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OK folks, need a little advice...I got some bad advice to bump up my height on OKC from 5'8" to 5'9"...I don't think my first date on Friday will care (hopefully) but now I'm getting queries from 5'9" women and wondering if I should break the news in an offhanded way, or just quietly amend my profile and then see who bites. Any advice would be so appreciated!

is the advice bad if it worked

Buy some lifts

I say I'm 5'10" when really I'm 5'9"+3/4 and it TEARS ME UP INSIDE.

bit under 3/4 actually. probably 2/3.

somehow i'm not worried about the height thing with the woman i'm seeing on friday, but of course now i have several 5'9" women visiting me and that seems like it could spell trouble. Merdeyeux, are you saying don't worry about it?

almost every man I've met from okcupid who stated he was 5'9" was more like 5'7"

homosexual II that's awesome news! thanks

xxp i'm saying that i actually feel a bit guilty about being slightly dishonest but that's because i'm a giant idiot. my objective take is that it really doesn't matter, yeah.

you're a good guy, merdeyeux, that's why you feel bad. i do too but this is a war of the hearts

i used to say i was 5'9" but i changed it to 5' 7" since i'm like 5' 7.5" barefoot.

sheesh I should start saying 6' then

"I'm 6' in my favorite shoes"

under 5'10", we're all trolls anyway...

lies are what it takes, let's not kid ourselves

I am pretty upfront about being overweight in my profile, which also means a lot of people give me a pass... which is ridiculous because I am a TOTAL FUCKING POWERBABE. Maybe I should lie and say I am "curvy"

I usually go gr80's way and overstate a potential "flaw" rather than understate or blow myself up? Because I mean if that little difference puts someone off, then fuck 'em.

just slouch to make it hard to tell exactly how not tall you are

Nah, lying won't win you happiness in all likelihood. Best to make sure your profile represents your radiant self in all its complex glory

The thing I don't get about people blatantly lying about their height or whatever is what do you think's gonna happen when they meet you? Either it'll be like the episode of Seinfeld where George wears his Timberlands all the time or else the jig will be up. In what world is being short and lying about it better than just being short. (Not that one inch is that noticeable, though).

I dunno, I recently read this and it boggles my mind.

Yeah I was going to say, tall women know exactly how tall they are, and it'll take them a second to do the math of subtracting their shoes or whatever and figuring you out, and then you're on a date w someone who knows you're willing to lie. Isn't that just awkward?

maybe you just really have no idea how tall you are

I am *actually* 5'10" and am now worried that it's a suspicious height :D

Anyway the fisherman chef never made it to date 2, sent his excuses, and has THREE TIMES texted to ask me to go out to his restaurant/hotel late at night, charge the cab to him, and stay overnight in a remote place with a stranger. Finally I told him it was an offensive request and I was never going to stay over, certainly not at the last minute on a cold winter night. That man is seriously over 40 years old, what is wrong with people.

people get away with shit, why not try it again, forever

not with you i mean, but surely this is a gambit that has succeeded for him in the past

almost every man I've met from okcupid who stated he was 5'9" was more like 5'7"

― homosexual II, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 9:47 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

homosexual II that's awesome news! thanks

― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 9:57 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a funny exchange here

yeah lol. don't be those guys, iago.

well now you all got me worried about this date friday night...my date is 5'6" for cryin' out loud (unless she's lying too!) I think it will be worse to say something at this point but if I survive this date with her and it goes nowhere I'll lower myself back down to 5'8" and keep going in all my Lilliputian glory...I feel like a real heel for fudging the truth but not going to beat myself up (any more)

boots, boots forever

yeah luckily it's supposed to rain friday so i can wear my all weather shit kickers that def push me up to 5'9"...i am not optimistic about this. she looks like helen of troy and i make wallace shawn look like adonis...i went through more drafts than proust to come off as charming and witty, it was completely exhausting but she said yes. gotta get pumped up!!

i have plans to make plans with a girl who is 4" taller than me this weekend

misread that as 4', was going to give you a prize

xxp ha. i think if you've gotten this far an inch here or there isn't going to make a diff wait i should think of another way to phrase this sentence.

3" taller than me is my ceiling, as you say

I'm bored. Can we have one of those mutually indulgent profile showcase evenings? :D

I'm in danger of losing track of who I've written to that didn't write me back, and seeing them again and thinking they're kinda clever/cute again, and then writing to them. Again. Meh.

Currently wooing a handsome fellow with whispers of Scottish post-punk fandom, this is what I've stooped to.

I would love it if someone made me a crush tape mix of like the Vaselines/Josef K/Sexual Objects/Nectarine No 9 stuff though.

OKCupid webinar in session yo

io, why stooped? shared cultural currency is a great start, better than crude & unabetted physical attraction

scottish post-punk is a legitimate language of love imo

none of yall indulging me indulge yall

okcsearch 'cardiacs pynchon', let the fun begin

Let's hope he agrees w you, crut.

the other 'cardiacs pynchon' guy really has to step up his game okcupid.com/profile/Logogos?cf=regular