Don't think I ever met anyone I felt was smarter then me, at least wisdom wise, although honestly I feel more stupid now than I ever been, my mind is not as sharp as it used to be anymore. In either case, I know I met many girls over the years who have told me directly that my intelligence scare them.
I get it, to have to trust someone else to not take advantage of you for example is no small thing. The semi irony, is that If I was to choose, I would choose myself to be the smartest in a relationship, cause I can trust myself to not take advantage, exploit or manipulate my partners, but I can not trust others to do the same, if anything my experience tell me people are so self centered, self serving, selfish, oblivious and clueless that the odds would never be in my favor. Hence too though, I would naturally understand why nobody would ever want to be with me either cause of all this.
I have a degree in electrical engineering. My fiancé has her double masters in business supply chain management and MBA. She graduated in top honors too. She’s SO MUCH smarter than I.
Much smarter than me. I'm a smartass, I'm argumentative, I like poking holes in people's stories/opinions/statements/whatever.
I want someone more cunning, more perceptive, more insightful than me.
I'm perfectly okay with the being the dumbass of the pair, I love being able to ooh and aah at a guy's intelligence (not booksmarts because to me, that's just memorizing, any idiot can do that) and that involves a certain amount of inadequacy in comparison.
I guess smarter than me, either that or around my intelligence. I think most people end up with people similarly as smart as they are since that's the people they tend to be surrounded by.
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It's more important to have a partner who is curious and open to learning rather than focus on comparing the quantity of knowledge each of you have. We all know more about some topics than others and less about some topics than others. It's not about how many degrees the person possesses. I'm able to learn something from everyone I meet. It's the openness to learn that makes a special connection.
I think my husband is pretty smart, he's a good problem solver and tends to think outside the box a lot.
I'm not so hung up on intelligence per se, but I want to be able to carry on a conversation. I'd like them to have critical thinking skills. I'd like to be willing to discuss and ponder and be open to ideas and read books and go to the library and be current in news. They don't have to have a degree or a patent in their name or whatever, but, would enjoy the mental interaction.
u doesn't really matter to me...
what I like, what I've had and what I would want is someone that is actually smart in more than one way
especially someone that's emotionally intelligent... that is always a priority to me
and with that being said, yes... a couple of my ex-girlfriends have been smarter than in some way or a few ways, and that was absolutely never any kind of issue at all
I'm indifferent.
I think that my wife and I are roughly on the same level of intelligence, and it's fine by me. I've also dared women who were way more intelligent than me, and I always admired that. Likewise, I never judged women who weren't too smart - they had other qualities.
Looks aren't everything, and intelligence is the same for me - it's not all there is to a person.
While I don't want a complete moron, I don't care how smart my partner is as long as she can function in the world in a reasonable way and hold a decent conversation.
I care more about morals, values, character, and life goals.
I’ve noticed if you partner wants you dumber than them they are insecure and might even like to manipulate a bit. Why should you care if you partner is smarter than you in healthy dynamics.
I would love someone i can learn from. I don't think it would be hard to find someone smarter than me but i do have a lot of qualifications. Im just not smart in everyday life
My partner is smarter than me, but not so much I can't really understand him.
I like it that way.
I’m always learning and enjoy a challenge. Not afraid of someone with higher intelligence than myself.
My girlfriend didn't go to college, I got a degree. So society says I'm smarter. I also will probably work for a job that pays a lot more than her job. It's an entirely different job, so the pay difference won't be based on gender.
Similar intelligence, I want to be on similar wavelengths to my partner.
I don’t care who is more intelligent between us. As long as they are in a similar boat so that we can have good talks.
I don't think I would want to be with someone who was less intelligent than me. There would be too many problems.
I want a partner (actually no), but if I ever get to want a partner, I would be looking for a mutual genuine affection.
Well, seeing as I am a man, and my partner would be a woman the chances of her being Smarter than me is zero I guess I would have to say dumber than me, only by default.
A partner of similar intelligence to me. I did once dated a girl who was way too smart for me,... but I had gotten way too jealous of her.
Doesn’t really matter, as long as they’re smart enough.
A partner of similar intelligence to me i. e. at least IQ> 120.
a fine line between both to help pick each other up and learning new things
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