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"There are some questions about men that only a guy can answer. We asked the dudes at guyspeak.com (read more about them here), for their take on this dating conundrum:\n\nQ: I went on a date with a guy that is shorter than me (I&amp;#39;m 6&amp;#39;0&amp;quot;). We have been talking and he has &amp;quot;jokingly&amp;quot; asked me if I thought he was ugly. He also mentioned the height difference. Why does he keep bringing it up? I don&amp;#39;t have a problem with it, and if he does, then why did he ask me out on another date?\nPinterestFacebookA few important things have to be understood:\nIn our society guys are &amp;quot;supposed&amp;quot; to be taller than their ladies. It&amp;#39;s a social norm, popularized maybe by genetics; men typically grow taller then women. Don&amp;#39;t get angry at me; it&amp;#39;s a plain fact, like the fact that cats are annoying. This man-child (I kid) you went out with brings up the height thing because he&amp;#39;s super self-conscious about it. He&amp;#39;s conditioned to think it&amp;#39;s a flaw, a glaring weakness&amp;#8212;like liking cats. Unless his face is actually fugly, this poor little fella clearly felt he needed to damage-control with you after the date. Awwww.\nYou are six feet tall. The average height for women over 20 years old is 5&amp;#39;4&amp;quot;. That makes you eight full inches abnormal. And how short was this guy, I wonder? 5&amp;#39;9&amp;quot; is the national average. He could still be two inches taller than that, and shorter than you. What am I getting at? No really, what am I getting at?\nAh, here&amp;#39;s what I&amp;#39;m getting at: Age is just a number and it seems like for you and many, many others&amp;#8212;height is just a number. It sounds like you dug this guy and feel bad that he feels bad about himself. Who cares that he can&amp;#39;t get to the cereal on your fridge? You don&amp;#39;t. Lift him up (no, not literally) to your enlightened perspective: Don&amp;#39;t judge a person based on his or her height.\nTell him the truth: It&amp;#39;s OK that he&amp;#39;s shorter than you; the only thing that matters to you is that he likes himself and has a big, um, heart.\nHave any of you ever dated a guy who was shorter than you? Did it work out, or was he kinda weird about it?\n--Written by Amit Wehle for guyspeak.comMore from guyspeak.com:\n\nMy date is shorter than me--what do I do?\n\n\nWould a guy not date a girl who is taller than him?\n\n\nI&amp;#39;m Asking the Questions Here\n\n\nFriend GuySpeak on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter.\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage.\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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