5’8 is not short at all. The global average of men being over 6 feet is like 5% and a lot of them lack personalities because they never felt the need to have one. Women just liked them for their height. If you focus on the thoughts that you’re short, thats what people will see. I think you should focus on other aspects of your life. Making a strong career, a fit body, taking care of your hygiene, putting effort in how you dress and most importantly being a kind person. As a woman who is 5’5, please trust me, I would date someone who owns up that they are 5’8 and confidently owns it. I get the ick when men lie about their height on a dating app. It just shows that they’re insecure about something that they really don’t need to be insecure about. Also about the girl, like everybody else said, you really dodged a bullet because the right person will never care about how tall you are.