• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s not just the US, unreasonable focus on height is a thing in a number of countries, even non-western ones.

    Though, where I live, it would be weird to ask this on a date.

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      3 months ago

      As a tall person, who has been married to the same noticeably shorter woman for 36 years, height has never been questioned between us. I can’t remember any woman I had ever dated, going back to high school, ever asking me my height. 'Twas pretty obvious I’m a whole lot taller than they were.

      Although, now that I think about it, When I was a teenager I did originally want to marry a woman who was like 6’ or taller. Just my luck, the woman I’ve been married to for 36 years is only 5’ 3" tall.

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        3 months ago

        It wouldn’t be noticed by you, it’s noticed by the shorter folks. I’m tall enough to “pass” for tall, but no one says “you’re tall” to me. My short friends have all had to deal with this phenomenon.

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        3 months ago

        You’re “normal,” so nobody would mention it. Try it the other way around, marrying a noticeably taller woman. (Do it for science!) The couples I’ve met with this atypical height difference sure do get comments.