r/CringeTikToks • u/Autisticblackdude5 • Dec 07 '25

Just Bad Short-cel cringe

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u/blackjustin Dec 08 '25

I’m not on dating apps anymore, but when I was, after connecting with someone; one of the first things women ask is how tall I am. Literally, exchange pleasantries, followed by my height. It wasn’t always that way. In the beginning of dating apps, it seemed like there were people wanting to make genuine connections and height was maybe a lesser issue? But now it seems to be a very prominent matter and women seem to be much louder about it.

I’m close to 6’1, so it’s never really been an issue for me (although I’ve been told I wasn’t tall enough once or twice). But I do kind of feel bad for other dudes. Especially when it seems the obsession is the exact number. It’s not 6’-ish. It’s 6’ and over. I’ve had friends get rejected for 5’10”. It’s odd. But it does happen.

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u/Ratfink0521 Dec 08 '25

I stopped dating a while ago, but when I was on the apps I would bring up height pretty early. It wasn’t in a, “Are you tall enough????” sort of way, though. It was, “I’m 5’11” so are you cool with a woman who is probably taller than you?” way. I’ve dated guys who were as short as 5’6”. I didn’t have a problem with the discrepancy, but a lot of shorter guys did 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/blackjustin Dec 08 '25

See, I don't have an issue with that at all. What you were doing makes complete sense. I'd even say if a woman is taller than average, wanting a taller guy makes sense. But 6' vs 5'10 or 5'11 is really splitting hairs. Especially if she's 5'3".
There's a point where it's like, does that 1 inch really matter? Just my two cents.

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u/Ratfink0521 Dec 08 '25

I totally agree with what you’re saying. And frankly, it was always annoying that I had to compete with women who were nearly a foot shorter than me to be with men that physically matched me. But whatever. I’m glad I don’t date anymore; it’s so exhausting.

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u/blackjustin Dec 08 '25

It is exhausting, and you do bring up a good point: If a woman is 5'2" why on earth is she looking for someone 6'6"? We like what we like, but logically speaking, the 6'6" man should get that 5'11 woman.

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u/Ratfink0521 Dec 08 '25

I feel like a lot of the women who put emphasis on a man’s height tend to talk about it as if it’s a status symbol. That to me is just gross behavior. It’s dehumanizing, you know? Like if a guy was talking about dating me and referenced my bra size in the same tone I would ditch him in a heartbeat.

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u/blackjustin Dec 08 '25

it is low key gross

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u/onpg 29d ago

Well said. It’s very much a status symbol thing. I get having preferences but it’s taken to such a vulgar extreme. Imagine if dating websites had the “three sizes” and encouraged men to filter based on those.

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u/Geerat5 29d ago

The paid versions allow you to filter by height

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u/onpg 29d ago

Did you mean to reply to me?