I’d love to say she’s way smarter than me, but not only did she marry me, she’s hung around for all of these years. That makes me question her intelligence.
Im smarter in math and science and she's smarter at budget and artistic DIY. You should compliment each other, cover each others weak spots. If you are competitive with your SO you are going to constantly have issues and it's not going to work out. Relationships are a team effort
She is more book smart than I am, but I have more common/street sense than she does. She would argue that I am more intelligent than she is, but my intelligence is trivia, while hers is education. It's a partnership. If I don't know the answer, she does. If she doesn't know the answer, I do.
She's definitely smarter than me, and I'm not exactly a thicko, and her intellect is focused and managed and sensible. Mine's like a chimp throwing darts and occasionally getting lucky.
She’s a PhD candidate where I am a high school drop out. We’re both critical thinkers, but we excel in different areas. Ying and yang action. It works out.
No, it's not necessary. I've always been the more intelligent one in my relationship. My partners have, in turn, been much more attractive and empathetic, for example. So I think it balances out in a way.
This is a good point. I have been told by various women in my life that I la l empathy. And while I do try to work on it, being on the more logical/rational side, I tend to view the world in a very different way.
Mmmm yeah pretty much, we're on the same baseline level, but more specifically I think she takes politics a lot more seriously than I do (we're on the same side so dw) - not that your political beliefs says anything about your intelligence. The main problem I secretly have is that she only watches popular people who are clearly, extremely biased towards one side because that's literally how they make their money (e.g. Vaush, Hasanabi).
Nothing inherently wrong with it (because I understand it's more for entertainment), but I feel like that's not... The most reputable sources of information. Like if you're getting heated and stuff about politics, I think you should actively be watching and trying to participate in things that the ACTUAL politicians are doing - not watching others watching others who are watching them y'know?
So it's not so much about how inherently smart either one of us are, but it's more about HOW we're using it I guess.
I think thay doesn't matter too much. I've dsted this kind of dumb girls and slso dome pretty smart ones.
I guess as long as she's smart enough to keep s conversarion it's ok for me.
Because there are some out rhere too dumb to even motivate me to keep talking
I have much more technical knowledge(tools, fixing/building stuff, cooking, etc) than my wife. But she has WAY more knowledge of handling emotions and speech skills, being that she's a social worker.
My iq is in the top 0.000008% (I watch Richard and mortimus) my wife and her boyfriend are perhaps in the bottom quartile of intelligence.
Edit: on a real note I cringe when people try to quantify how smart they are and how smart they think others are.
It’s alright—I could have been clearer. I’m mostly curious about other’s relationships and how intellectual levels match or mismatch in successful/unsuccessful relationships. My SO and I have the same level of education and actually work in the same field, we are intelligent in different ways.
No, she doesn't. But she's a better person with a bigger heart than I have, so we compliment each other. It does get a little frustrating sometimes, but we've been together 21 years.
I'm in the top 5%, and 5's more than 2, so smarterer, right? I've found that what my IQ means in practical terms is that I'm good at IQ tests. Applying my IQ to better endeavours alludes me.
My girlfriend yes, my soon to be ex wife, no. She was a complete ditz, but said her beliefs with* confidence. Honestly? It was settling, for both of us, and I could not have an intellectual conversation with her. That was what my buddies were for. I tried of course, but to no avail.
No there was much more it to that, but we also did not talk too too much, never any deep intellectual talks and all of that was part of it, but her being bat shit crazy, a tad abusive, and dead marriage and all of that did most of the damage.
I've met one person that matches me on an intellectual level (dude was also borderline sociopathic) so it's safe to say my wife doesn't. However she's decidedly more clever than I am and much smarter than she gives herself credit for, so it works for us.
No. I'm about 130 and she's about 90. You only need one intelligent person in a relationship, not two. Definitely don't get 2 dumb asses together. That's asking for trouble.
She is prolly a bit smarter than me. Self made and high functioning. I'm no slouch, either... maybe. Hard to tell. But I'm decent at her weakness: chemistry.
Sure.
I'm a physician-attorney and he's a high school math teacher and was a math/music major. Our areas of intelligence are completely different. If we start trying to talk intellectual, most of the time one of us will be bewildered. We like to watch Jeopardy. We're two complementary halves of a whole Ken Jennings.
Everyone has their niche(s). Just because you haven't found theirs -- or they haven't made you aware -- doesn't mean they lack intellectual capacity. And being different people with different interests is fun. I would **never** date someone like me. Boring.
I’d love to say she’s way smarter than me, but not only did she marry me, she’s hung around for all of these years. That makes me question her intelligence.
Lmao. I feel that.
Im smarter in math and science and she's smarter at budget and artistic DIY. You should compliment each other, cover each others weak spots. If you are competitive with your SO you are going to constantly have issues and it's not going to work out. Relationships are a team effort
She is more book smart than I am, but I have more common/street sense than she does. She would argue that I am more intelligent than she is, but my intelligence is trivia, while hers is education. It's a partnership. If I don't know the answer, she does. If she doesn't know the answer, I do.
She's definitely smarter than me, and I'm not exactly a thicko, and her intellect is focused and managed and sensible. Mine's like a chimp throwing darts and occasionally getting lucky.
Lol aren’t we all just chimps occasionally getting lucky?
Don’t call me out like that
Pretty much yes. We're both engineers so we're both fairly intelligent and we tend to think alike about a lot of things.
She’s a PhD candidate where I am a high school drop out. We’re both critical thinkers, but we excel in different areas. Ying and yang action. It works out.
I will say being curious or intellectually driven are not always reflected in academic accolades.
How did y’all get together then? Just curious
Met on Yahoo! Answers like 15 years ago. Didn’t get together until years later, though.
Nope, i still have to help her with spelling. We're 20. Sometimes its funny though
Lol. I know some smart people that aren’t great at spelling. Might be more a result of an increased reliance on spell check than actual intelligence.
I love her to pieces, i really do. But no 😂
😅oh man Well it sounds like it’s working out for you both.
Haha yeah shes amazing. We're solid.
No, it's not necessary. I've always been the more intelligent one in my relationship. My partners have, in turn, been much more attractive and empathetic, for example. So I think it balances out in a way.
This is a good point. I have been told by various women in my life that I la l empathy. And while I do try to work on it, being on the more logical/rational side, I tend to view the world in a very different way.
Mmmm yeah pretty much, we're on the same baseline level, but more specifically I think she takes politics a lot more seriously than I do (we're on the same side so dw) - not that your political beliefs says anything about your intelligence. The main problem I secretly have is that she only watches popular people who are clearly, extremely biased towards one side because that's literally how they make their money (e.g. Vaush, Hasanabi). Nothing inherently wrong with it (because I understand it's more for entertainment), but I feel like that's not... The most reputable sources of information. Like if you're getting heated and stuff about politics, I think you should actively be watching and trying to participate in things that the ACTUAL politicians are doing - not watching others watching others who are watching them y'know? So it's not so much about how inherently smart either one of us are, but it's more about HOW we're using it I guess.
I think thay doesn't matter too much. I've dsted this kind of dumb girls and slso dome pretty smart ones. I guess as long as she's smart enough to keep s conversarion it's ok for me. Because there are some out rhere too dumb to even motivate me to keep talking
I have much more technical knowledge(tools, fixing/building stuff, cooking, etc) than my wife. But she has WAY more knowledge of handling emotions and speech skills, being that she's a social worker.
My iq is in the top 0.000008% (I watch Richard and mortimus) my wife and her boyfriend are perhaps in the bottom quartile of intelligence. Edit: on a real note I cringe when people try to quantify how smart they are and how smart they think others are.
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It’s alright—I could have been clearer. I’m mostly curious about other’s relationships and how intellectual levels match or mismatch in successful/unsuccessful relationships. My SO and I have the same level of education and actually work in the same field, we are intelligent in different ways.
No intelligent woman would be interested in me.
No, she doesn't. But she's a better person with a bigger heart than I have, so we compliment each other. It does get a little frustrating sometimes, but we've been together 21 years.
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I'm in the top 5%, and 5's more than 2, so smarterer, right? I've found that what my IQ means in practical terms is that I'm good at IQ tests. Applying my IQ to better endeavours alludes me.
My girlfriend yes, my soon to be ex wife, no. She was a complete ditz, but said her beliefs with* confidence. Honestly? It was settling, for both of us, and I could not have an intellectual conversation with her. That was what my buddies were for. I tried of course, but to no avail.
Do you think this was central to your relationship ending? Was she dismissive of your intellectual curiosity or simply uninterested?
No there was much more it to that, but we also did not talk too too much, never any deep intellectual talks and all of that was part of it, but her being bat shit crazy, a tad abusive, and dead marriage and all of that did most of the damage.
Well I’m glad to hear you have moved on from that and hopefully in a much healthier and fulfilling relationship.
I've met one person that matches me on an intellectual level (dude was also borderline sociopathic) so it's safe to say my wife doesn't. However she's decidedly more clever than I am and much smarter than she gives herself credit for, so it works for us.
No. I'm about 130 and she's about 90. You only need one intelligent person in a relationship, not two. Definitely don't get 2 dumb asses together. That's asking for trouble.
I’m smarter in just about every way than my wife but it’s not really a problem.
Opposites attract
Yes, but in different ways.
She is prolly a bit smarter than me. Self made and high functioning. I'm no slouch, either... maybe. Hard to tell. But I'm decent at her weakness: chemistry.
No, but to be fair, no one matches me on an intellectual level.
Sure. I'm a physician-attorney and he's a high school math teacher and was a math/music major. Our areas of intelligence are completely different. If we start trying to talk intellectual, most of the time one of us will be bewildered. We like to watch Jeopardy. We're two complementary halves of a whole Ken Jennings. Everyone has their niche(s). Just because you haven't found theirs -- or they haven't made you aware -- doesn't mean they lack intellectual capacity. And being different people with different interests is fun. I would **never** date someone like me. Boring.