Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5’7″ To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It
James BoredPanda staff
While the modern world is busy breaking down prejudice, stereotypes and body-shaming at a rapid pace, there are some things that get curiously overlooked, sometimes literally. Short men being one of them.
Can you imagine, for example, you were single and looking for a date online. You come across profiles that explicitly state things like: ‘Nobody over 70kg’ or ‘small-breasted women need not apply.’ There would likely be outrage right? And rightly so. That kind of superficial and demeaning attitude needs to be confronted in this day and age.
However its curiously common, accepted and even encouraged for a woman to state quite openly that she would not consider dating a guy that is shorter than her, and many will quite happily post a minimum height limit. Why is this? Fair enough, we all have our preferences, you might say. Which is true. But for this to be such a widespread and openly accepted phenomenon begs the question, what about the short guys?
The guy in this story exposed the stunning hypocrisy that many shorter, single guys face all the time in the dating world. Yeah, he baited this woman, and she followed his cues and bit. Hard. It does open up the discussion though, and it is perhaps time that more attention was paid to this form of body shaming. People can lose weight, get botox, hair transplants and all kinds of other methods to hide their insecurities, but 5’3” guy will always be 5’3.”
Scroll down below to check out how the exchange unfolded, and feel free to post your opinion in the comments below.
A guy was browsing Tinder when this woman’s bio caught his eye
He matched with her and started a conversation to find out more
Image credits: janmayeno
The exchange opened up a debate with some commenters sympathizing with the plight of many single, shorter men
While other saw it from a different perspective
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What do you think ?
A cat hater?!
I know! I can't believe it! Grrrr...
That seriously was the first thing that caught my eye in her description...I would have swiped left just because of that.
I was curious so I youtubed your name and found this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrhEnbsTd8 TOTALLY WORTH WITH!!!
That says it all about this woman...
The right questions being asked !
I know, right? Between that and her bias against short people, this woman needs to sort out her priorities in life.
This always upsets me too. I can understand not really liking cats, but people that actively hate cats have something wrong with them imo. Also, the video she links to in her 'about' says a lot about who she thinks she is.
I always swipe left the second I see that. It's fine to not be into cats, or to be allergic, but to actively HATE them? There are issues.
I prefer dark-haired people but if someone approaches me telling that blonds are gross, I'm not going to be agreeing with the person like this woman did. It's quite normal she wanted someone taller than her, but to go to the extent to agree whatever this guy said? That was wrong. (also, the guy did provoke this a little bit)
Exactly... He wanted to draw a reaction out of her, and she took the bait😂😂😂
hey, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
considering that most woman don't have their natural hair colour anyways - you never know until you know.
Most women? Got a set of stats to cite on that or is it just pulled out of your butt?
How would you know, Tedus? Have you dated most women, around the world?
i think the point of all this should be, don't be shallow, you don't know the form of your best love.
It's normal to have preferences but love simply doesn't work that way. If I had to describe the physical of the perfect woman to me, she would be a curvy brunet with long hair. The perfect man would be a tall Mediterranean guy (seeking my father may be ;p). And I promised myself never dating a smoker. Well my first true love was a tall androgynous girl with short ginger hair that smoked a lot (3 years together) and my companion is 5.6' and he inherits his chinese mother type (9 years together last week). I've been with people fiting my ideal and it didn't work. I would have miss a lot by sticking to my "ideal" ;p
The women I find most physically desirable don't seem to have any interest in me. The women who think I'm hot generally aren't the women I find hot. This stuff just does not work out the way I'd like. Still, I've had a few very loving and kind women in my life and I'd have missed out (or be dead) if I'd turned them away for not being the physical type I feel compelled toward.
Best comment. People who judge others by their looks (or "have preferences," as they like to phrase it) are missing out on a lot of beautiful life experiences.
I agree! I used to see myself with a tall thin man with a full beard lol, but my husband is broad-shouldered and Asian (can't grow a beard), and was just a little overweight when we met. I'm so glad I went out with him! We've been together 7 years, married almost 4. He lights up my life <3 (and he lost weight later on, I love his strong hands and back ^_^ )
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If the form of my "best love" is only as tall as Kevin Hart, then I'll stay single. I wouldn't want a guy shorter than me, either -- or one a half mile taller than me; I just don't like the brusque way she went about it. Having preferences doesn't mean you're automatically shallow. It can mean that you know yourself well enough to know the kind of person you'd be happy with.
if your love is highly dependent on a persons height then your luck in love will be quite limited. Having preferences is fine, but having requirements that depend on physical things that no one has control over IS shallow. If you met the sweetest kindest most loving guy and he is only 5 feet flat footed. and hes healthy, intelligent, has his finances on order. perfect in every way. but is only 5 foot so that's a "no" from you. that doesn't seem shallow?
So imagine meeting the 6.2" love of your life, they have an accident, lose both legs and end up in a wheelchair. Gonna dump them because they're too short now? Having preferences isn't shallow, but you clearly are 🤣
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Having a preference is shallow? How shallow of you.
Personally, I think it's deep.
A cat hater?!
I know! I can't believe it! Grrrr...
That seriously was the first thing that caught my eye in her description...I would have swiped left just because of that.
I was curious so I youtubed your name and found this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrhEnbsTd8 TOTALLY WORTH WITH!!!
That says it all about this woman...
The right questions being asked !
I know, right? Between that and her bias against short people, this woman needs to sort out her priorities in life.
This always upsets me too. I can understand not really liking cats, but people that actively hate cats have something wrong with them imo. Also, the video she links to in her 'about' says a lot about who she thinks she is.
I always swipe left the second I see that. It's fine to not be into cats, or to be allergic, but to actively HATE them? There are issues.
I prefer dark-haired people but if someone approaches me telling that blonds are gross, I'm not going to be agreeing with the person like this woman did. It's quite normal she wanted someone taller than her, but to go to the extent to agree whatever this guy said? That was wrong. (also, the guy did provoke this a little bit)
Exactly... He wanted to draw a reaction out of her, and she took the bait😂😂😂
hey, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
considering that most woman don't have their natural hair colour anyways - you never know until you know.
Most women? Got a set of stats to cite on that or is it just pulled out of your butt?
How would you know, Tedus? Have you dated most women, around the world?
i think the point of all this should be, don't be shallow, you don't know the form of your best love.
It's normal to have preferences but love simply doesn't work that way. If I had to describe the physical of the perfect woman to me, she would be a curvy brunet with long hair. The perfect man would be a tall Mediterranean guy (seeking my father may be ;p). And I promised myself never dating a smoker. Well my first true love was a tall androgynous girl with short ginger hair that smoked a lot (3 years together) and my companion is 5.6' and he inherits his chinese mother type (9 years together last week). I've been with people fiting my ideal and it didn't work. I would have miss a lot by sticking to my "ideal" ;p
The women I find most physically desirable don't seem to have any interest in me. The women who think I'm hot generally aren't the women I find hot. This stuff just does not work out the way I'd like. Still, I've had a few very loving and kind women in my life and I'd have missed out (or be dead) if I'd turned them away for not being the physical type I feel compelled toward.
Best comment. People who judge others by their looks (or "have preferences," as they like to phrase it) are missing out on a lot of beautiful life experiences.
I agree! I used to see myself with a tall thin man with a full beard lol, but my husband is broad-shouldered and Asian (can't grow a beard), and was just a little overweight when we met. I'm so glad I went out with him! We've been together 7 years, married almost 4. He lights up my life <3 (and he lost weight later on, I love his strong hands and back ^_^ )
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If the form of my "best love" is only as tall as Kevin Hart, then I'll stay single. I wouldn't want a guy shorter than me, either -- or one a half mile taller than me; I just don't like the brusque way she went about it. Having preferences doesn't mean you're automatically shallow. It can mean that you know yourself well enough to know the kind of person you'd be happy with.
if your love is highly dependent on a persons height then your luck in love will be quite limited. Having preferences is fine, but having requirements that depend on physical things that no one has control over IS shallow. If you met the sweetest kindest most loving guy and he is only 5 feet flat footed. and hes healthy, intelligent, has his finances on order. perfect in every way. but is only 5 foot so that's a "no" from you. that doesn't seem shallow?
So imagine meeting the 6.2" love of your life, they have an accident, lose both legs and end up in a wheelchair. Gonna dump them because they're too short now? Having preferences isn't shallow, but you clearly are 🤣
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Having a preference is shallow? How shallow of you.
Personally, I think it's deep.