I have a bacherlors degree and he has a PhD does that mean I'm not smart enough for him?

[Anonymous]

[RavVid]

Look you have a bachelors so you are smart. For myself I don't care what level of education a girl has. She can be quite ignorant. BUT I wan't her to be interested. Interested in what I am interested in and in stuff she is interested which I in turn I will be interested in.

I was having this random convo with a girl at a cafe. And somehow a trip I made to some gold fields came up and I described it enthusiastically. She asked me what did your girlfriend think? I said oh she didn't get out of the car.

"Why wouldn't you be interested in what you partner is interested in?" she asked rhetorically. I knew why I was dissatisfied then.

I don't find academic achievements correlates that well with interest. Girls that didn't complete high school can be more willing to be interested and to discuss then girls who went to uni.

Probably a PHD will want you to be interested I am thinking.

[ShadezMcgee]

A piece of paper you drop a metric ton of money for is not the definitive factor for one's intelligence. You just pay to flex on others and have additional letters at the end of your title on your CV.

Honestly, I have sat with some PhD holders who have said some VERY stupid shit.

[Asker]

I can hold intersting conversations but maybe not about engineering like what he is doing

[annabananna]

My husband has a phd and I only have a bachelors. If you’re compatible than a different level of education shouldn’t matter. Also, just because you don’t have a phd doesn’t mean you couldn’t get one if you wanted.

[Daniela1982]

So how does having a Pretty Huge Dick make him any better than you?

[Jacob147]

The most intelligent people are the logician personality type. From my own experience we tend to get locked in our minds thinking of things like inventions and details of things we are interested in, and truth be told its tiring. Being around someone that can crack jokes and laugh can keep us out of it. A girl doesn't have to be smarter than me, even if I was retarded I wouldn't care if she was smarter than me or not, just means wed both have more fun. Even if this is about success, in my opinion at the end of the day. Success isn't where you are at in society. Success is how happy you are with what you do and how you think of yourself and your situation. If you do horrible things to get where you are and you aren't happy enough to enjoy it, then you aren't successful.

[MTC29]

Nothing like that all. I have a Master of Engineering degree and had a long relationship with a lady who was a retired New York City bus driver with a GED. As a city employee, she had ample time to read newspapers and magazines, and was amazingly knowledgeable about foreign affairs, as well as a wide variety of other subjects.

A nice lady, and lots of fun. Her bus driving stories ranged from hilarious to downright terrifying.

[MrOracle]

No. Men largely don't care about a woman's education (FORMAL education, specifically) - he just wants her to be able to hold conversations with him. You can do that without a graduate degree - hell, you can do that with a GED and a bit of effort on your own too. We like it when women are intelligent, but today, you can EDUCATE yourself with books and the Internet. College degrees are to impress corporations for job positions, not to impress partners for relationships.

[Ahmed-Fahmy]

no educational degree is irrelevant to how smart a person is , it could mean he works harder , or he likes studying and researches more , or studied in a field that he is more interested in , but it doesn't necessarily means he is smarter, he could be smarter though but not because he has a PhD , however there must be something that made you ask that question

[hahahmm]

Straight men don't really care if you have a degree or not. But obviously if you both are in the same social circles/spend a lot of time around each other it's more likely you get together. That's the main reason why people with similar education levels get together.

[Fireguy17]

No, not at all.
Just because you have a degree doesn't make you smart.
He may not have any real life skills.
Some people can tell you everything about a broom, how it was engendered, the history of brooms, the chemical make up, but have no clue how to use one.

[exitseven]

There are plenty of people that have PhDs that are not very bright. There are plenty of diploma mills that will get you a PhD without much effort. And then we have Jill Biden. She has one too.

[loveslongnails]

PhD stands for "piled higher and deeper". Depending what his PhD is in, it only means he studied something a lot longer. Do you have any reason to think you're NOT smart enough for him?

[Guy__]

Progessive head death

[Guy__]

I think her asking this question is already a result from too much schooling.

[loveslongnails]

@Guy__ Possibly. Some Phd's are quite brilliant, but primarily in their fields. I think she's feeling a bit intimidated, and that's wrong.

[Asker]

Yes just intimidated by his education. Im not stupid but not insane smart like he is. I do marketing haha

[Guy__]

That's ok for most guys. Maybe he cares, ask him.

[Guy__]

There's a different level of intelligence that always matters, such as your worldview and values.

[Asker]

@Guy__ he isn't much of a looker but has a great personality and has been single for a long time. I haven't asked him out cause I'm scared he might look down on me

[loveslongnails]

Does it matter if he rejects you because HE thinks he's superior? LOL. If he does, he's not the guy for you, so your "fear" is totally unwarranted. You have absolutely nothing to lose here. Ask him and get your answer so you can move forward.

[Asker]

Thank you yes I'll ask to hangout with him

[ImJustSomeGuyLol]

Actually no, I don't think men care about women's qualifications.
We don't gauge a woman's intelligence based on qualifications, not all intelligent people take a formal education path.

[andreasderjuengere]

What are you two DOING with your 'degrees'?
Smartness -to me- is shown in our actions; not so much in the titles we collect.

[Asker]

I'm doing marketing right now

[andreasderjuengere]

Sorry - my reply must have been worded in an unclear way :) I was rather thinking about what we raise, achieve, move, model etc. in our lives.
Example: one of my former classmates has made it to ''Professor''. And he's the same most boring and uninspiring person that he already was during 'school-time''; I'm not trying to belittle his ''intelligence''... only his ''smartness'' :D
One other example: Stephen Hawking had been assumed to be hyper-intelligent - but he wasted his life time effort on i. e. cosmology, instead of researching a ''cure'' for his disease; I find that... ''un-smart'' :D

[TheFlak38]

Women will never understand that men don't give a fuck about such things. They will always be obsessed with it trying to become themselves cute men and compete just because the toxic subculture commands them to be like that.

[Texaskid1]

phD = pile higher and deeper. All it means is that they specialized in a very specific field. I have met many phD's in my life. Yes, they were smart in their fields but outside of that they were lost.

[Anonymous]

Multiple professors told me they married people who didn't finish high school, and their relationships are fine.

[Asker]

Oh wow that's alright then I feel intimidated by this guy although he isn't a looker but has a fab personality which I like

[Opinion Owner]

It's unlikely he'll look down on you for that... and if he does, he's not the one for you. The sooner you find out the better. Since he has a good personality he probably isn't that shallow.

[SaartjieJane]

Means nothing and if you think it does then I don't know what to tell you…

[bamesjond0069]

Most men dont give a shit about that. A waitress probably has a shot with him too.

This is coming from a man with 2 BS and 1 BA i mostly date girls with no degrees.

[HighValue]

A degree doesn't make someone smart. Many stupid people have degrees.

[jshm2]

Nope. It means little, as long as you're both on a level.

[NYCQuestions1976]

As long as you can hold a conversation and have a sense of humor you'll be just fine.

[Asker]

I should be OK then 🤣🤣

[NYCQuestions1976]

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

You have a degree and ask a question this stupid? Where'd you get that degree? A packet of Cheerio's?

[Zenit93]

Men generally don't care. Although a PhD likely works in academia, and in that case, he might place a lot of value on academic credentials.

[PatriceONeal]

I keep having to repeat this but. Men don't care about your education or careers ladies. We just don't.

[Intothevoid666]

No no no stop. A lot of guys don’t care about ur education like that I promise

[one1wild00]

You are both college educated, the level shouldn't matter.

[Jmmmfi4]

We don't care about what comes out of a girls mouth only what we can put in it

[Asker]

🤣🤣🤣

[msc545]

It probably makes no difference, but ask him, not us.

[humanearth]

No just means, both of can make more money then me

[FilmGuy93]

That is not what that means, no.

[Pterodon]

It means you’re not smart enough for me

[Asker]

🤣🤣😋

[Wise4myage]

Ask him. If its true, than that's really dumb.

[Staximus]

Degrees have nothing to do with how smart you are

[BillyBalls]

Smart and educated are two different things.

[Guy13]

That’s silly…

[Guy13]

I know some very bright people (MIT)…One who is basically.. brilliantly homeless. I know some C/D students that have donated buildings… Achievements are paramount whereas Aptitude is not necessarily a determinant of Standards. There’s both qualitative and quantitive elements to life.

[baserunner611]

No. Way. !!!