<p>I’m a girl, and height is only attractive to me because i’m 6’0, and don’t like to tower over guys, but 5’7 is really not that short. I would date someone who was 5’7. Short to me is 5’0-5’3. Just relax.</p>
<p>If you’re really concerned about being taller, take some really good yoga classes. They will teach you good posture, which will make you seem at least an inch or two taller. Also, they will help you relax as I advised!</p>
<p>^I’m not even joking around. This is completely serious. At 5’7 people aren’t taking me seriously, and most girls are taller than me in heels. A lot of girls responded that they don’t care about height as long as the guy is taller than them. However, I think they are just saying that to make me feel better. Why do so many girls complain about short guys? I don’t care if the girl is shorter or taller. Why do girls always say that taller guys make them feel “safe” and “protected”? That’s such a shallow statement.</p>
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<p>Not likely because of your height.</p>
<p>“However, I think they are just saying that to make me feel better.”</p>
<p>False. Majority of them really don’t care as long as you are taller than them, even that’s just by an inch…</p>
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<p>That’s not shallow at all, it’s a personal preference. Would you seriously date any girl, regardless of height, weight, personality, ethnicity, etc.? You need to develop some standards. Insecurity is easy to detect, and it’s not attractive to most (except the truly shallow, manipulative people).</p>
<p>I guarantee 95% of women would prefer a guy who’s 5’7" and has a P90X body over a guy who’s 6’2" and fat or scrawny.</p>
<p>Just work out.</p>
<p>I’m 5’5" (almost 5’6") and I’d absolutely date a guy who is 5’7" if he was attractive (both physically and emotionally) to me.</p>
<p>^^I workout everyday and I have a good body. I just have a problem with girls not wanting to date short guys like myself. That’s like me saying I will never date a girl with small boobs. Society doesn’t consider the first statement shallow, but it does consider the second statement shallow. There’s something wrong with that. If a girl has a height requirement of 5’10 or above, then she is shallow. There is a big difference between preferences and deal-breakers, and I don’t get why women complain about men being shallow in regards to physical traits when they are the ones who actually care more about physical traits.</p>
<p>If you are 5’7" and have a good body, then the reason why you’re not getting girls isn’t because of your looks.</p>
<p>How the hell are you 17 and in college?</p>
<p>im going to turn 18 this october, and I’m going to college this fall.</p>
<p>Have you considered that it’s your personality/looks/intelligence/the fact that you’re just 17 and people who are still puberty are not the greatest people and not your height?</p>
<p>I started college at 17.</p>
<p>I think it’s your “woe is me” personality that girls don’t like about you, not your height. You also keep saying girls won’t date someone shorter than them. Let’s see, my cousin is 5’10", so she’s pretty tall. Is her boyfriend 6 ft+ tall? No! In fact, my cousin is the one who’s taller than her boyfriend (who’s also tall himself, but he’s not 5’10" like my cousin and he’s not taller than her either). So for every girl who doesn’t want to date a guy because he’s shorter than her (there aren’t a lot of girls who are 5’10" or taller, so at 5’7", you’d still be taller than a LOT of girls), there are girls who would date a guy who’s shorter than her. As a whole, girls also prefer guys who are older than them, but guess what? I’m a girl and I don’t care if they’re older or younger than me (well, unless they’re still in high school or if they’re 10 years older than me–in both cases, we’re at a completely different stage of our life, and also, I don’t do high schoolers, even if they’re 18. That doesn’t fly with me).</p>
<p>Just marry a short Asian girl.</p>
<p>I am responding to this because you seem so worried. Getting surgery to make you taller is crazy. Unless you are a dwarf or have some other issue like one leg is shorter than the other, it is not a good idea. There are so many complications that could happen when you have surgery. There are people that never come out of anesthesia, for one thing. You could get an infection at the hospital and end up losing one of your legs.</p>
<p>Since you are only 17 and are male, you could still grow. Some men will continue to grow until age 21 i believe, so getting the surgery before you have a chance to finish growing would be a mistake.</p>
<p>You also need to understand that you could be the one that has the biggest problem with your height. There are tons of girls that are shorter than you as well as tons of girls that don’t look at height as an issue. I recommend you stop thinking about it and work to make yourself a more interesting person if you want to meet girls. I know a lot of girls that will only date a guy that makes them laugh.</p>
<p>LOL this thread is full of fail…had a good laugh thanks</p>
<p>^Dude, if you were short then you wouldn’t be laughing at my problem; you’d actually understand. Also, I’m of Indian descent, so I should be relatively short. These days though, most Indian guys are 6ft too. I really wish that height was just another physical attribute that girls considered, not the basis of attraction. Btw, has anyone here had experience with lifts? Are they comfortable?</p>
<p>If you’re totally set on this, which I hope you’re not because I don’t think height should play that big of a role in your life, you should wait, you could still be growing as guys often get taller in college and then you may not feel you need the surgery or it could mess up your growing. Also, if girls don’t want to date you because you’re short, teyre shallow and don’t deserve your time in the first place. They should be looking at the kind of person you are, not something like height you can’t control, you don’t choose which genes you get. I hopethis helped, and I’m sure you’ll find a girl who loves you and doesn’t worry about how tall you are (you’re not really even short in my opinion, more like average). Good luck with college!</p>
<p>Please continue ignoring everyone and repeating yourself every time you post.</p>