Being short

I'm a legit 5'10" (I say this since most men lie 1-2 in about their height) and I'd LOVE to be taller. Most of us would. But grateful for not being short. Just as smart people are grateful not being dumb for example.

This is cute. You think 5'10" isn't short.

jamin wrote:

If Tom Cruise wasn't a famous actor and he went to a club with 10 other guys who were who only moderately handsome but were 6'2", he would be the one who leaves emptyhanded. In movies like Mission Impossible and Top Gun, you don't see any scenes where his actual height is apparent.

Stop this, Jamin. It's your tiny tackle that's the issue. We know why you love Trump and his tiny hands - yeah, the guy is a billionaire so he can get a super model wife - but guess what? Does she want to be in bed with him every night? No man - she lives in New York. If he could please his wife you know where she'd be - in his bed. If you think you need money to get a wife, you're just going to be a rich guy with a tiny penis who's wife is waiting for you to die. The only answer is to find a woman who actually is in love with you for who you are. All of these excuses you come up with are just keeping you from ever finding a woman who will actually be in love with you, despite your tiny tackle.

alphagirl wrote:

I would say your greatest problem is likely to be failure to.interact with women, failure to get to know them as people (rather than commodities to improve your social status and how you feel about yourself) and focussing too much on yourself. Only based in the fact you are posting in a known misogynistic website, rather than actually being one of those decent guys who has attracted a partner who cares about them.

You say all this, but I would bet money that you filter out short guys from your online dating searches.

A friend of mine is 5'11" and she married a guy 5'0".

He's a tip for all you guys having a tough time. It's a secret I didn't learn until my late 20s/early 30s. Learn this secret and you will never be alone again. NEVER. Again it took years before I put the pieces together and learned this secret for myself. It will revolutionize your world view and open your eyes to the dating world.

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[quote]Short guy wrote:

You need to let it go of stuff you can't change. Just be confident in yourself and you'll do just fine.

Bingo. There is no point in life in worrying about anything you can't control. Height is one of those.

And a ton of runners are under 5'8"

Bekele, Gebrselassie to name a few:

jamin wrote:

You say all this, but I would bet money that you filter out short guys from your online dating searches.

And who do you filter out through your online dating searches?

Your problem is that you have unreasonable expectations and fail to factor in all the real reasons you are undesirable. You are a solid 4, but would you date a 4?

You come up with all sorts of reasons (oh the unfairness of it all) as to why women filter you out, but they aren't really. You are filtering yourself out. Generally people match. You don't want a match, so instead you focus on examples where guys get to date super models because they are rich, or famous, etc. Those are actually outliers. The majority of normal people match.

You know that you are inferior but you have those underlying feeling of superiority and the conflict makes you a truly horrendous person. You need to get over that. Start looking for 4's and you will find a girl no problem.

5-7 and good looking is way better than 6-1 and ugly. 5-7 and funny is better than 6-1 and zero personality. 5-7 and squared away is better than 6-1 and a slacker/loser.

It's the whole package.

Plus 5-7 is still slightly taller than the average female.

There is a pot for every lid.

I know I'm a 4 and that's why I don't bother with dating. It's the same reason why most people would rather collect unployment benefits than work minimum wage.

Masters&JohnsonAthlete wrote:

Of course women prefer tall men but they will give a shorter man a chance if he can check off some of their boxes. Women like confidence but the shorter man can't have a Napoleon complex. If you're short then you shouldn't be scrawny otherwise that's two strikes against you. Hit the gym, invest in a solid wardrobe, be fun and confident, don't be a tightwad, and stop hating on people. You'll get laid more and won't be posting about illegal immigrants, Kenyans who join the WCAP, and trust fund babies. Seriously, people who don't get laid are a most spiteful ilk.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hello - the artist Prince. He was, like 5'3" and extremely successful and all the ways you listed. Totally just comes down to confidence. He embodied confidence.

Lil' Nugget wrote:

I'm a legit 5'10" (I say this since most men lie 1-2 in about their height) and I'd LOVE to be taller. Most of us would. But grateful for not being short. Just as smart people are grateful not being dumb for example.

This is cute. You think 5'10" isn't short.

Um it's slightly above average in the US for all adult males and 50th percentile for Caucasian males so it's average.

I guess if you think 6'2" is "normal" height (95th percentile) then 5'10" IS super short.

Do I have short man syndrome when I'm around tall, 6'0" and above guys? Why yes.

But it's all relative. 5'7" dudes feel crappy when around average height guys like me.

Point for everybody is to do the best you can at work, dating, and life in general. You can't control your height or looks but you can keep in shape, keep acne under control, dress well, and be a confident but not arrogant guy.

I saw a picture of Jamin that somebody posted and I think he's actually above-average for looks. He also is an engineer, right? So his income is probably from 60,000-100,000. 100,000 puts you at the 85th percentile for income so not that bad. Depends on where you live though.

He just has to ask women out. I don't know how he is in person but if he has an average personality he should go on a fair number of dates.

Short guy wrote:

Do you think 5 7 is too short/hurts performance in running, relationships, girls, life in general?

Yes it will, stop worrying about it. You can't change it just be the most awesome 5'7" dude they know.

Don't worry about the career. Results and likability are what matter, not height. I make deep into 6 figures and I'm 5'6".

As for running.... Height doesn't matter. How hard you train matters.

With women... They like tall dudes get over it and date women who don't care. My wife is 5'8" and lives in high heels. I look like a straight up stud for landing that babe and keeping her.

jamin wrote:

Short guy wrote:

Do you think 5 7 is too short/hurts performance in running, relationships, girls, life in general?

For running, it only limits you in the distances of 100m-400m.

For life in general, it doesn't ever limit you, as in make it impossible to get any type of job or achieve any type of status or respect, but you'll be playing Life on Difficulty Mode: Hard, so to speak.

Short people 5'7 to 5'11 have the biggest advantage in sprint events 100m to 200m. 5'9-6'0 have an advantage in 400m. 5'11 - 6'3 have an advantage in 110mH - 400mH.

Taller doesnt mean better in sprint events. Tall guys are terrible starters and have a hard time getting out blocks, as well as getting into their running. I'm 5'7 and Im an extremely better starter than people taller than me. I have to fight less inertia and I have less mass to move across the track

I'm 6'0" and never understood why some people place importance on height. My advice is to be who you are.

duhhhh wrote:

Dude, "high-paid" is very subjective. Mine is at the 98th percentile but my friends are at the 99th percentile. The prestige of my job helps a bit to be fair. The stability of my job is most attractive to women though.

It's location dependent also; if you make X dollars in Iowa it's a lot more impressive and goes farther than X dollars in Newport Beach, CA.

Some people think that 70k a year is a lot, others think that 300k is a lot. Still others believe that 2 million is a lot. I met this girl that was dating this guy for his "money." (he made 24k a year) It's all relative and subjective.

A tad bit pretentious? You could be making all that up and you just flip burgers at fast food joint (nice graph, btw). You may find this very hard to believe, but people actually make things up on the Internet about their income & educational background (imagine that 🤔).

Zay wrote:

jamin wrote:

For running, it only limits you in the distances of 100m-400m.

For life in general, it doesn't ever limit you, as in make it impossible to get any type of job or achieve any type of status or respect, but you'll be playing Life on Difficulty Mode: Hard, so to speak.

Short people 5'7 to 5'11 have the biggest advantage in sprint events 100m to 200m. 5'9-6'0 have an advantage in 400m. 5'11 - 6'3 have an advantage in 110mH - 400mH.

Taller doesnt mean better in sprint events. Tall guys are terrible starters and have a hard time getting out blocks, as well as getting into their running. I'm 5'7 and Im an extremely better starter than people taller than me. I have to fight less inertia and I have less mass to move across the track

The average height of world class sprinters is 6'0"