i wish i may, i wish i might

they said the person you will end up with is usually the one you didn't want in the first place.

it's this liner that made me avoid listing my 'criteria' for a guy. i'd give vague answers when people ask, what do you look for in a man?

i fear, once i say it out, i would get the exact opposite. but i am only human. of course i have my preferences in guys.

and if the above line rings true, i'll end up with a younger, vertically-challenged, humourless, non-malay boy.

how? how??

speaking of vertically-challenged, not that i have anything against them. just that it's weird to be walking beside a guy who's a few cm shorter than you. it's worse for the man, i'm sure. i'm not that tall, but i tower above most of my gfs.

let's say i'm 1.68m, a guy who's 1.7m will still look short beside me. in flats. imagine if i'm in heels! he'd have to be at least 1.75m to not look like a midget beside me.

funny thing is, a lot of the guys i date happen to be shorter than me or fall below that magical, minimum height requirement. i know, i know... physical appearances aren't important. but hey, you can't deny that first impressions count. and i've always had a thing for guys who appear more 'big brotherly' to me. someone i can look up to. in some ways, that translated to looking for someone taller.

i think there's a dire lacking of tall, single guys here. what irks me more is when i see a tall guy holding hands with a short chick. wats up with that? can you petite ladies give your gangly men for people who need these guys more, like moi? Lol.

but maybe it's the men who have a thing for the cuter, smaller girls. less intimidating perhaps? they wanna appear stronger and wanna look like they can protect their pint-sized ladies perhaps?

ah well.

recently, i did go out with this guy who was just 2cm taller than me (yes, we asked each other's heights before meeting). was an impromptu dinner, and i was wearing heels. obviously, i looked very much taller than him la. i thought he'd be put off or wouldn't wanna go out again. but surprisingly, he did ask me out for coffee again. he seems like a nice guy, funny and quite chatty. we'll see how that goes.

i'll just have to wear ballet pumps when i meet him.