He should focus on controlling the controllable s.
Talking about shooting yourself in the foot...At some point we were dancing with the girls and he said to one of them "if I was taller I would ask you out"
Unless/until he chooses to take off the victim mentality glasses that he experiences life through, he will remain perpetually stuck and unable to clearly see/understand how significantly their constricted perspective affect him and his life.His biggest problem isn't being short, his problem is that he has a victim mentality.
It doesn't matter how good-looking you are, how romantic you are, how funny you are... or anything else. If she doesn't have something INVESTED in you and the relationship, preferably quite a LOT invested, she'll dump you, without even the slightest hesitation, as soon as someone a little more "interesting" comes along.
Quote taken from The SoSuave Guide to Women and Dating, which you can read for FREE.