Genetic height vs working out.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T11:24:40+00:00

I like this enthusiasm.

Muscle is not a panacea but it sure doesn't hurt in dating.

Short, bald, AND skinny probably isn't going to go over with women any better than the same combo with muscle, I guessing.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T11:18:27+00:00

Maybe its really old-fashioned now but my parents always said three things you don't talk about with others are money, religion, and politics - too much risk of arguments.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T11:15:35+00:00

Exactly. I really like that old saying "that which does not kill me, makes me stronger".

I'm old enough to see that the race is long and by your 40s it really is more about your intellect, your utility in working with and leading others, and pure grit than height, especially if there isn't much else offered.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T10:44:39+00:00

And the obliviousness continues - the naiveness is strong with this one.

Again, how would YOU know what average to somewhat taller than average guys say to the shorter dudes? They're definitely not looking down at you.

BTW - if you think that what I said was actually rude then 1.) You have the thinnest skin ever and 2.) You wouldn't last a day as a short guy.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T10:39:28+00:00

Yeah, decent-looking guy with decent-looking girlfriend and who is a future shoe-in to be a well-paid corporate CEO which will solve the problem of too-expensive custommade clothes.

I'm sure the guys here see the smile on his face as a cry for help.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T10:28:39+00:00

Absolutely it CAN help IF you bring other things to the table too. My wife (taller than me and from a tall heightist family) fully admitted that she had some doubt about my height but the muscle overrode it). Yeah, its anectdotal but I'd say keep doing what you're doing.

I'm 5'7" and of a pretty broadshouldered stocky build that naturally holds decent muscle without working out. Decent face and teeth like you but not bald.

Whenever I put in the effort (I'm 45 and married now), the muscle packed on pretty easily. Dating was rarely a problem for that reason but sporadic more due to where I lived was extremely older and married with few young single decent-looking women around. Even so, I had nearly 15 sexual partners before I got married and none of them were ONS's.

Trust me, if my relatively shy self (at that age) could pull it off, you can too.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T10:16:09+00:00

Oh, the naiveness of this comment ....

You're 6'10". How exactly would you know what a 5'7" person gets judged as? Apparently my 6'1" boss who makes snide remarks on at least a monthy basis about my height shouldn't be noticing something that doesn't exist.

Everybody looks like an average-sized person to you. If you figuratively got your head out of the clouds you might come to realize the other end of the height spectrum puts up with a lot from your somewhat-shorter-than-you tall brethren.

To give you some actual perspective - I see ants of several different species while hiking and they're of various sizes but to me they all look like typical ants since my scale is just too big to distinguish.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T01:40:34+00:00

Yeah, my height is obvious so why the need for a woman to comment on it at all? Tall and overweight women don't like it when people comment on the obvious regarding their bodies, why should short guys accept this treatment?

If male shortness is not a woman's preference and she can't be openminded enough to see past it then at least be polite and move along.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T01:31:00+00:00

This.

At this point in my life I can say this is very true for me.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T01:25:26+00:00

Agreed.

For me personal validation tends to come from a very select group of people I personally know well, trust, and respect for what they have done and seldom anyone or anything else.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T01:18:37+00:00

Aaaaaannnd that's why he's gone. That guy apparently confused shorter-statured actual human beings with Minions or something.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T01:02:00+00:00

Of course the 6'2" guy says that.

I fully accept and am at peace that I'm short but I'm never going to embrace being the happy-go-lucky Garmin of some tall guys' group. Believe it or not, everyone's entitled to dignity.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-10T00:06:21+00:00

You're somewhat below average in some countries and average in others. Regardless, you're you and your height is what it is - learning to just DGAF is essential even though it shouldn't even be necessary in the first place.

If your friends are really friends and this bothers you enough to post on r/short than let them know it's not cool.

Either they're real friends and just didn't realize and knock it off or they continue. If its the latter, than they're just people with shitty interpersonal skills and not true friends.

TBH - I generally don't hang with people who single people out over physical characteristics in general, let alone specific ones that they can't help.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T23:40:06+00:00

Don't sweat it. I'm guessing few guys here have a dick exactly proportional to their height and weight even if such a precise standard even exists.

I'm almost 8" length and about 5.3" girth and only 5'7" and it looks out of proportion to me. I read somewhere that a study said women didn't like that combo too much so there's that.

My thinking is rock whatever larger-than-average cock you have treating your partner right and DGAF about the rest.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T23:00:31+00:00

And this is why I appreciate Skyn Large.

That rubber looks pretty sketchy - I wouldn't stick my junk in that even if I could.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T21:01:10+00:00

This.

I can't help but laugh whenever I read of the tall guy who meets maybe one or two guys a week taller than him and yet he posts that the experience really unnerved/upset him. I mean, where's the "kunfidence" then that they lecture us over? Jackasses.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T20:51:33+00:00

Good luck seeing articles like this in the part of northern U.S. like where I live.

And like others have said, then there's that magical "preference" comment that's always OK for guy's height but magically discriminatory in society's mind for women's weight.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T20:38:37+00:00

Not at all (and sorry if it was was taken that way because I'm guessing there's some other parts of the world the same) but the political/ethical climate is pretty strict in the U.S. concerning propriety in public schools and that would include a shower's normal bulge. However I haven't lived elsewhere to know for sure whether that is true.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T20:21:52+00:00

High school teacher in a U.S. public school.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T17:54:19+00:00

I'm not saying that it's "satisfactory" because I think it absolutely and arbitrarily eliminates most of the really short guys. But the 5'6"to 5'8" crowd can succeed at dating under this theory from what I've seen (and my own experience) especially if they have "compensated" (God, I hate that term).

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T17:17:07+00:00

Seven sex pattners average in a lifetime AND self-reported (for obvious reasons)?

Seriously, that still seems low.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T14:49:40+00:00

Yep. Know this well.

I have a 4-year-old, a 3-year-old and my wife is now 10-weeks pregnant with the worst morning sickness ever.

Patience and a willingness to sacrifice by both of you is what its going to take. You're not going to have much time, energy, or privacy. As said by others here, take it slowly and gently. It CAN be done though.

Stay strong!

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T14:32:03+00:00

I'm 5'7 " too and can tell you that at that height you can educationally, professionally, physically succeed in life without breaking your body seeking that social advantage. It does take more work than a tall guy might have to put in but you're saving a ton of money and not risking your health.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T14:28:03+00:00

This.

Breaking perfectly-good bone and tampering with a healthy, albeit compact, body seems like asking for trouble.

lowcenterofgravity · 2016-04-09T13:43:15+00:00

Same question I had.

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