An ongoing study is making a case for tall lady/short fella couplings. The new research out of NYU and the University of Michigan suggests that tying the knot with a man who’s shorter than you could potentially mean greater longterm relationship success.
Still in its preliminary stages, the study — conducted by sociologist Dalton Conley and Ph.D candidate Abigail Weitzman (both of NYU) — used research from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (University of Michigan) to observe how a man’s height might affect the way he behaves in relationships. What they found is that, while shorter men (classified as 5’7 and under) were less likely to get married overall (marrying at a rate 18% lower than average or tall men), they were also — if married — less likely to divorce. The short men in the study divorced 32% less frequently than men who were average-to-tall. There’s a catch, though: According to Weitzman, this could be because women dating shorter men are more likely to break things off before getting married. (We’ll call it a “pre-divorce.”)
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