Short People Have No Reason

Story Submitted by Angela:

Sean responded to my ad on a dating site with a lot of enthusiasm and, surprisingly, his emails were literate, funny and about more than sex. It didn't take long before we arranged to go out for a date.

All of Sean's profile pictures were close-ups – head and shoulder shots only, and he listed his height as 6'2".

We had arranged to meet at a small cafe, and I was early, so I chose a seat by a window. He was bang on time, and as he walked through the doors, I realized he'd not been truthful on his profile:  he was maybe 5'5" at most.

Height isn't a big thing for me (although truthfulness is), so it wasn't until we'd both ordered drinks and were browsing the menu that I brought it up, figuring maybe he'd laugh it off and we could make a joke of it.  I said, "So, six-two, huh?"

He completely overreacted. "What the fuck?" he shouted, rocketing up from the table.  "Why is every bitch so hung up on my fucking height?"

I stood up to reassure him that it wasn't a big deal.  His eyes widened, and he stared at me.

Apparently, he hadn't paid attention to what I had (truthfully) listed as my height on my profile: I'm 5'11" in bare feet, and as I'd thought I was meeting a tall guy, I was wearing heels that were a couple of inches tall.

"What's wrong?" I asked after several moments of silence.

"You're...er... tall," was his reply, "I should go."

I admit, I might have lost my temper. I said, "You go off on me when you think I'm judging you on your height, but mine is apparently fine to walk out on?"

Sean's face screwed up into a mask of anger and he stormed out of the cafe.

Good riddance.  When I got home, I noticed that his profile had been edited to add that he was only interested in "short women."