Among my girls that I meet, there are some that I'm very attracted to both physically and in other ways (similar interests, funny/bright personalities). However, being shorter and maybe because of differences in culture/background, I feel like those girls are out of reach from a dating perspective.

It's not that I'm putting them on a pedestal or that I don't know how to interact with them. Some are friends, even close friends, but I know that I don't match their criteria for dating. Of course, the more attractive someone is, the more options they would have for dating and it feels impossible to outcompete other guys that are better looking, wildly rich (I live in NYC), etc.

Wondering if other guys feel like this and how you deal with the happiness of certain girls being "unattainable," for lack of a better word. Basically of not being a fit for the people that you want to date. I have other girls interested in me, but I feel like this is impacting my ability to date in a healthy way, because I keep looking in the other direction at people who I would want to date.