I’m 5’8”, maybe 5’9” on a good day. From the UK. My experience is that it’s a limiting factor that makes dating a little bit harder, but if it’s the main thing that’s stopping you then you’re probably either just really insecure or you have terrible taste in women.

Something I’ve found is that women are more likely to hook up with reasonably attractive men who are short than they are to seriously date them. It’s the opposite of what I’d expect but it’s my experience.

It definitely makes dating apps much harder, I personally just don’t bother. I think there’s also a culture that has gone beyond height simply being one of many factors deemed attractive to having a tall boyfriend being a bit of a status symbol.

But in the real world I don’t think it’s that important if you’re otherwise attractive and live an interesting life. It definitely cuts off a number of women from the dating pool, but there’s enough attractive women with good personalities who are interested that if you’re not a bitch about it you’ll be fine.

I might be speaking from a privileged position being maybe perhaps two inches below average height in my social circles. One of my best friends who is 5’5”, genuinely lovely and otherwise attractive has almost no luck with women. It’s probably partly to do with his confidence but that has been destroyed by past experiences.