The height of romance: Women want partners who are 8in taller than them but men prefer a gap of just 3in

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It is one more thing that couples can’t see eye to eye on.
Research shows that men and women have different views on the ideal height of their partner.
A woman is happiest with a man who towers over her by eight inches.
A man, however, prefers to be just three inches taller than the lady in his life.

Men prefer a smaller gap in height, according to a study of 700 men and women.
They look for someone who is just three inches shorter than they are.
Researchers also quizzed 50,000 men and women about how happy they were with their own height, and found that the ideal stature for a man is six foot three inches.

However, for a woman, it is five foot and nine inches.
Evolutionary psychologist Gert Stulp, from the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, who led the research, said in The Independent on Sunday: 'Both men and women prefer to be in a couple where the man was taller than the woman, but not too tall.
'The preference was most pronounced in women who, unlike men, considered partner heights unacceptable if they resulted in her being taller.'

Dr Viren Swami, a social psychologist at the University of Westminster, added: 'There are two main theories.
'The biological theory is that taller men may have higher status or reproductive success.
'The second social theory is that it reflects a cultural idea, where tall men are viewed as masculine and tall women violate cultural norms.'
A recent study on thousands of British couples revealed, not surprisingly, that in the vast majority - 92.5 per cent - the man was taller.
Women had the edge in just 4 per cent of the pairs investigated.
Couples of equal height were even more of a rare breed, making up the remaining 3.5 per cent.

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8 inches taller ? that would make my future husband 6 ft 6

Just passing.

adaobi123: 8 inches taller ? that would make my future husband 6 ft 6

dats my future wife talking

albacete:
dats my future wife talking

have we met before ?

i fink so.

Guilty as charged
Except in my case its 7inches
So wen am on my 6inch heels he wil stil be an inch taller
But its just fantasy

Real talk#
He should be taller than I am, even if its an inch cos at 5'8, there rnt much 6'3guys out there and dats the reality of it all.

Im 5ft 3inches... What are my chances?

**thinking suicide*

Sanboy25:

It depends on your gender...
Are you male or female ?

Go to bed

At 5'8"I would like to grow taller to be 6feet and my future partner should be 6'9"

sweet-tease:
Guilty as charged
Except in my case its 7inches
So wen am on my 6inch heels he wil stil be an inch taller
But its just fantasy

Real talk#
He should be taller than I am, even if its an inch cos at 5'8, there rnt much 6'3guys out there and dats the reality of it all.

Yeah sweety, we're real scarce

At 6'3,I'd love my girl to be at least 5'8 or 9. Don't like short gals.

chronique: At 6'3,I'd love my girl to be at least 5'8 or 9. Don't like short gals.

That's discrimination ,not cool!

Princessmel: At 5'8"I would like to grow taller to be 6feet and my future partner should be 6'9"

did u say 69 ?

adaobi123: 8 inches taller ? that would make my future husband 6 ft 6

then happy to be

ojingbe: then happy to be

thats a bit tall. isn't it ?

albacete:
did u say 69 ?

Ha you saw the hidden message I like u

I am shorter than my partner

Where's that nonsense boy and his 5'7 sef that was arguing with moi yesterday

World war III: Im 5ft 3inches... What are my chances?

**thinking suicide*

I pray that you're joking

So my future hubby should be 6'7.5.

I am the same height with my hubby 5'9 and We are happy

ogugua88: So my future hubby should be 6'7.5.

Yes. No midgets

to all our short friends, dont worry. Your beauty is inside you

I will prefer my future husband to be taller than me,I really don't fancy short men.

Hmmmm!!short pple lyk us stil get hope sha

Women always want to fall in love with tall guys.
Just what they read in romance novels and see in the movies.
Did short men create themselves?

What matters most is to find a good man, whether tall or short, it should not matter.

Atheist:-D:


Yes. No midgets