Ha...talking about expectations....I just read one that said, "if you can let your wife stay home and not work...." Okay, yeah, that would be optimum, but this is like the 6th most expensive place to live in the US!!!
Julles, you know, some women just don't understand why there is the height issue, and some women don't understand why short(er) guys don't just give it up. I mean, for a guy like me who is only 5' 7", it's a lose-lose situation to even discuss it sometimes. If I mention it, then I have a "Napoleon Complex" or suffer from "short man syndrome" (yes, I've been told that a few times because I merely asked why it's such an issue. If I don't mention it, then I'm forever trying to make up for it by over achieving in life. I've been this height for over 30 years, trust me...I'm used to it!
One forum I was on, a woman made a comment that successful men are tall, and short men are not successful. So I asked her why she felt that way, and simply said that my brother, at 6' 3" still needs his mother to pay his bills, is divorced, can't keep a job, and refuses to admit that he has alcohol and drug issues. I told her that I have had the same job for over 15 years, own my home without borrowing from anyone but the bank, and have been self sufficient since I was 18. She told me I was the typical "short man complex", always trying to make up for my lack of size by over achieving for fear that I am not good enough. I thought to myself, "probably a good thing she's not a short man...I don't think she would be able to handle it!" LOL
I think the thing about height is that many women here need the envy of other women, they need to know that other women will wonder who that guy is when she walks into a room with him. This is why these same women with the height and income requirements are still single after all these years. The guys they go for don't want anything permanent, and the guys who want anything permanent they don't go for.
But you just never know...
"He may be nothing like the man you wanted, but he could be everything you wanted in a man"