For those of you that read my blog (thank you), it is no secret I am a woman of above average height. This fact limits me a bit in what men I feel comfortable dating, based sheerly on height restrictions alone. Shallow? Perhaps, but I have learned that typically substantial height differences create other… differences. Now I have a complete arsenal of ‘what I look for’ in an ideal partner and some of these are ‘must haves’ and others are more flexible, but height tends to be top of mind and attraction when dating. Well… life with its bizarre sense of humor has delivered me a fantastic man, in a noticeably smaller package. What to do? My decision, get over it. God knows there are plenty of examples of successful and hip Amazonian sized women paired with, er, shorter men. I felt emboldened by my finds…kind of. You know this topic is newsworthy when the Huffington Post covers it…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/famous-couples-with-talle_n_214948.html
Ok, ok, some of the couples look completely ridiculous, but in some pairings it works, and the why they are together? Well, some cases are more obvious than others. My new date? What he lacks in height, he makes up for in intelligence, style, taste, sense of humor and sophistication. To get to the short of it, so far, he’s a keeper.
