Height matters when it comes to dating. Just how much it matters was thrown into sharp focus during a study conducted by Rice University in Houston, Texas, back in 2014. The study, titled “Does Height Matter? An Examination of Height Preferences in Romantic Coupling,” was conducted in two parts.

The first part saw researchers examine data from Yahoo! personal dating profiles of 455 males and 470 females throughout the U.S. What they found was that while just 13.5 percent of men specified a desire to date women shorter than they are, 48.9 percent of women only wanted to date men taller than them.

Those figures were further compounded during the second part of the study, which saw 54 male and 131 female volunteers from across the university answer an online survey. This time, 37 percent of the men quizzed wanted to date shorter women while 55 percent of the females who took part said they only date men taller than they are.

The data highlighted protection and femininity as the chief motivations for seeking a tall partner among the female respondents. But while the results of the study were conclusive enough, there are always outliers.

One such example recently came to the fore on social media, where a woman took to Mumsnet to explain that she was unsure about seeing a man she met through online dating again because of his height.

But rather than it being an issue of him being too short, according to the woman posting as Notheightest0, the problem is he is “ridiculously tall” and “really big.” She estimates he stands at around 6-foot 6—and that’s a problem for her. “I’m 5-foot 4 and I honestly feel ridiculous standing next to him,” she wrote.

Though she acknowledged they “liked each other” and want to meet up again, she’s thinking about ending it as she is “worried” about the “looks and comments” they would get due to their significant height difference.

The dilemma drew a mixed response on social media, with the post gaining more than 150 replies.

TibetanTerrah was not buying the woman’s reasoning. “I’m 5-foot 6 and dated someone who was 6-foot 5. I didn’t notice any looks or comments,” she wrote. “Are you embarrassed to be seen with him?”

Carefullycourageous went further, commenting: “I don’t want to be unkind but you are being shallow.” AnybodyAnywhere, meanwhile, insisted she would “get used to the height difference,” adding: “If he’s a nice guy then give him a chance.”

DontBuyANewMumCashmere told her to get over her height concerns. “You might be unnecessarily rejecting a lot of perfectly lovely people,” she warned. “If he’s decent and you get on well then go for it.”

IceVolcanoes said: “I just don’t think height matters…If I liked someone and found them attractive, I wouldn’t care what height he was.” Moser85, meanwhile, thought he sounded ideal, telling her: “I’ll have him if you don’t want him.”

The story comes a few months after a man divided opinion after rejecting a woman for being too short.

Newsweek has contacted Notheightest0 for comment.