SHORT GUYS

[Misha]

That's my advice to the topic author: try sex with tall and thus heavy women. You can always get them for some money.
I hope they won't kill you.

Shorter girls are softer and gentler.

I do not even know where to start...

[Vincenzo]

I do not even know where to start...

Start from sex with a 6'5" and 300lb lady.

[Misha]

Start from sex with a 6'5" and 300lb lady.

Again, very odd. Tall and overweight are quite different things. A woman can be tall and not weight 300 pounds .... Tall women were not my preference, but I don't see this need to generalize and paint all tall women as inherently inferior...

[Avis]

I wouldn't date a shorty who is obsessed with the fact that he is shorty
That said, my fiance is 5'7 and he is the most masculine alpha male I have EVER met  Lost for words but you get the idea.

Before I met him, I was totally sure I am not into guys who were shorter than 6'.

Be confident, be active and persistent in your goals, fear you not and any gal of any height, weight, colour will be yours mate

[CanadaMan]

Height is only one of turn-ons. If you have other ones, most women won't care about your height, I think.

It's interesting that you mention height as a turn-on.
I presume you're thinking sexual turn-on.

To my mind, whenever women qualify or disqualify men based on height, it is because of the comfort/protective 'thing' rather than a turn-on thing.

Am I the only one thinking that way? Or do women really think of height as a turn-on?

Women?

[CanadaMan]

I forgot about you GQ.  GQ is taller than 5'3" yet shorter than his wife of 6' standing in her bare feet.  She married GQ even though he is attractive.   

Gator, granted the OP's English was far from perfect, you are taking it a step further, and that's not fair.
He did not say "even though he is attractive". He said "even if...".
A big difference.

[CanadaMan]

I guess all of us have our short-comings....

Were you referring to Gator's "they get moving too fast and suddenly they slip and you get bent."? 

That might shorten things a bit. 

[chivo]

 

I think most women will say they prefer tall men, but confidence is more important than height. Confidence, and a sense of humour.

I wouldn't date a shorty who is obsessed with the fact that he is shorty
That said, my fiance is 5'7 and he is the most masculine alpha male I have EVER met  Lost for words but you get the idea.

Before I met him, I was totally sure I am not into guys who were shorter than 6'.

Be confident, be active and persistent in your goals, fear you not and any gal of any height, weight, colour will be yours mate

Nuff said.

[Nat]

It's interesting that you mention height as a turn-on.
I presume you're thinking sexual turn-on.

To my mind, whenever women qualify or disqualify men based on height, it is because of the comfort/protective 'thing' rather than a turn-on thing.

Well, you're right, it really is about comfort/protective 'thing', but sexual attraction is directly based on such things. Subconsciously a female always chooses a male who can make a good father for her offspring, whether it goes about a one night stand or long term relationship A tall male can protect better, so he's a better catch. But as there can be other advantages, which are also taken into consideration, lack of height can be easily compensated... with something else 

[Gator]

Gator, granted the OP's English was far from perfect, you are taking it a step further, and that's not fair.
He did not say "even though he is attractive". He said "even if...".
A big difference.

To satisfy your sensibilities, please rewrite my post and change the phrase to read "....she married GQ even if attractive."   Feel better?
 
CanadaMan, you are becoming the defender of the challenged, the illiterate, the meek....

[Muzh]

I wouldn't date a shorty who is obsessed with the fact that he is shorty
That said, my fiance is 5'7 and he is the most masculine alpha male I have EVER met  Lost for words but you get the idea.

Before I met him, I was totally sure I am not into guys who were shorter than 6'.

Be confident, be active and persistent in your goals, fear you not and any gal of any height, weight, colour will be yours mate

How many times this have been said by women and fall on male deaf ears? 
 
 
 
Hey USA guy. If you are having self-doubts, when I was in Kharkiv three weeks ago I saw a ton, and I mean a ton of hot, smoking babes shorter than 5"3".   

[Vincenzo]

Hey USA guy. If you are having self-doubts, when I was in Kharkiv three weeks ago I saw a ton, and I mean a ton of hot, smoking babes shorter than 5"3".   

For a shorter guy, his height often becomes obsession. He has to "compensate" and he marries a woman only because she is tall.

It's like a guy who thinks he has a small penis.

[XMan]

I'm 6'2" (I think about 188cm).  I've dated women from 5'2" to 5'10".



Clearly, since I created this chart, it must be true. 
After all, it's a chart. 
Charts do not lie even if all the data is entirely fabricated. 
 

Now, this does not imply that tall women are hotter. 
It is pointing out that the taller the woman, the more likely the man is to be burned.  Note the dramatic increase as a woman passes the 5'7" or 170cm mark.  (I should note that I did not have enough sample data to accurately predict the dangers of women over 6 feet tall.)

As one can see, the sweet spot is about 5'2.5", or 157.5cm. 
But the range from 5'1" to 5'6" is a relative safe zone.
Below 5'1" the "feisty factor" figures into the equation, thus increasing risk.
If one is a shorter man, one may actually be better off, assuming one focuses in the "safer range."

[Dave13]

Everyone has a certain image of who their looking for, but fate loves to play games with us. My wife is 6' while I'm 5' 11''  and she has no problems with it.

[The Natural]

As one can see, the sweet spot is about 5'2.5", or 157.5cm. 

I have chosen wisely then 

[Gator]

XMan,
 
   You must be very amusing at work.  I enjoy someone with a SOH.
 
1500 Scoville units is very tame, well short of a jalapeno.
 
 

[Gator]

For a shorter guy, his height often becomes obsession. He has to "compensate" and he marries a woman only because she is tall.

It's like a guy who thinks he has a small penis.

So such a guy marries a woman with a large clitoris?

[Vincenzo]

So such a guy marries a woman with a large clitoris?

[CanadaMan]

Clearly, since I created this chart, it must be true. 
After all, it's a chart. 
Charts do not lie even if all the data is entirely fabricated. 

Cool chart.

Maybe you should change that from (measured in Scoville Units) to
(measured in Soviet Units)? 

[Jumper]

Why buy a car?
Is that like a balding guy buying a red convertable bm'er or porsche ?
 
instead maybe he should just learn to dance, Vincenzo?
 
Wouldn't that be compensating for his shortcomings just fine?
 
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Anyway, in the realm of averages most of the advise here to *usa* seems good...
 
However, I don't think anyone here (even myself ,and i'm short ) can really relate to the general perceptions someone truly 5'3" is up against in the general population with dating.
5'3" is something even most short women are going to initially find pretty far off average,and have pretty typical reactions to that.
 
  It's more comparable to a more than a bit larger than average  woman with a pretty face coming here and asking what her chances are finding a western man.
Possible, but certainly more challenging.
 
If he is charismatic, doesn't let it bother him, and has attention from women here, he'd do ok there.
but in this venture, where the medium is often first dating sites,or other electronic means-
 lets be realistic, an awfully large percentage  would rule him out instantly, just how it is.
(and would be the same on any US dating site as well)
 
IMHO he'd need to change the methods ,
and instead be in the FSU in person..
hopefully for some decent or extended time frame , as in a foreign language student .
 
Sugar coat it or not,
The more traditional means are going to be tough sailing in already rough waters.
Add in that often FSU women ,on initially meeting ,
feel like they are in a fish tank dating a foriegner,and can be self concious about it as is. 
 
It's one thing to pull off any perceived disadvantage with women in his own culture where humor translates easily and charm, intellect etc,
its another to do so with someone from another culture who naturally  doesn't always grasp the humor,  or all the nuiances in langauge that could help him stand out.
 
I'm not  trying to be negative, trying to point him to what i think in his case would be  possibly better odds if he chooses to follow this.
 
 

[Vincenzo]

Dancing really works. Many lonely women go to dancing clubs to find worthy men and they prefer those guys who can dance well.

A balding guy has always wanted to buy a Porsche. Now he is bald but he also has enough money to buy the car.

It's difficult to be a short man or woman on a dating website. The opposite sex goes to the search page and cuts you out.
For example, if I try to send a message to a lady who is only 1" shorter than me, she won't reply in most cases. But I prefer shorter girls and I've quickly found the girl I like. She always wears high heels anyway.

[CanadaMan]

To satisfy your sensibilities, please rewrite my post and change the phrase to read "....she married GQ even if attractive."   Feel better?

Thanks, that is much better! 
 

CanadaMan, you are becoming the defender of the challenged, the illiterate, the meek....

I guess it's my nature to stand up for the 'little' guy, to be the champion for the uninitiated, the underdog, the vertically or literally challenged types etc. 


USA guy,
it would have helped out immensely had you worded your poll something like:

"Would you date an attractive man who happened to be short?"

or possibly...

"Would you date an attractive man who happened to be shorter than you?"

[CanadaMan]

USA guy, this may just be the study you've always been hoping for!
And how timely is it? 

"Cancer risk may grow with height"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/21/height-cancer-risk.html

You may soon become more popular than you ever imagined. 

[tfcrew]

Our lady members have been very polite [about it] and there are certainly oodles of petite  Russian and Ukrainian women.   
However I would suggest that an individual gentleman of reduced stature may probably fare better with the oriental ladies...try the Philippines maybe. Many Filipina girls are fine looking, smart, and very friendly and good to their men for the most part.

[Kuna]

Short guys, fat guys, guys who don't have blue eyes... what's going on in here lately.

I know some short FSU men with shorter wives AND taller wives.

I know two WM with taller FSU wives.

If you ask your wives if they were looking for a short guy they might say NO... but if you ask your wives if they would have married you if you were short one would hope they would say yes.

As always, it takes time (or good luck) for find your match ANYWHERE.  Being a certain type (You know,  those guys with brown eyes) might limit the options but all of us have limiting characteristics in one way or another.

The extra time to find someone truly compatible might actually be a blessing in disguise.