Amy's response,
according to the person who posted this on Reddit:
Someone call 911, Amy just lit this man on fire.
The dude is picky and judgmental about women's physical appearances--then worries that they might be rejecting him due to his own physical appearance? LOL.
There are women his age out there who have never had kids, and who are health- and fitness oriented. There are women his age out there who have had kids, but still stay in shape. But in both cases, he's competing for their attention with taller men, including ones who are also good-looking and have the rest of their life in order.
And while some women are perfectly fine with dating a short guy, short men seeking the most desirable women are like fat chicks trying to land that 6'2" swolebro. It's not impossible, but it is highly improbable. And that's why he's getting the tired, overweight, out-of-shape single moms, who can't get higher-status (which includes taller) men, and are thus more receptive to a short guy (especially if he's otherwise good-looking and generally seems to have his act together).
And there are plenty of younger women who are not covered in tattoos and/or into partying, but my guess is he doesn't even notice them because he lacks the imagination to figure out where to meet younger women besides clubs--it's as if there's no other places they might be. But even if he did figure it out, he's still only 5'6", and still competing against taller men--both in their age group, as well as other older men who are also "going younger." Pursuing younger women is not a solution for a man who can't manage to attract the more desirable women within his own age group; young women have too many better options, and they're still going to go for taller men, everything else being equal.
That he's 39 years old and has got himself into a position where he believes he has no options, despite being "
very handsome" and supposedly having a great personality tells me this: he's overestimating his value on the dating market; he's way too fucking picky; and he needs to seriously revise his expectations.
