Who's with me?

[Jagster]

Does anyone think that their shorter friends are only your friend because they think you'll protect them from people that are bigger than them?

Hopefully this makes it clearer:

Tall person is friends with short person. Short person feels protected by hanging around Tall Person. Tall person #2 bullies Short person. You(Tall Person) protect Short Person.

Make sense?

[MacMilker]

Well I think thats a rather inaccurate stereotype.
You should Know if someones using you from the start, if you don't you're pretty blind.

[Jagster]

Christian, it's not meant in a stereotype way. Some people do this kind of thing on me.

[Blood]

Well yes, this is true in some circumstances. A short person may hang out with a taller person to feel safer. And others just hang out with them because they're friends.

Like me. I hang out with about 3 guys that are around 6 feet tall. I don't hang out with them to feel safe, but because we're friends.

And if they do that to you, common sense would say to stop hanging out with them if it's bothering you this much.

[Aves]

It's not a rule of thumb, no. But I know that my best friend (who's 6'5") would protect me if someone bigger than me was trying to beat me up. And it doesn't have to be someone bigger than you that's beating you up. And your friend doesn't have to be bigger than you either. Height doesn't change what friends will do for you.

[Perseus]

I'm not a tool. My short friends aren't my friend because I can protect them.

[ShatteredWings]

Wow really?

No. when i'm with guys they're usually taller than me because i'm not very tall, not because i'm looking for 'protection' i'm a strong little bastard thankyakindly.

there are more taller people than short, so obviouslly shorties are gonna have taller friends.

Duh?

[Kaius]

I wouldn't say that, no. Everyone is a different height and more often than not you're gonna have friends that are shorter than you. It doesn't necessarily mean they're just with you for protection.

[Nevfx]

Nah, I doubt it. All my mates are smaller than me, so I hope no anyway XD

[Giles]

No, not at all.
I'm one of the tallest out of my friends and I don't think that the smaller people hang around with me/us to feel safer. Personally I think that's ridiculous, at least for me/my friends.

[disassociation2016]

Considering I hang out with mostly people that are taller, and usually larger then me... Possibly, but it could be just because they are cool. =|

[Mzor203]

As a short person, all I have to say is...

Uhh.... what? Just because I'm short doesn't mean I get bullied or anything. And if I do it's only in jest, of course.

I don't choose my friends based on height. There's many other ways to resolve issues than getting a friend to protect you.