"Dating opportunities for heterosexual men diminishing as healthy relationship standards increase"

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28. Men have height biases too.

I grew up with a very pretty best friend who reached 6 ft tall by 14. She had a very difficult time finding a boyfriend due to her height. She was repeatedly turned down by guys who specifically listed her height as the only reason they weren't interested. We had a mutual guy friend who told me he was crazy about her and if not for her height he would have gone to the ends of the earth to have her as his girlfriend. He said he just couldn't date her because she was a few inches taller than him. I thought it was sad he didn't give it a chance since he liked her so much otherwise.

It is very short-sighted (no pun intended?) to say that only women have height requirements. My friend did not care about height and wound up marrying a guy who is 5'9." I didn't care about height very much but at 5'5 most guys are at least a little taller than me. I married a guy who is 6'1 but had no requirement and dated guys from 5'6 and up before I got married. Height isn't important to everyone and in my observation many men refuse to date a woman who is much taller than them. My mom and dad were the same height, btw. They were both 5'8." There's nothing wrong with wanting someone above or below a certain height. I'm not saying that it is wrong. I'm just saying probably as many men care about height as women.