Also to the tall person that isn't the ratio of height of a child. They've most likely been that height since they were a teenager and think of the height of a child as the height that children are. Sure it may be waist height instead of chest height, but that's how tall kids are to them. It's not like you're 25 and have been dating around for a while and suddenly grew 6 inches and are uncomfortable because women in your dating pool are suddenly a proportional height you associate with children.

This is also amusing to me as a tall woman who prefers older women and keeps getting short ones.