Male and Female Imponderables Part IV

POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Monday, May 22, 2006 13:18
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TRISTAN

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:48 PM

My first wife was an inch shorter than me, but would sometimes wear boots that added a couple of inches to her...it was kinda weird looking up to her. I have known a few women taller than me (I am 6'1"), and it is sometimes a slightly uncomfortable feeling...not bad, just different. I think I could date someone taller than I, but it would take a bit of adjusting.

Holding until you get back, Captain.

TAYEATRA

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:48 PM

You can always tell how nervous I am by my accent. I'm naturally accent free, seriously people know I'm from the UK but they can never tell where abouts. The more nervous I am the more it will change. First I'll pick up the accent of the person I'm talking to. Then if I tense up again I pick up something from TV. Amercian and Australian are most common although Welsh or Irish isn't unheard of.
I can't fake an accent deliberately but when I worked retail most customers asked if I was American.
When I get used to talking to certain people my accent slips away again so on the 3rd or 4th meeting people ask what happened to my accent. Makes for some awkward discussions with guys who try to open flirting with 'where are you from?' etc...

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Taya
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I'm going to S3!!!
(*Insert hysterical celebration dance here*)

DAYVE

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:51 PM

and i like tall girls.... i'm a 6' guy, but have no problem gazing lovinly into chin of lovely lady....

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:52 PM

I was lucky enough to be just over six feet. My little brother is about two inches taller, (and better looking), and was lucky enough to marry a fantastic caring young lady who is actually about two inches taller than he is. I would like to say that I'm glad I attended the wedding because some of her female family members were actually taller than she was. If only they weren't family now. Woops, Springer moment. Anyways, tall women are very attractive granted there is no extra equipment. Now that would be awkward.

WORSHIPMAL

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
Hey I'm a tall girl too!

Hooray! I love meeting other tall women.

Quote:
Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
My ex-boyfriend was about an inch shorter than me (but always claimed we were exactly the same height) and actually asked me to always wear flat shoes when we went out together. I got fed up in the end for being made to feel bad about something I'd always liked.

I'm proud of you for saying you've always liked being tall. I had such a hard time with it for so long. But on the subject of dating shorter men - I am sad to say that I gave up, and NOT because I had a problem with it, but because I never met a guy who didn't. Many say they don't, but in the end I feel like it is always an issue. I don't have a rule against it or anything, but I had a similar experience to yours with my ex (why does he keep coming up so much in my posts? I swear I don't usually talk about him all the time! I guess it just goes to show that even though it was a long and painful journey, I learned a LOT from that relationship). Anyway he was a couple of inches shorter than me and HATED it when I wore heels of more than one or two inches because I really did tower over him. I guess I don't blame him, but in the end it was just one more insecurity for me that I really didn't need.

EMMARIGBY

Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:57 PM

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Originally posted by Dayve:
and i like tall girls.... i'm a 6' guy, but have no problem gazing lovinly into chin of lovely lady....

LOL!

It was a slight issue with one friend I was flirting with a while back. He was only 5'1 and close dancing with him was an unusual experience. I did worry at one point about smothering him but he didn't seem to mind!!

WORSHIPMAL

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:12 PM

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Originally posted by Tristan:
I have known a few women taller than me (I am 6'1"), and it is sometimes a slightly uncomfortable feeling...not bad, just different.

See, the actual height of each person I think is an important point when it comes to this issue. I’ve known lots of couples where the girl was taller than the guy, especially in heels, but in most of those cases they were both on the shorter side. I think it’s harder for a tall guy to date a taller woman, only because it’s so much more unusual.

MAL4PREZ

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:16 PM

Hey WorshipMal - good story! Go you!!

Tall chicks unite - I'm 5'10", and now I want to meet you other tall chicks, I'm rarely the little one in the crowd!

I like being tall, hated it in high school though. Hated it when I was learning to dance because the smaller girls got to do all the cool lifts, but now it's so useful. I can reach things. I can put on extra weight and no one knows. :)

So, not that it's a requirement, but I've always dated men who were equal height or shorter. I would like to be with a tall guy for a while, just for the novelty of it. Is that bad of me?

Re talking - I've only ever been afraid of talking to the Beautiful People (anyone else hear Marilyn Manson here?), you know, the uber stylish trendy ones who watched every episode of Dawson's Creek and Friends and really worry about accessorizing. I just don't have anything in common, and I've known a few of those types who were downright mean.

And it's not that I'm a dog or anything. I'm fine with how I look. Its just not the focus of my life, and I don't like feeling like people are judging me based on my fashion choices and my ability to talk vacuously about nothing.

That's unfair though, there are Beautiful People out there who are very nice and intelligent, so I'm trying to get over it.

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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.

DAYVE

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:18 PM

....why do i get the feeling that i've stumbled into the movie..."Attack of the 40 Foot Woman"....??

TRISTAN

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:22 PM

You have a point there. I have never dated someone taller than me barefooted. I think I could do it, but I am not sure.
Pysche-wise, the male is supposed to be larger (read taller) than the female. It is a protection thing, living in our "old" brain. The male is supposed to be able to protect the female (yes, old-fashoined notion, but I still subscribe to it), but if the female is actually taller than the male, it creates a dilema in the male brain. I am not sure about the other males, but when in a potentially hostile situation, I do not look at how muscled or built the threat is, I look at how tall he is. So, if the female is taller, the male can't really protect her. Ok, totally wrong, possibly, but it came in our wiring. Some males can get over this, and I applaud them. I have not been faced with the situation, so I am not sure how I could handle it.

Hope that clarified my first statement a little better...

Holding until you get back, Captain.

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