If there a genuinely good person, i dont see an issue.

Heh, did not see a post from you that I interpreted that way, and I am occasionally known to be a bit cranky. Just been a few random digs here and there. I mean, 'tis a silly, entertaining topic - as are most "dating" topics.

Been there, done that. It's never as fun to date someone less intelligent than you as it is to date someone as intelligent or smarter.

Many of my past relationships have ended because I got bored with the girl and began trolling, not really caring if we broke up.

Since, I've realized that this is a cruel and unhealthy attitude, and I try to not enter into relationships with those less intelligent than myself.

I confess I was a social gathering once and everyone was going on and on about the "pace car". I could hear them from the next room, where I was nursing my daughter. I walked in the room with the baby ( I was done, thankyouverymuch) and saw that NASCAR was on. There was a Tide car. There was a Castrol GTX car. There was a Penzoil car.
I said, "Oh, Pace Picante sauce has a car now too?"
I don't watch NASCAR. I never watched it growing up.
ALL the guys (including my husband) and a few girls just burst out laughing. I'm just standing there confused, and it is explained to me the pace car begins the race.

Intelligence is relative to the situation. I am terrible at trying to repair broken plumbing, or automotive work, the hubs is equally horrible at sewing or gardening. I literally have to mark out boundaries where he and the kids shouldn't mow or dump lawn clippings. I do the weeding, or he pulls up everything. So when someone says they don't find another person intelligent, I begin (like Third Eye) to think that they do not share intrests or communicate well.

Of course. Arrogance and filthyness are my only nono′s

Tried it; it lasted 1.5 months.

Of course that was.....23 years ago LOL

Can't date anymore anyway, so no, I wouldn't :nope:

There's a great episode of Third Rock from the Sun where Tommy dates a stupid girl, and she drives him utterly mad in just a few days.

My husband knows a few men who married women of considerably less intelligence than themselves, and they all seem fairly unhappy. "What do you talk about?" he asked. "We don't," they reply, before admitting they spend all their time in the pub or working late to avoid their wives. I think that's pretty tragic. I don't know any women who married men with less intelligence than themselves, so can't say how that works out.

Since it's all relative, there isn't really scope for a superiority complex. I mean, if both people have an IQ of 90, they'll probably be quite happy with each other.

I've always tended to date men much cleverer than I am, because I personally find it a turn-on. I love bouncing ideas off my husband, and since we share a lot of hobbies and interests we can have in-depth discussions about all of it. We can sit down and watch a film together and then dissect it for hours afterwards, talking about hidden subtexts and production trivia, since we both like to find out as much as possible about the things we enjoy. We like similar music, games and TV shows, so there's always plenty to discuss.

He has the speed of mind to connect the dots quickly - he's one of the brightest people I know, and I know some very bright people - but I have skills and abilities that he doesn't, so he'll often ask for my advice and input on things. Much as he teases me if I'm slower than him at working out a movie plot twist, he does admit that he's "glad (he) didn't marry someone stupid".

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I was first attracted to my wife because of her wit and intelligence. I'm by no means "elite" in any sense of the word, but I recognized something that I enjoyed: good conversation, similar tastes (and some cool dissimilar ones) and some awesome jokes. The thing about a relationship is what once you've passed the phase where you are out all the time things can go terribly downhill if you have no conversation to fall back on. You won't ever reach a point where you never spend time going out and doing things together (unless you're a lazy no-good!) but if you are aiming for any long-term sort of relationship it's necessary to take into account whether you can still enjoy each other if you are just sitting around, having a conversation in your house, or just swapping jokes over dinner. For me it was always: If I can't, then I won't. Every long-term relationship I've had (I consider 1 year+ to be long-term in my own life) lasted because of some commonalities and the ability to enjoy each other even when we were doing absolutely nothing, which is more often than I would have ever thought since I'm not the type to go blow all of my cash each week in a constant need to be doing something with my time.

That's a tough one.

Depends on what her personality was like and such.

I have little patience for stupidity, and would be unable to stay in a relationship like that. Luckily, the women I've dated have all been at least fairly intelligent.

No offence to anyone, but I think that the majority of people on this forum would lose the ability to speak, let alone think, if a pretty girl of any intelligence chose to speak to them at all. :wub:

If she were really hot, I'd still date her.

Because the average person on this forum is a shut in geek that can't function in real life. Damn, I forgot.

Depends on what kind of stupid. if she gets bad grades at school and all that jive i couldn't care less, but if she's just literally childish then, well... maybe out of pity (and i'm damn sure i'd end up regretting this.)

I didnt get the memo either! Crap! I better cancel tonight's plans and dump my girl friend because, being a member of the forums, I'm not allowed to properly interact with other people. Thanks for reminding me bro

I'm in the minority then. There are some days when my wife will actually speak to me...and I do talk back.

But you are correct....sometimes I don't know what to think....

I am in the same boat. I have yet to master my wifes mute button

I have found my wife's mute button...but it's not the kind of silence that a man might consider golden.