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.
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'.
Seriously, those people are a godsend. Thank you for telling me to stay far away lol I'd never want to be dating someone like that.
1kW is too low
usually with “i want to be able to wear heels”
That's fine. I might wear them too.
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.
But that has nothing to do with the dating thing where a lot of girls won't consider men under a given height, no exceptions.
I've never made height a thing in dating. But! I'm the shortest living member of my family (and by a large margin) so I appreciate when I have a partner who can reach all the things I can't reach at the store or wherever.
Why do we even have shelves so high off the ground???
For storage. Like, putting things on them.
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.
I assume you were planning on riding her?
Make sure you do it safely, with a lap restraint.
don't forget the latex helmet
And overhead bars.
Keep your hands inside the ride at all times
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's~~ physician'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.
When his height starts with 5
When her weight starts with 200
Wtf why are you fat shaming me?
Why are you height shaming me? You could always lose some weight, but I can’t grow another six inches
Little dude is taking no shit.
Hobbit Smash!
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.
What sometimes bothers me is constantly getting asked to reach for something high because I'm tall. My Wife has always been good at that despite all the step stools we have around the house for her.
I reached a point where I now ask her to pick things up off the floor because she's shorter than me, (she's 5'3" I'm 6'4"). Making her closer to the ground.
Got any more tips? I just kind of laugh it off and say yeah...guess so. Or nope too clumsy for basketball lol.
How's the weather up there is most annoying and I never know what to respond for that. Think I just glare lol
Sunny with a zero percent chance of an original joke.
You could always fart and say "a lot better than it's about to be down there"
whatever happened to the old standards; 'can you nail a 6 inch spike through a board with your penis?'
One of the best movies ever.
"how much do you weigh?"
It's completely different! You can actually change your weight but not your height
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.
My friend doesn't get it, can someone help, please?
"you must be this tall to ride"
Oh. Thank you
an emotional roller coaster
Short King getting on the table to present as bigger to deter predators.
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
Height doesn't matter except when queuing up for a roller coaster.
So someone who cares about height in other circumstances is superficial.
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