Tbf I think this is an american thing. I have never asked someone for their hight, nor ever seen anyone ask this. American women are obsessed with men hight.
As someone who’s well over 2 meters tall, I can tell you that no matter where I travel, people always ask. Just depending on the country, they just stop me walking in public, or only after some small talk.
Well over 2 meters… wow, that must be inconvenient. I’m just over 6 foot and everything feels like it was built for people way shorter than me. Showers, kitchen counters, airline seats, etc.
if you’re over 6 feet or so, all sorts of people will ask what your height is… but i have seen weird height minimums on dating apps… usually with “i want to be able to wear heels”
I don’t get it. Is there a rotating 1kW laser mounted on my head that may decapitate a woman slightly taller then me I didn’t recognize all my life?!
People treat dating apps as a filter, and think that they’ll only get people that match what they entered. So it becomes a wishlist for them. If they met a really great guy who happened to be short, sure they’d date him. But all other things being equal, would they prefer a tall guy to a short guy? Yes. All things aren’t equal of course, but other stuff is harder to quantify. There’s no “not an asshole” filter, for example.
So what “If you’re not 6 feet tall, don’t bother” really means is “Hit me up anyway, we might click.”
No, it means ‘I’m a vapid person and you’re dodging a bullet by swiping left on me’.
It’s not just the US, unreasonable focus on height is a thing in a number of countries, even non-western ones.
Though, where I live, it would be weird to ask this on a date.
American women ads be like:
"Hay guys, I’m a divorced, unemployed, BBW (obese) woman, looking for a fit. Good looking, wealthy, muscular guy over 6’ to take care of me and my 5 kids. Must be at least 6’ to ride this curvy (obese) gal "
Haha casual sexism
American men ads be like:
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It is not a US thing I can assure you. You get bios from some women’s in dating apps stating “what do you call a man under 6’0”? A friend."
As if that’s going to stop me from swiping right!
5’ 7"
How much do you weigh?
Slightly uncomfortable? Wondering what that has to do with anything? Then why did you ask for my height?
Sir, this is a
Wendy’sphysician’s office. You’re here for your annual checkup. I am just taking down some basic information before the doctor arrives. Please unclench your fists so I can take your pulse/Ox.Ain’t doing shit 'til I get that prostate exam.
Highly recommend doing shit prior to that.
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It’s really no surprise so many people on here complain they can’t get a girlfriend. Imagine being so butthurt over a simple question.
“how much do you weigh?”
I assume you were planning on riding her?
Make sure you do it safely, with a lap restraint.
Little dude is taking no shit.
“How tall are you?”
“Do your eyes not function?”
I get more people saying to me “wow you’re very tall” to which I respond with “yes and you are very observant” which I feel is funny in the moment but is just condescending enough to make them realize it later on.
whatever happened to the old standards; ‘can you nail a 6 inch spike through a board with your penis?’
I don’t understand why you’d ask when the person is right there with you. You can see how tall they are. I’m the average height of men where I live, and for whatever reason the tall guys here 95% of the time seem to date short women (which looks really weird to me but I’m the product of a union just like that - mom 5’4" dad 6’4", so maybe it’s nature trying not to breed us into giants). I have really mostly only dated guys within an inch or two of my height, in both directions. Husband is almost exactly my height. Which all makes sense since such a large chunk of the guys here are close to my height.
Anyway - I don’t ask, but have been asked, quite accusingly sometimes, as though I am being tall to make a guy feel short and they are offended.
Idk if getting on the table is a good response to being asked your height…
I don’t think anything in cyanideandhappiness can be described as reasonable. The fact that there’s no butt stuff here makes it pretty tame already.
am I the only one who doesn’t get the joke, or
Roller coasters famously have “you must be this tall to ride” signs where anyone shorter is not allowed supposedly for safety reasons
