Man always for couple of years I used to think im 5'7 ... reading info on the netpeople would say "oh yea im 5'3 , i wish i was 5'7 your lucky!"

Famous actors like Tom Cruise is 5'7 so I used to think, if he can get a hb so can I...and i looked at him as an idol.

At school n outside, I recognized that I was short, most people were taller than me and its leads me to thinking why i mostly like asian chicks...but it didnt bother me that much, i mean tom cruise was my height right?

Today I rechecked my height. I took careful (pretty precise) measurments of my height in my room. I took a ruler and found out I am 160.5cm which translates to around 5'4. I used to think i was 170cm and i guess I made error in measurment that day i checked.

But wow, 5'4 .... now thats short.
Its not fair, I am 17 turning 18 soon and I'm 5'4. All of my brothers ( I have 4) are taller than me except my youngest.

My 3 other brothers are around 5'7-5'11
all taller than me and only 1 is older than me.

My dad is very slightly taller than me and my mom I am like an inch taller.

Can I still grow?

How can I attract girls without height or good looks...?

I'm 5"7, when I was in high school most of the "hot" girls were usually as tall or taller than me. It was a challenge in my freshman to soph year gettin over this but really the sooner you get over this, the better. I grew from 5"5 to 5"7 in my freshman year and I haven't grown since but my attitude towards this looks area has.

My first gf in highschool was latina and an inch taller than me. She said she wasn't bothered by that. I was the shortest guy to this day shes ever been with. Still doesn't matter. Sure girls have "types" but they aren't deal breakers. Bring out your playful confident self and you'll smash any competition who maybe has looks but just doesn't make her feel the way you do. and never apologize for the way you look or how short or tall you are. were all given something to work with, its up to you if your gonna worry about it when it really really doesnt matter and cancel out any girl who gives you shit about it because thats not someone you wanna be with anyway or be confident and have and create as much fun as you can in this life.

I'm short. i do fine

some dressing tips that might make you look taller, or, not make you look shorter then you actually are...

have a close matched color for your pants and shirts..
having a very distinguishable waste line on short people like... us. makes us look shorter.
so dark jeans with dark shirt.. or purple this and pink that...
do not wear black pants and a white shirt...

do not where 3/4 or 7/8 pants. would make you look shorter also.

wear vertical stripes. would make you look taller.

wear close fitted clothes.

but... height is nothing.. i think style is really short too.. he does (did?) pretty well...


Good luck

Mike.

I do not have any personal experience with this, as I am 6'0". However, I think I can offer some advice...

I think Tom Cruise's alpha portrayal is A-number 1! I love watching him in movies and how he acts. I think he's more alpha than virtually anyone I know. Start watching all of his movies. Watch Vanilla Sky and pay close attention to when he gets handicapped and has to come to terms with humbling himself to an extremely lower aesthetic appearance.

As far as dress, Ryan Seacrest would be your best bet to emulate. Study how he dresses. He wears very thin ties. His clothes are taylored to a T. He usually has a perfectly taylored shirt/coat/etc... that's not tucked in and all this stuff makes him appear taller. Find a good taylor and have him get to work on your clothes. The last thing you want is something baggy and bunched up around your waist line. If I were short, I probably wouldn't want to advertise where my legs end and my upper body begins.

Being tall presents its own problems when it comes to girls, trust me on this.
Yes, but don't expect a lot. At most if you are lucky you get an inch. But for the most part don't expect to grow any. Because if I remember right guys stop growing at age 18.
Confidence will help you greatly. While hight is a deal breaker for many girls there are girls there that will overlook your height as long as you are secure and confident in your height. From reading your post you are far from this.

honestly i don't think it's as big a deal as you're making out. my best mate gets loads of chicks and he's 5'5. it's all about his confidence and just general dress sense, which works well with his height. he won't be getting tyra banks, but there's a lot of chicks around that height, above and below, that don't have any issue with it, and yes, are hot. his current girlfriend is maybe...5 centimetres taller than him i think but it's no big deal. i sometimes bag him and say that he should sit on his girlfriends lap instead of the other way around lol, but it's just a good laugh in the end. we don't mind.

nah, it varies, i didn't stop until i was 21. a lot of people are like that. i was 5'7 in year 10 then shot up to about 5'11 by year 12, now a few years later i'm about 6'1.

I'm only about 5'8, but most of my dates/girlfriends have been taller than me. Most of them mention it, but I honestly never cared and it obviously showed because I ended up fucking them all.

I wear boots most of the time now to give that extra boost in confidence, brings me to about 5'10 or 5'11. But the bottom line is if you have the right attitude, height is almost irrelevant. I still have hot girls giving me looks, and more so when I'm 100% confident and talking to them.

Being tall isn't great either man, I'm about 6'5, it's pretty handy sometimes but generally, i would like to be abit shorter

Dude I am 5'4'' as well, welcome to the club!

I am 24 and will not be growing anymore. This is it! But fear not.

Some thoughts:
-I have done OK for being this tall. Been with 20 women and had some long term relationships, on which my height made no difference. Looking to increase it in the future
-If a girl tells you its an issue for her, just laugh and say "you are honestly the first person that it has ever been an issue for" and go flirt with other girls in front of her. She will forget about the short thing immediately.
-One of my friends is as tall as I am and he slays. When people think about who he is, they think of him as a cool and interesting person- not that short guy.
-Being short is great for social proof. I am not trying to be cocky, but people ALWAYS remember me. Instead of being that average sized guy, I am that short guy, which makes you stick out. I cannot tell you how many people have come up to me that know me that I cannot remember ever meeting.
-For some girls, if it really is an issue and all you can do is move on. My ex-girlfriend stopped feeling attracted to me because I was short, but honestly that was on her. I was ready to move on and I knew that if that was something that she would be dwelling on. But honestly, it should not be a huge problem.
-I am convinced that any guy can- get any girl. Tall or short. Hence why I am on this forum

I am like 5'7 (= 1,73meter?), and honestly I do think it is a disadvantage.

I've read some comments and I've read about some short people who seem very succesfull. Indeed there are.
But the reason I think is why some shorter people have succes is because they have to compensate the fact that they're short. Often, those of the smaller ones who are succesfull, are notorious because they compensated their length by being very funny, story telling, spontaneous, sometimes alfa, likable, energetic, etc. That's why people remember them. They say "oh there goes that short guy! boy he is sooo hilarious!". They will never point at you just because you're short, or it must be because you're a loser.

So I am short too. Well, almost every guy is taller than me (I live in a country with very tall people). When being in a club, I like to make some subtle observations. Basicly, most players are slightly taller than the avarage height. Those are the most desired men. They're tall, which make them look like they have more power, girls have to look up to him (and as it first look like they first have to look up litteraly, but by doing it, unconsciously, the do it figurly as well), and it is also a part of your looks. It's a fact. I've read a darwinistic experiment, and it shows that women like taller guys. It's just evolution. Like female elephants like male elephants with the longest horns/ ivory, like female girafs like male girafs with the longest necks, like female peacocks like male peacocks with the biggest tales, women like men with who are taller.
And this gives me a disadvantage. In a club where I don't know many people, women prefer to make eye contact, and thus build attraction, with the taller guys next to me than with me. That's why, unless I know a lot of people/friends so I can build social status in the club, it's very difficult for me to build a good club/night game at places where the music is too loud to talk.

There is also a danger by compensating, and that is by trying too hard. Taller people don't have to try too hard and work too hard because they have the luck of his length. So you got to find a good balance.

But remember: if you want to learn the game, you got to play it right. The good thing about game is that everyone can learn to play it, wheter you're tall or small. Style is a short guy as well, and he is one of the best PUA in the world. And btw, small guys often have the advantage of having a stronger body than taller guys, who are more often thin. I am pretty muscular without doing much work out. I don't go to the gym. Improve a lot of verbal game, get a body language, and in general, increase your confidence a lot! You can't change your looks, so it's better not to think about it too hard and be confident with your length. When people tell me that I'm small, I anwer them with the saying "small but brave!".

Two weeks ago I k-clossed a girl who was slightly taller than me (she called me a teddy bear while hugging me all the time), and there is an even taller girl now who is showing a lot of interest in me. It's not impossible .

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Fill in the blank: "I'm too/not _____(enough) to attract women, they prefer someone more/ less ______." Fill that in with any attribute that you want and you'll understand the problem--it isn't about the "issue" itself but your reaction to it. We're all human and none of us is perfect; that's just how life is. I guarantee you that almost every person that you meet has something that they would like to change about either their appearance or their personality. Make peace with what you cannot change and move on (harder to do than say, I know, I struggle with this too).

I'm reminded of a Grey's Anatomy episode that I saw once (yes, I know, a girly show and I apologize for the reference. Just bear with me, there's a point, I promise.) This particular episode featured a pair of brothers, one of which was over six feet tall and the other of which was 5 feet and 4 centimeters. The shorter brother was quite bitter about his life and his brother's success, blaming every misfortune on his height. The older brother finally got tired of his whining and told him that his inablity to get a girlfriend had nothing to do with his height, and everything to do with the fact that he was an asshole who spent all of his time being bitter about his percieved misfortunes in life rather than being a fun person to be around. I don't get the sense that you're nearly this bad, but am just using an extreme to illustrate the point: everyone has issues--psychological, emotional, physical, ect.--the issue matters less than how you deal with it. People also, to some extent, create their own issues, some of which are legitimate and some of which are not. Don't make life any more difficult than it already is.

Get a bone age test done, if you wanna know if you're still gonna grow. Typically if your bone age is 18, you stop growing. I had a test done when I was 14 and my bone age was 17. I'm 20 now, so I haven't grown an inch in about 5-6 years. I'm currently 5'2". I think my issue with my height is the biggest barrier from me being able to step up my game but I am trying really hard to just ignore my height problem and not let it bother me.

Also for any other guys around 5'3" and below, doesn't it suck when someone like 5'6" says that they're too short? I'd kill for that extra four inches to my height... =/

No, I just laugh and go "you think YOU are short!" Make a joke out of it. You don't give a damn about your height and make people know it.

honeslty when im out and gaming girls, i dont think about her not liking me because im short.

I'm short and although it doesnt bother me when gaming, it affects me in the sence that I have a smaller pool of girls that I am willing to date.

I rarely think about gaming girls taller than me. I have really only had attraction towards 1 girl that is taller than me and thats all I can remember.

So even if a taller girl would not date me because im short... it doesnt matter because I wouldnt even think about dating her.

Being short can affect me when with a bunch of other guys... because most guys will be taller than me they will get preference over me for girls and i will feel intimidated by them. If they piss me off, they are taller and have advantage physicaly (usually).

I recently start thinking about going to japan or some country in asia because everyone is short there. More girls to choose, can feel more dominate with the height or feel normal.