entremet
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Well we've been doing it to them for centuries lol. Dat unforgiving male gaze. All is fair haha.
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Tinder is destroying mens self-esteem (New York Post)
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Well we've been doing it to them for centuries lol. Dat unforgiving male gaze. All is fair haha.
Spuck-uk
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I have a friend who's 5'5" and he has had no problems whatsoever. If you have the kinda personality that leads to whining because people aren't swiping on you, well, that's your real issue right there.
They might be giants.
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The Everyman
i'd actually like to make a thread on this subject in the near future, but why is being shallow inherently a bad thing?
if a woman get's hundreds of messages a day, is it not prudent to apply a filter of some sort?
SeriousApes
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I'm fairly tall - 6'2", but I'm unattractive and kinda lame. So height isn't everything.
NealMcCauley
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Hah, joke's on you I have no self esteem to begin with!
Holyoneturtle
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I wish I wasn't short5'9. I've legit heard girls I know say guys under 6 feet aren't appealing. I nearly yelled at one of them who said guys under 6'2 need to hit the gym and get taller. Like what the fuck.
brah im 5'6, the struggle is real. not to mention that ive had tinder for over a year and ive only had maybe 10 people in total swipe for me. Ive had just as many swipes from advertisements as Ive had for "real" people.
I get ghosted a lot, that sucks. It sucks even worse when you have like a date to meet set up and get ghosted when you try to confirm it lol. I can usually pick who will disappear pretty easily.
I usually have like 4 dates set up every week because I know a good bit just vanish.
My self esteem is on a continuous roller coaster ride.
It fluctuates between Kanye West levels to NOBODY WANTS ME!!! every other day.
I usually have like 4 dates set up every week because I know a good bit just vanish.
My self esteem is on a continuous roller coaster ride.
It fluctuates between Kanye West levels to NOBODY WANTS ME!!! every other day.
It's fine to be 'shallow'. We all have filters and dealbreakers of all kinds, some more superficial than others.
It's when people put stuff like "6' or gtfo" or "no fatties please" or "i have black friends, but don't message me if you're black" on their profile that it becomes a problem. Rather than just being a filter, that display of disgust becomes a part of their personality.
efyu_lemonardo
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Exhausting, isn't it?
KonradLaw
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They're looking at it wrong. Sure, at Tinder you will get a lot o rejections, but the sheer volumne of people you swipe through means you will get more hits anyway. And that's all that matters. The secret to dating is to not give a damn about rejection. It's a numbers game in the end and let's be honest...getting rejected on Tinder is still a lot less harsh experience than in real-life.
And I never had problems with height in dating (182cm, which is more than enough in Poland), but I have couple friends who did and I always tell them "if a woman says to you she won't date any man under 180cm just answer that it's ok, you won't date any woman over 30/25 (pick one where she will be excluded)
And I never had problems with height in dating (182cm, which is more than enough in Poland), but I have couple friends who did and I always tell them "if a woman says to you she won't date any man under 180cm just answer that it's ok, you won't date any woman over 30/25 (pick one where she will be excluded)
Is this a joke post or something?
Fallout-NL
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I know it's easy to say this, but I wouldn't dismiss Tinder out of hand. I met the girl whom I'm going to marry with that app. You just have to persevere and understand that you're going to have invest in it and there are going to be disappointments as well.
Disclaimer: I am 6"2.
FaintDeftone
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I'm a guy who's 5'3, 5'4ish and growing up I was super depressed about it. In high school I had a lot of girls I liked turn me down because of my height. It was rough. Once I got out of high school, got into college and my self esteem started to rise, I had no problems getting girls. I'm married now and have an awesome 20 month old son.
Moral of the story: don't mess with girls who are stuck on height. There are plenty of them who could care less out there and if they refuse to date you because you do not fit their height criteria, they're terrible people to begin with and aren't worth the time of day.
So yeah, fuck Tinder.
Moral of the story: don't mess with girls who are stuck on height. There are plenty of them who could care less out there and if they refuse to date you because you do not fit their height criteria, they're terrible people to begin with and aren't worth the time of day.
So yeah, fuck Tinder.
Gotdatmoney
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Honestly, I've rejected women for equally if not more shallow reasons than height. And I'm sure guys in this thread bitchimg have turmed down women for purely vane reasons too. If height is the only shit that men get filtered for consider ourselves lucky. Female beauty standards are infinitely worse. It's Tinder, the entire premise is shallow. Let's not act like ot isn't.
And 5'9" is not short. 5'6" is on the shorter side. 5'4" is short. Your height homestly is not the end all be all. I know lots of lonely tall people if it makes yall feel better. I'm 6'5", I havent meta girl who actually weighed height heavily in person.
And 5'9" is not short. 5'6" is on the shorter side. 5'4" is short. Your height homestly is not the end all be all. I know lots of lonely tall people if it makes yall feel better. I'm 6'5", I havent meta girl who actually weighed height heavily in person.
So what kind of clothes compliment a short person?
efyu_lemonardo
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Honestly I kinda envy you if you can get excited by the roller coaster. It just leaves me drained and other aspects of my life suffer for it.
God Dayumm
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I've had a few girls unmatch me after they ask my height (5'9). But the biggest deterrent must be that I'm not white. Take into consideration that most women are there just for attention so they were not going to date you regardless.
FreeMufasa
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Been on tinder for 2 weeks and it's mad.....
For real, it should be illegal with how easy it is.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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I had no self-esteem to begin with when I joined lmao.
I am use to being ignored by the opposite sex haha.
I am use to being ignored by the opposite sex haha.
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The Everyman
well yeah, if you phrase it like that then that's just mean, but I wouldn't have a problem with a girl saying "i only date guys over 6ft" on her profile. It saves us both time, and if she can afford to be that picky/patient then power to her.
Gotdatmoney
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If all you gotta do is swipe why wouldn't you swipe right on the hottest people? You literally have nothing to lose.
efyu_lemonardo
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Except a small fragment of self esteem, possibly.
Tom Nook
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I'm 5'8" and I get insecure when it comes to height.
One thing to get confidence is to wears clothes that fits you.
Learn to sew or go to a tailor. Shorten the sleeves and tighten around the chest on the dress shirt and shorten the in-stream of the pants. This will appear you're thinner and have longer arms and legs.
One thing to get confidence is to wears clothes that fits you.
Learn to sew or go to a tailor. Shorten the sleeves and tighten around the chest on the dress shirt and shorten the in-stream of the pants. This will appear you're thinner and have longer arms and legs.
I'm saying he is probably swiping left on girls that are swiping right on him.
I won't even date a girl that is 5'9I'm 5'9" and I feel short
Luckily my fiancé is also short and likes that I'm not taller.
She is going to want to wear heels and then I'm going to feel short.
Haha very true
I'm the guy haha. She's like 5'4"
Although I'd totally date a tall girl. If I was single and they'd have me.
Gotdatmoney
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I suppose. But a hot person looking at your profile and going naw could be for 100s of reasons. It's not reflective on anything honestly. Go take some better pictures, groom and try again but other than that eh, no real harm should be taken
Isn't it assumed that if all you shoot for is models you have lower chances? Most of the tinder woes is mostly 1 million guys competing for 1000 girls. I think most of the bitching is because "conventionally hot" women aren't swiping back. I domt think swiping right on "unatttactive" women in their mind is going to boost their confidence.
i relate to this. it's really really handy as i like to keep a small social circle of reliable old friends, feel uncomfortable about trying to date women i work with and my main hobbies are fairly solitary, so it suits my needs well and its been my main source of dates since i started using it. yet i end up deleting it every couple of months as it really wears me down emotionally. i'm on a delete period atm and not thinking about how many women are rejecting me and why i am so not interesting to them and going about my life normally is v refreshing.
freenudemacusers
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this is why i do all my dating on beautifulpeople.com. to avoid the uggos like the writer of the article.
I figured out that height is a big factor when I asked a girl in our group of friends why my best friend never got any play. I always thought it was because he was bald but she said it was because he was 170cm. He's extremely fit and relatively good looking otherwise. I'm mostly glad he never gets play tough because he has a shitty/creepy personality.
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Tinder was great for me. Lots of good people and fun times. It was very easy to use and get matched with a lot of other folks. I did disclose my height, though (I'm a giant) so that was probably working for me.
efyu_lemonardo
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captjohnboyd
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Jesus all these 5'9/5'8 is short comments. I'm 5'9 maybe 9 1/2" and I've NEVER had a woman comment on my height with the exception of my last GF who was also 5'9 and would get self conscious sometimes about being taller than me in heels. I've also always done well on Tinder and more importantly in life. You have to project that height fellas lol. Seriously though I've seen plenty of guys over the years faaaar shorter than I am clean up. Long as you're either/or reasonably good looking, in good shape, have winning personality, etc you'll do fine. If a girl is super hung up on height its usually because she's tall herself. So pick someone better suited for you. I've personally met very few women 5'5 and under who really cared all that much about height.
Monogamy doesn't exist when you're between the age of 18-24.Thank god for monogamy or most of us would die virgins!
Yeah sure.
When a girl gets her bad boy phase out of her system, she might settle down for a guy less than six feet.
My self confidence shot up using Tinder, but then again I'm 6'2" and built. And I don't really have an issue doing things the old fashion way.... But I just swipe right on everything, and then screen my matches thereafter. I probably get 10-20 legitimate matches a day, and strike conversations with about half of those. I pull a good 8-10 phone numbers a week, and probably go out with about half of those. I actually just went to the Pirates/Giants game on both Monday and Tuesday with girls I met on Tinder.
It's been a positive experience for me. I'm not going out of my way to look for a relationship, but would be totally down if someone catches me off guard. But I've hooked up quite a bit, met some chill ass girls that are becoming good friends, gone on multiple dates with the same person, etc. I just really got into it early last month, and I've probably spent a good 80% of my free time going out with girls I've met on Tinder.
It's been a positive experience for me. I'm not going out of my way to look for a relationship, but would be totally down if someone catches me off guard. But I've hooked up quite a bit, met some chill ass girls that are becoming good friends, gone on multiple dates with the same person, etc. I just really got into it early last month, and I've probably spent a good 80% of my free time going out with girls I've met on Tinder.
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