I’ve become rather pleased with my height, I’ve been around 6’ 1” since starting college so I’m officially several inches above the average height for a dude. In my everyday surroundings I frequently seem to tower over most people I know both in my close friends/family circle and with others in my surroundings. Being taller is easier on body composition and leaves a pretty good first impression in the workforce. But in my futile attempts bonding with members of the opposite gender, I am quite pessimistic because most women thus far have put me at a distance. My anxious, self-esteem lacking mind often reinforces that women form friendships based on superficial traits, like those who are the most popular and highest social-ranking men with washboard abs and in the case for this thread, those who are even taller.

What do you think? Is a person’s height a real determination of a solid first impression in romance and other aspects of life? Or is it just a superficial trait?