• MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Every time I see memes about hight I ask myself why are americans so fixated on that. It’s like this is the major thing american women look in a man. Never seen that anywhere else.

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      2 hours ago

      Brazil here. My ex wouldn’t date anyone shorter than 175cm and my current gf wouldn’t even look at me if i was under that height.

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        1 hour ago

        Couldn’t you just have lied I mean on the first date did you bring out a measuring tape? Do you actually know how tall you are I find it weird that people would care enough to check.

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          Couldn’t you just have lied

          Why would I? I am over 175cm

          did you bring out a measuring tape?

          With my current gf, she was the measuring tape, we’re both the same height.

          Do you actually know how tall you are

          Of course I do

          I find it weird that people would care enough to check.

          Weird is not caring about your height, imo.

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      7 hours ago

      I’ve never actually heard anyone say they cared about height. I’ve only heard second hand stories.

      Mostly saying, I think it’s a fairly small amount of people that care.

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        Haven’t been on one in years, but women would put “guys over x height only” in their dating app profiles. I saw it as an advertisement that those particular women were very insecure and should probably be avoided, but it was a significant number of them nonetheless.

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        It’s relatively common in dating apps here in Germany. I just see it as an immediate red flag and move on.

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        Not true at all. Hugely important factor for women who are dating. You can literally look up the data on this, heigh is incredibly important for hetero women

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        Many of my American friends will not date someone shorter than themselves, I guess in part it’s social inertia because it’s just embarrassing more than unattractive