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A Point of View: Why Short Men make Better Husbands
BBC News ^ | 10/04/2014 | BBC News

Posted on 10/04/2014 9:13:59 PM PDT by goldstategop

For the prime of a short man's life - Napoleon is the model here again - his shortness is not thematised at all. On horseback in the paintings by David or the Baron Gros, or enthroned by Ingres, Napoleon may look moon-faced, and the little ringlet that dangles above his eye may seem dandyish, but the last thing he looks is short.

It is only later on Elba and St Helena that his diminutive stature becomes part of his self-knowledge. The true Napoleonic moment is when age and circumstances conspire to remind the short man of his stature. It was when the emperor had lost the last battle that the truth returned. I am no longer an emperor. I am merely a short man on a lonely island.

So, short men learn early this essential truth - that long odds make for good lives. A man's mate should exceed his height, not to mention his little grasp, or what's a heaven for?

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: bbcnews; dating; marriage; napoleoniccomplex; shortmen
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To: goldstategop

OK, where’s the pic of the diminutive Dennis Kucinich & his 6’ 4” redheaded Amazon wife?


21 posted on 10/05/2014 5:17:16 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am now a radicalized infidel.")
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To: lee martell

Wasn’t “Short People” written after the songwriter got into an argument with a height-challenged colleague?


22 posted on 10/05/2014 5:18:54 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am now a radicalized infidel.")
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To: rainee

A similar theory has been applied on the flip side:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9ZZgDqzAg

Some women (and men) like a desperate mate always groveling to please. For me, I think something of a net equality of attributes works best.


23 posted on 10/05/2014 5:32:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Vigilanteman

It is just another physical attraction. Some men like redheads and some like blondes. I have always been attracted to dark haired, blue eyed, tall men. Partially because I am 5’9 I guess. Can’t explain the other 2. lol


24 posted on 10/05/2014 8:09:52 AM PDT by sheana
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To: lee martell

You’re fine. Your feet reach the ground don’t they??? Then you’re tall enough.
hugs


25 posted on 10/05/2014 9:14:56 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Nothing says you are sad that someone died like looting local places of business!)
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To: 9YearLurker

ewww. I can’t tolerate a man who grovels. I want a man among men. All man.


26 posted on 10/05/2014 9:17:27 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Nothing says you are sad that someone died like looting local places of business!)
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To: sheana

My wife likes me tall only because it comes in very handy for fetching things off the top shelves.


27 posted on 10/05/2014 9:31:03 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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