User submission

775.8K

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5’7″ To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

While the modern world is busy breaking down prejudice, stereotypes, and body-shaming at a rapid pace, there are some things that get curiously overlooked, sometimes literally. Short men being one of them.

Can you imagine, for example, you were single and browsing online dating sites for a match. You come across profiles that explicitly state things like: ‘Nobody over 70kg’ or ‘small-breasted women need not apply.’ There would likely be outrage, right? And rightly so. That kind of superficial and demeaning attitude shown by these rude people needs to be confronted in this day and age.

However it’s curiously common, accepted and even encouraged for a woman to state quite openly in her Tinder profile that she would not consider dating a guy that is shorter than her, and many will quite happily post a minimum height limit. Why is this? Fair enough, we all have our preferences, you might say. Which is true. But for this to be such a widespread and openly accepted phenomenon begs the question, what about the short guys?

The guy in this story exposed the stunning hypocrisy that many shorter, single guys face all the time in the Tinder dating world. Yeah, he baited this woman, and she followed his cues and bit. Hard. It does open up the discussion though, and it is perhaps time that more attention was paid to this form of body shaming.

People can lose weight, get botox, hair transplants and all kinds of other methods to hide their insecurities, but 5’3” guy will always be 5’3.”

Scroll down below to check out the savage comeback to such rude statement, and feel free to post your opinion in the comments below.

A guy was browsing Tinder when this woman’s bio caught his eye

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5'7" To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

He matched with her and started a conversation to find out more

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5'7" To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

Image credits: janmayeno

The exchange opened up a debate with some commenters sympathizing with the plight of many single, shorter men

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5'7" To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

While other saw it from a different perspective

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5'7" To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

776Kviews

James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

Read less »

What do you think ?

POST

Megan 6 years ago

A cat hater?!

81points

Nadine Ducca 6 years ago

I know! I can't believe it! Grrrr...

34points

Load More Replies...

LilicatUK 6 years ago

That says it all about this woman...

19points

just a thought! 6 years ago

The right questions being asked !

9points

Jace 6 years ago

I always swipe left the second I see that. It's fine to not be into cats, or to be allergic, but to actively HATE them? There are issues.

2points

Beans 6 years ago

This always upsets me too. I can understand not really liking cats, but people that actively hate cats have something wrong with them imo. Also, the video she links to in her 'about' says a lot about who she thinks she is.

1point

Mr.Fly 6 years ago

I prefer dark-haired people but if someone approaches me telling that blonds are gross, I'm not going to be agreeing with the person like this woman did. It's quite normal she wanted someone taller than her, but to go to the extent to agree whatever this guy said? That was wrong. (also, the guy did provoke this a little bit)

44points

just a thought! 6 years ago

Exactly... He wanted to draw a reaction out of her, and she took the bait😂😂😂

27points

Load More Replies...

BREAK YOUr perceptions 6 years ago

hey, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

6points

Tedus 6 years ago

considering that most woman don't have their natural hair colour anyways - you never know until you know.

-3points

BREAK YOUr perceptions 6 years ago

i think the point of all this should be, don't be shallow, you don't know the form of your best love.

31points

Zenozenobee 6 years ago

It's normal to have preferences but love simply doesn't work that way. If I had to describe the physical of the perfect woman to me, she would be a curvy brunet with long hair. The perfect man would be a tall Mediterranean guy (seeking my father may be ;p). And I promised myself never dating a smoker. Well my first true love was a tall androgynous girl with short ginger hair that smoked a lot (3 years together) and my companion is 5.6' and he inherits his chinese mother type (9 years together last week). I've been with people fiting my ideal and it didn't work. I would have miss a lot by sticking to my "ideal" ;p

19points

Load More Replies...

Mika N 6 years ago

I agree! I used to see myself with a tall thin man with a full beard lol, but my husband is broad-shouldered and Asian (can't grow a beard), and was just a little overweight when we met. I'm so glad I went out with him! We've been together 7 years, married almost 4. He lights up my life <3 (and he lost weight later on, I love his strong hands and back ^_^ )

2points

Kimberly Robinson 6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Jonathan Eatsalot 6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Load More Comments

POST

Megan 6 years ago

A cat hater?!

81points

Nadine Ducca 6 years ago

I know! I can't believe it! Grrrr...

34points

Load More Replies...

LilicatUK 6 years ago

That says it all about this woman...

19points

just a thought! 6 years ago

The right questions being asked !

9points

Jace 6 years ago

I always swipe left the second I see that. It's fine to not be into cats, or to be allergic, but to actively HATE them? There are issues.

2points

Beans 6 years ago

1point

Mr.Fly 6 years ago

44points

just a thought! 6 years ago

Exactly... He wanted to draw a reaction out of her, and she took the bait😂😂😂

27points

Load More Replies...

BREAK YOUr perceptions 6 years ago

hey, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

6points

Tedus 6 years ago

considering that most woman don't have their natural hair colour anyways - you never know until you know.

-3points

BREAK YOUr perceptions 6 years ago

i think the point of all this should be, don't be shallow, you don't know the form of your best love.

31points

Zenozenobee 6 years ago

19points

Load More Replies...

Mika N 6 years ago

2points

Kimberly Robinson 6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Jonathan Eatsalot 6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Load More Comments

Woman Tells Guys Shorter Than 5’7″ To Swipe Left On Tinder, So This Guy Makes Her Regret It

A guy was browsing Tinder when this woman’s bio caught his eye

He matched with her and started a conversation to find out more

The exchange opened up a debate with some commenters sympathizing with the plight of many single, shorter men

While other saw it from a different perspective

Games

James Caunt

James Caunt

Word Search

WordroW

Jigsaw

Crossword

Sudoku

Picdoku

Killer Sudoku

Kriss Kross

Word Flower