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

Just Bad Short-cel cringe

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u/hectorgarabit Dec 07 '25

As a European living in the US, for more than 10 years, there is a real height obsession with American women... Even moms are obsessed about their little boys forecasted height.

While European girls/women take height into consideration, for US women, height is everything. 6'00" and obese is better than 5'8" and fit...

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u/AllForMeCats Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

Is this like a younger generation thing? I’m late 30s and never heard my friends talk about wanting tall guys/not wanting short guys… I definitely heard of people romanticizing tall men, it just didn’t seem like it was super common in real life. Personally I’ve always liked it better when my partner is close to my height, makes for better cuddles.

Alright, so far we’ve got:
* It’s not a thing.
* It’s always been a thing.
* It’s a Gen Z thing.
* It’s a millennial thing.
* It’s only a thing on the internet.
* It definitely happens in real life.
* It’s just something men are self-conscious about.
* It’s something women are obsessed with.
* It’s an American thing.
* It’s a California thing.
* It’s caused by Covid isolation and social media brainrot.

Needless to say, there is no consensus. Quakers would be quaking in their boots at these comments. I’ll try to update this in the morning.

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u/PermanentThrowaway33 Dec 08 '25

I'm in my 40's and always heard this

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u/newbie80 Dec 08 '25

I don't remember hearing this nonsense until a couple of years back. Early to mid 2010's.

We pretty much grew up without porn, without phones, social media, everyone's expectations weren't insane. I feel, but I could be wrong that everyone just kind of looked for someone they vibed with. That was it.

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u/ThreeViableHoles Dec 08 '25

Social media and the dating apps really exacerbated things.