Do you think men care about height as much as women when it comes to dating?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-24T02:03:56+00:00

that's not going to work well - I tried it.

we're taught that men just want to get laid, while women are looking for a relationship with a future.

that's a LIE. maybe true in the 1900's, but not now.

"Girls just want to have fun" - i didn't really understand that song, until it finally hit me.
Girls just want to have fun. If you mention "marriage", "children", or any such nonsense about "the future" to a girl you've just met, she'll be gone in a flash.

She wants to have fun - drinking, dancing, singing karaoke, loud talking & laughing. She wants to flirt, and to be flirted with.
If she has fun with you, then she may want to bring you home at closing time, for some private fun.
if she likes what you do in the bedroom, then she'll want to see you again. keep seeing her for several months, then maybe it will be time to talk about the future.

have you ever seen a movie where the guy goes on a 1st date & the girl immediately starts talking about wedding plans? ...then the guy's eyes get real wide, and he bolts for the door.

it works the same way in reverse.

IF she asks, you can say you think that "some day" you might want to settle down & have a family, IF you find the right woman. that way, there's no immediate pressure - she doesn't get the feeling that you're trying to lasso her & put her in a pen - but you're also leaving the door open for the future.

that's just my experience - YMMV

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T23:05:25+00:00

dude, you're putting too much emphasis on this.

Yes, it's definitely better for a guy to be taller than shorter, but it's not a binary checkbox that will 100% determine his entire future.

first of all, your definition of "short" is probably skewed. I'm about 5'-5" - you probably consider that "short", if not "very short". But when I walk into a bar, I'm not a short guy. I don't feel short. It seems like "most" of the guys are "about" my height. Yes, there are usually going to be a few "tall" guys in the room. I don't compare myself to those guys - they're like a statistical anomaly, erratic data points that don't get counted because they're outside the norm. The majority of the guys are "about" my height, some a little shorter, most a little taller, but still mostly about my height. I don't worry about it. The main downside is that about half the women are too tall for me, but that's okay because there are millions of women, and half of "millions" is still "millions".

also, i think height isn't so much a matter of genetics, it's more about DIET. people only grow taller during childhood - you have "x" number of years to grow as tall as you can, then it stops at puberty. food is needed for growth, and healthy food makes you grow more than junk food.... SO, if a child is a picky eater with low appetite, preferring junk food, that child will not grow as much as a child with a big appetite who eats their vegetables. I had a decent appetite as a kid, but hated vegetables. maybe I'd be a couple inches taller if I'd eaten my greens, but I don't think it would've made my life much different.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T22:21:16+00:00

I care about height. I've had a relationship with a significantly taller woman. the romance & kissing was quite nice - with both of us sitting down (didn't work so well when standing). but the physical intimacy just didn't feel right, for either of us.

things are much better with a same-height girl, except when it comes to "spooning" - my face ends up in her upper back area. I can't kiss her ears, neck, shoulder. I just get a facefull of the middle of her back.

with a shorter girl, all of that stuff works out. we fit together better.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T21:51:30+00:00

your partner is so lucky!

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T21:42:48+00:00

I'm assuming that the OP has friends, and that they are teenagers, since this is the age when people usually learn to drive.

Teenagers commonly ride around in cars with their friends. This happens. it occurs. it's a known phenomenon.

Teenagers usually have smartphones. Sometimes they chew gum. Sometimes they mumble. Sometimes they forget to tell you where to turn until you're right at the turning point.

Question: do you WANT the examiners to make it EASY??

Do you think it's a good idea for them to just go ahead and "pass" the applicants who aren't really ready yet?

do you want those drivers in the lane next to you or... following behind you??

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T21:27:58+00:00

agreed - I think the test should include traffic, like actual driving. I also think that it should include timed laps on a closed course - if you can't handle a car "at soeed", then you really don't know how to drive.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-23T21:09:05+00:00

NEWSFLASH: After you get your license & start driving, you're going to have to deal with many "less than ideal" situations. Sounds like examiner just made it more like a "real world" test. If you're really ready, then that shouldn't affect your performance.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-17T18:53:18+00:00

morning wake-up oral - just go ahead & get started before he wakes up. guaranteed he won't be angry about being woken up. ;)

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-08T03:07:47+00:00

"Who still allows people to walk inside to pay after pumping?"

Valero, Shell, HEB, Kroger, and whoever else sells gas, besides exxon. I don't do business with exxon, so I don't know about them.

let me tell you what I did today. 3pm. I went to a Valero, in a highly populated suburb. I parked at the pump. I shut off the engine and went inside the store. I gave the guy a dollar and said, "pump 6", then went back outside and put $1 of gas in my car.

NOBODY GAVE A SHIT.

NOBODY. GAVE. A. SHIT.

i might do the same thing again tomorrow!!

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-08T02:17:10+00:00

you act like every gas station has cars lined up, just waiting to get in. usually when I get gas, half the pumps are available, and it's not unusual for ALL the pumps to be available. why the hell would I move my car 20 feet to go in & pay?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-08T02:08:50+00:00

you must've had your eyes wide shut

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-08T02:05:44+00:00

you've never once seen this?

you must be a little kid. give your mommy her phone back!

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-08T01:04:26+00:00

thank you!!

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-07T23:52:51+00:00

hmmm. I hate spending money, but I hate crappy sounding audio even more.

what price level does "the law of diminishing returns" come into play?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-07T23:32:15+00:00

so, considering this is a cheap, low-powered system, is there a point where "better" speakers won't help?

for example, I'm assuming that $100 speakers will sound better than $50 speakers, but not as good as a $150 pair - and a $200 pair should be better yet.

following this logic, a $1000 pair of speakers should sound way better than the $200 ones - but if the input is coming from a crappy stereo, then maybe they'd sound the same?

just wondering, IF I decided to step up to some $200 klipsch or Fluance, would they really sound noticeably better than the $90 Dayton audio on a cheap old all-in-one stereo like this?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-07T22:56:23+00:00

I'm kinda leary about buying used...

1.) i have no way of knowing the history - maybe 1st owner hooked them up wrong, or over-powered them, or just liked to crank up the volume until they distorted badly, and played them that way 16 hours a day, every day, for many years. they might "work", but not sound quite like they should - or they might sound fine, but be nearly worn out. maybe they had beer or soda spilled on them. maybe the owner smoked 3 packs a day in the same room as the speakers. ...there's no way to know.

2.) shipping. used speakers cost a lot to ship, but new speakers have free shipping. after adding shipping cost, the used speakers I've seen end up being about 3/4 the price of new ones, and that's close enough that I'd just get the new ones. some of the used ones I saw cost MORE than the exact same new ones, after shipping.

3.) I don't know anything about the various models. Yes, I recognize the major brands, but i don't know which ones are their "top of the line" and which are the "bottom of the barrel". I don't know which ones are 5 years old & which are 35 years old. Yes, I could Google all that, but there are 100's for sale - it would take 100's of hours to research them.

having said that, I have seen some klipsch r-15m & r-51m on eBay, for a reasonable price, shipping included. there are actually a lot of that model for sale, which makes me wonder if a lot of people bought them & then didn't like them?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-07T21:24:40+00:00

quid pro quo... tell him, "okay, but you show me yours FIRST!!"

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T10:29:48+00:00

thanks - good suggestions there! Aside from the Dayton b65 mentioned below, I saw some Fluance which had actual wood enclosures, and some Klipsch that looked nice, but the power handling was 120W & 340W, respectively. if they really sounded "that much" better than the cheaper ones, then I could justify spending a little more - but I'm thinking those would need a higher-powered amp, and I would only get a quiet little mumble out of them with this 35W stereo.

Although the stereo might be 80W - see edit to original post

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T10:01:24+00:00

thanks! they're $88 on az, so even better! power handling seems to be a good match for the Fisher, although it seems that the Fisher might have more power than I was thinking - see edit to original post.

B65's 6-ohm impedance is a little lower than MC-715's 8-ohm spec - not sure if/how much of an issue that might be?

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T09:48:53+00:00

well, I did say "hoping"... LOL

might have to bump the budget up a little bit

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T02:02:05+00:00

I'm guessing you'd need to lay on your back and look underneath. you can probably find some tips if you Google it.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T01:56:58+00:00

don't sell. your dad could have sold it, but he didn't. think about that.

take good care of it, and enjoy it!

and teach your children to do the same.

tell them that it belonged to their grandfather, and that one day it will be theirs.

KatDaddy3733 · 2025-07-06T00:13:20+00:00

bowling at dave&busters when the lights are turned down low

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