'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love with dating apps

Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by scarface_74 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:26PM (#38062394)

There is a huge difference between being 5-9 and 5-4. Again, I’m just stating the obvious, I’m happily married and have been for 13 years.

I also started dating my now wife at 35 and she was a single mother of a then 9 and 14 year holding her own and we met at work. She was looking for something different than women in their 20s.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by warner25 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:35PM (#38062496)

Yes, I can imagine that. At 5'4 I think you're close to the average for women and that will stand out. What's fascinating to me is this apparently strong preference for 6'0+ and not a hair under that.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by scarface_74 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:00PM (#38064513)

This is mostly a rhetorical question. But why does the man have to be taller?

My only two long term relationships (and marriages) were with short women. I have never gone after taller women and I only had any type of romantic chemistry with one person that was taller than I was. We were in the same friend group at the gym I taught at and she was going through a divorce. By the time things finalized and the opportunity made itself available, I was dating my now wife.

But was that romantic or rebound?

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