Funny thing about height, my last physical measurement I was 6 feet.
But I have gotten people in general who know and meet me who tell me I must be 6’2″ or 6’3″.
So sometimes it is poerception.

Like I said, I’m only average height for an American woman, but it does mentally make me rule out people who claim under 5’8 b/c then they are probably shorter than me and that is just REALLY tiny.  And there is nothing wrong with that, but not my preference so I’d rather just pass (which isn’t the same as insisting that someone be 6’2). 

What is funny to me about the height thing is that unlike body type, it isn’t subjective at all.  Your height is your height.

Now someone might get mad if they decide that your body type doesn’t match their interpretation(and I’m not talking about hugely obvious things, just minor ones), or if they couldn’t tell exactly how big or small you were from your body shot, but that is still open to interpretation.  I don’t lie about my body, have a recent picture,  but I do think some people see the whole package and still want to see it in person and then decide to pass, b/c we are still all built different and they might like the shape but wish it was a bit smaller.

I do think more women are a bit more lenient with the physical package that men come in, but as picky as men are when the tables are turned, you’d think that they’d be more honest themselves.  So I’ve seen men who were quite large call themselves athletic and toned, and met men who said that and had huge bellies.  It would never occur to me to pick something so different from what I am.  Now if I decide you aren’t toned b/c you don’t have a six pack, that is kind of my own fault or my own way of interpreting things.  And I don’t want to meet anyone that is going to reject me in person b/c they think I’m a liar and didn’t describe myself accurately. Does that make any sense? 

I think that women are probably turned off by lies about height than a man would be.   And I think that a woman is going to get forgiven more for being hot enough.  A hot man with a bad personality or who might be a big(or small) liar isn’t that appealing. 

You know, I was happy tooling along, thinking I was 5’9″ for years, when I decided to measure myself again and discovered I was 5’9.5″.  Maybe years of having my posture fixed by my ballroom coach “uncovered” an extra 1/2″ LOL.

The way I figure it, there’s really no point in lying about your height or body type because as soon as you meet any prospective date, that person can see the truth.  Unless you’re exceptionally attractive, the odds of that date being turned off by the deception are higher than the odds of the deception getting you that date in the first place (if that makes sense).

Are you asking b/c of what I said about men exaggerating about their height?  I’m talking about wearing flats and looking eye to eye with men who will say that they are 5’8 or 5’9 or 5’10.  Or when you see a friend’s driver’s license and he’s the same height as you but his license says he is 5’10.  Just something I’ve noticed.  But it does make me assume that anyone who admits to being less than 5’8 is probably shorter than me. 

Since I didn’t inherit my parents’ height and long legs, it’s not that important, but considering that I still get measured at the doctor’s office, I’m wondering how so many men are under the impression that they are taller than they are.  I’ve been 5’6 since I stopped growing in high school. 

Nicole @ 67: do you wear heels?

The thing to be is well-groomed and make the most of yourself and hope the guy comes close. So far, they haven’t.