at 9:30pm

Hello Everyone,
When I was 16-17 years old, I somehow attracted taller ladies. I am 5'8", the first one was 6' with beautiful long red hair. The second one was 5'10" and very curvy. The third one was 6'2" and she was thin thin thin.
Since that time, nothing at all. I have tried to meet taller ladies on a certain personals website, but most of the accounts there are not current.
Like other people here, height is not a deal breaker in any sense of the word. Currently I am dating a woman that is 4'11". I met her after I joined this website.
But most off all, I wish everyone success in their search for happiness (whatever it means to you).

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Permalink Reply by Pamela B. Maltzman on March 30, 2010 at 3:46am

Well, I'm 6'1" and now queen-size, and historically it has been mostly shorter men who have hit on me. I grew up preferring taller men, but none of them stuck around.

It does bug me to see a huge guy and a shrimpy woman. I've taken an unscientific poll on this topic over the years, and nearly all the other tall women I've asked about their dating experiences have commented that it at least bugged them growing up.

The man I've been with for a long time is maybe 5'6" if you put him on the rack. He's handsome; although the size difference isn't as important lying down, it does still feel weird after all these years.

I will say that the shorter guys seem less intimidated by us Amazons... I guess they're already used to not being the biggest one around, so a few more inches doesn't seem to faze them.

OTOH, a lot of taller men don't seem to want a woman up at eye level. I don't know why they prefer women so much smaller than themselves... you know, 7-foot guy with a 5-foot woman.. Now, that looks really weird to me.

Just my 2 cents.

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Permalink Reply by Pamela B. Maltzman on March 30, 2010 at 3:51am

Oh, yeah, and I've had several teeny tiny women tell me they just can't get turned on unless a man is REALLY tall...
in the 6-1/2 foot range or taller.

In the past, it was nice to have a guy at least a little bit bigger than me. I don't really like feeling twice a man's size. However, I briefly went out with a guy who was 6'8", and I wasn't used to only coming up to his shoulder. He picked me up as if I was a featherweight (was about 150 pounds then). That actually freaked me out.

Have also had several smaller women tell me that they were glad they weren't "too tall" or that their daughters weren't "too tall." What beeyotches.

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Permalink Reply by Kyleigh Brienna on May 12, 2010 at 2:57am

"I've looked at life from both sides now" - Joni Mitchell (1969)

Actually for me it can read or be sung as "lived" rather than looked.

Ahem. Well what can a once boy now girl standing at 73 inches contribute to the long and short of this height discussion?

I love'm all....I've loved them all......I hope to have the opportunity of loving even more of them? I could easily get into how shallow someone might make of me avoiding those who are centimeter-challenged but then some schmuck will make a rude comment of a sexual nature. Ha Ha

Or how can we seriously make light of height when there are far more bittersweet or simply bitter tales to share in our current world. I shant do that for now.

Having dated all genders and having experienced love in all its glory, I can say my tastes have changed as my gender was reclassified.

As a boy raised to be a gentleman [well that kinda sorta failed in the end] I sprang up quickly to attain a height of 72 inches by age 17. and from that point typically dated women who would be labeled as petite rather than short. Or as the Subject eludes towards, a homunculus. Let me try to dispel such thoughts.

We all have requisite needs and desires as human beings. Those attributes, whether physical or mental (intellectual, psychological, moral) that we find ourselves seeking out in those we date or romance. As people we all tend to enjoy "pretty things" or "lovely creatures". Society oft defines such parameters which history shows us have changed over time.

As such, once matured into young adults we typically have cemented many of the desires and we carry these throughout our lives. Although, with education, some of us allow other factors to enter the equation when determining our romantic attractions. Others bring material attributes into the equation.

So where did that leave me as a young man aside from noticing what girls were wearing and if their shoes matched before letting the testosterone "kick in"?

At 6' 0' [I grew an inch in college at age 21] my requisite attraction was towards petite women upwards to 5'4" or maybe 5'6". It wasn't some macho determining factor to enable me to "throw about" or dominant by size. It was that I enjoyed the dichotomous nature of things.
["Hey honey can you reach down under the sink to get the brass polish for me?" After all she had less distance to travel going downward]

In truth there were far many more characteristics. whether physical or mental. that I would observe before height. Examples being 'the windows to the soul" (eyes), lovely legs (I had a thing for gymnasts, dancers and ice skaters), and most of all compassion. If she had compassion then whether 4'11" or 6"4" I would be in my state of romancing. I seriously dated women that were 5'2", 5'6" and 5"10'.

Now for the more tricky part of my personal equation. Once diagnosed with G.I.D. and sufficiently forward in my transition I fell in love with shoes. Especially "strappy" sandals with high heels. So from a once higher societal comfort level [attired] as a 6'1:" nice romantic fella, I found myself often standing at 6'4" to 6'6" looking about the pub, club or cafe wondering if some "nice romantic fella" would approach this six and a half foot girl [or gurl, i don't particularly care]. And yes, when your altitude heightens the "clean air" [nice romantic fellas} of taller stature can get much thinner. And some men who may stand at much less than 6 feet can seem intimidated. Even by a slender, very slim gal.

So where did this ultimately leave this now "tall gurl" unwilling to give up my high heel shopping expeditions and be relegated to wearing flats when both men and women seemingly love what a taller heel does for a lady's legs?

No. I didn't go back to dating women although many transwomen do travel the transbien or GG woman on TG women route. I did two things. Joined online sites where I could, after filtering out the trolls, cheating married males and "tranny-chasers", look more upon my more highly rated requisites and then decide if height was an "issue".

Subsequently I have seriously dated men from 5;9" to 6'7". and yes a few ladies from 5'5" to 6"1".

Let's be "real" to ourselves. All kidding aside. Who really cares? A good man is a good man whether 5'2 or 7'2". Same for women.

I may tend towards shying away from men of lesser stature but at sunset of each day, sitting on my three season deck sipping a chilled adult beverage it's the size of his or her heart that truly matters. And there's always another shorter or taller guy or gal around the next corner or next URL.

JMHO.

Miss Kyleigh at 6'1" and never wishing it to be otherwise.

p.s. Quite frankly in 5 inch stilettos, red velvet "wear anywhere" corset, a billowing satin skirt, hipster panties and silky garter-ed stockings I seem to have many a shorter or taller man/women to fend off. Teehee

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Permalink Reply by Eddie N on July 5, 2010 at 3:11am

I don't discriminate when it comes to a woman's height. I'd love to date a woman taller than me but that hasn't happened yet (hey, Maria Stepanova, I'm single!). On the other hand, a few women have said that they wouldn't date me because "dating tall men hasn't worked out for them in the past", which is sort of sucky. But I don't let that stop me from trying.

As for tall men dating much shorter women, or tall women dating much shorter men, as long as each person in the relationship is happy, then more power to them.

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