Defetivecuckachu
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A middle-aged roasty who fantasizes she's the writer from Sex & the City, shares her opinions on why other single women (not her) should consider dating short men.
(Spoiler: it's because they're desperate, and grateful.)
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So, in the spirit of the (christmas) season, I’ve got some advice for finding true love that you’ll never get in a Netflix Christmas movie.
Have you tried dating short men?
Don’t look at me like that. Like I just suggested hanging around the docks at 1am and seeing who you can pick up in the portaloos. I’m serious. Have you?
Probably not, I’m guessing. Because it’s a truth that’s universally under-acknowledged that even when we’re absolutely desperate to find love - we still have very, very rigid rules for what we want. And short men are a classic one. Despite all the revolutions in body positivity that have supposedly happened, they still get an automatic veto from many women.
(And does anyone else find it fascinating how it’s not ok to fat-shame women, but it’s perfectly fine to height-shame men? Anyway. I digress.)
Now, on a personal level, I think shorter men tend to be great dates. In the same way that gingers - and kids who were chubby nerds with undiagnosed clinical sweating problems that their mother’s tried to cure with homeopathic remedies growing up - are too. They know what it’s like to continually get shit from the world for absolutely no reason. And so tend to try a little bit harder to win everyone over.
(Plus, if you’ve always been tall, dark and handsome, chances are you think that women will always be falling out of trees to bang you. Whereas shorties, gingers, and ugly ducklings are a helluva lot more humble - and just happy to be there.)
(Spoiler: it's because they're desperate, and grateful.)
Verity Johnson: Have you tried dating short men?
OPINION: Don’t look at me like that. Like I just suggested hanging around the docks at 1am and seeing who you can pick up in the portaloos.
Have you tried dating short men?
Don’t look at me like that. Like I just suggested hanging around the docks at 1am and seeing who you can pick up in the portaloos. I’m serious. Have you?
Probably not, I’m guessing. Because it’s a truth that’s universally under-acknowledged that even when we’re absolutely desperate to find love - we still have very, very rigid rules for what we want. And short men are a classic one. Despite all the revolutions in body positivity that have supposedly happened, they still get an automatic veto from many women.
(And does anyone else find it fascinating how it’s not ok to fat-shame women, but it’s perfectly fine to height-shame men? Anyway. I digress.)
Now, on a personal level, I think shorter men tend to be great dates. In the same way that gingers - and kids who were chubby nerds with undiagnosed clinical sweating problems that their mother’s tried to cure with homeopathic remedies growing up - are too. They know what it’s like to continually get shit from the world for absolutely no reason. And so tend to try a little bit harder to win everyone over.
(Plus, if you’ve always been tall, dark and handsome, chances are you think that women will always be falling out of trees to bang you. Whereas shorties, gingers, and ugly ducklings are a helluva lot more humble - and just happy to be there.)





