1. Don’t Make a Big Deal Out of It.
Emily Altman had a thing against dating someone shorter than she is…until she started dating someone shorter than she is. How’d her current beau sneak in, despite the height requirement?
“He like, doesn’t notice it or even care about it and he’s certainly not threatened by it. He’s completely comfortable in his skin so the fact that he’s shorter than me never bothers him, so that helps.”
When approaching a girl who’s taller, don’t mention the height difference, don’t point out how tall she is (she knows.), don’t make a self-deprecating joke about your own height. Just…be normal.
Tekoa Smith, who at 5’10 is a veteran at dating shorter men, adds, “If a guys opening line is about our height difference then he comes off as corny with low self esteem. A short guy who approaches me just to get to know me and NEVER mentions height I’ll be more inclined to date him because to me he doesn’t go through life worried about his height, and that shows that his priorities are pretty straight.”
2. Avoid Doing Sneaky Things to Make Yourself Look Taller
Even if you don’t say anything outright about her height, you can still project discomfort with it by doing sneaky, height-increasing things, like standing in front of her on an escalator. As if she isn’t going to notice that that’s what you’re doing! “As a girl, I have a thousand things to be self-conscious about without adding a guy who feels the need to always stand on the higher step or puffs out his chest,” advises Christine, who is 6′.
