How come this girl took height to be such a big issue?

She's shallow, you're better off with out her if that's the case tbh

My new concern is that the girl I am interested in might also take it to be a major issue too. Like I said I'm quite short, which has not really been much of an issue to me, but if she says no to me, she doesn't have to give a reason so I'd never know.

The vast majority of people don't care about height. If someone rejects you because of height then they're shallow and you deserve better. In fact, if this girl does reject you then just leave it and find someone who likes you back. Plenty more fish in the sea!

Well I would say a high proportion of women do care about height, don't they?

There are those who are fine with their spouse being taller than them, and there are those who like their spouse tall in general, as compared to other men, but I would say only a small number are confident enough with a spouse who just matches their height or is below their height.

A lot of studies conducted indicate that height is one of the top three priorities for women, next to income and/or socio-economic status.

This happened quite a few months back. We live in different cities so we didn't get to meet up in the end. A girl that I met online was talking to me for quite a few months. She first started conversation and initiated contact every time, sometimes multiple times in one day. I thought she was alright(a bit needy), but I wasn't interested in anything relationship wise as I am already interested in someone else.

It was only a few months in and then she randomly asked me what height I am(I'm quite a short guy). She didn't tell me hers, but after that day, she stopped initiating contact with me. In a way, she was messaging too much so I felt it was kind of a good thing, but also it was quite disappointing as we were supposed to meet up and I could see her as a good friend.

The vast majority of people don't care about height. If someone rejects you because of height then they're shallow and you deserve better. In fact, if this girl does reject you then just leave it and find someone who likes you back. Plenty more fish in the sea!

Well tbh, the vast majority of girls care a lot about height (obviously you'd need to be taller than the girl).

I wouldn't call it "shallow" though, as others have done. If they aren't attracted to short guys, they can't exactly help it. You can't control who you are attracted to.

Actually, I wasn't attracted to her. I still wanted to continue talking though. In fact most of the girls I speak to as friends I'm not attracted to.

Well maybe she was interested in you as a potential partner, but then lost interest when she knew your height? I mean, I don't think you need to read too much into this - it is common knowledge that height is important for women.

I can't imagine she would refuse to be friends with someone due to their height, but height in men is obviously very important to women from a physical attraction point-of-view.

I understand that you say you wanted to continue talking as friends, but maybe she just wasn't interested in a platonic friendship anyway?

A lot of studies conducted indicate that height is one of the top three priorities for women, next to income and socio-economic status.

If there are a lot of studies proving this, then please find 5 studies proving that height, income, and socio-economic status are the top three priorities for women when choosing a mate, which have been published in scientific or academic journals. You're the one claiming that there is a connection, so the burden of proof falls on you.

The vast majority of people don't care about height. If someone rejects you because of height then they're shallow and you deserve better. In fact, if this girl does reject you then just leave it and find someone who likes you back. Plenty more fish in the sea!

lol wut?

Actually the vast majority of women do very much care about height. Most women will not date you if you are not taller than them, and typically at least a certain height.

OP watch out for some of the advice you get on here.

This happened quite a few months back. We live in different cities so we didn't get to meet up in the end. A girl that I met online was talking to me for quite a few months. She first started conversation and initiated contact every time, sometimes multiple times in one day. I thought she was alright(a bit needy), but I wasn't interested in anything relationship wise as I am already interested in someone else.

It was only a few months in and then she randomly asked me what height I am(I'm quite a short guy). She didn't tell me hers, but after that day, she stopped initiating contact with me. In a way, she was messaging too much so I felt it was kind of a good thing, but also it was quite disappointing as we were supposed to meet up and I could see her as a good friend.