little_tippler

I guess this a rather strange thing to post, but how do you guys feel about height differences in a relationship?

I know it's something superficial and not that important, especially if you're really into someone. In a way that answers my own question.

I'm not that tall, just 5'4", or 1m 64, but recently I've found myself noticing that most men in my city are rather short. Well it's normal, in Portugal the average man is shorter than in a lot of places nowadays, we must have some sort of gene that makes us short on average. For girls here, I'm actually on the taller side, which is funny because whenever I go abroad I feel little.

I'll see a guy I think is interesting and then I'll be standing next to him and suddenly think "he's shorter than me. And I'm not even wearing heels". Recently this has happened a lot. I've never been with a man who's shorter than me. I like looking up a little - I wonder why.

So do you think if I met someone who was great in all respects, but then I realised he was just a little shorter than me (say a few cms), should that be important? I'm not sure I could date a guy who's shorter than me - or even my height.

Sometimes I feel quite mature but when I catch myself thinking this sort of thing I just have to laugh. So, does height matter? I'd love to hear what stories you have to tell.

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Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
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In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
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Unto our very selves we are abridged
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