Does it ever work if a very intelligent person goes out with person of average intelligence?
or do brainy people or professionals usually go out wtih like minded people.From experience i have never known a layer to go out with a shop assistant for example, not that theres anything wrong with working in a shop. Has anyone found this to be true or ever experienced being dumped for being too stupid? Cheers
Answer:
Opposites attract dear!!
I saw a good documentary once saying that relationships have more chance of longevity if the individuals are matched in intelligence. But i also think it has a lot to do with morals and social upbringing. and if you want or believe in the same things. Anyway who knows what Steven Hawkins wife does for a living a...? Maybe she works in M & S.
It won't work.. An intelligent guy would look for a smart girl and vice-versa.
Practically anything is possible, besides if I waited to find a woman with half a brain I would still be a virgin! I like all people until they give me a reason not to, I prefer an intellectual conversation now and then but it is not a prerequisite to having a relationship.
I have a hard time getting dates because my mother has told everyone in town that I'm really smart. I don't think I'm all that smart but she has them convinced. I have to look elsewhere and it's rough because I live on an island and I don't want to have to fly out of town every time I want to see someone. I have never dumped anyone for being stupid. I have never had a problem with anyone's intelligence, whether high or low. It seems to mostly be a problem at the beginning of a relationship. It's tough getting started when you don't have common interests. As long as the genius likes sports or something, there shouldn't be a problem.
Steven Hawkings wife used to be his nurse. Not his academic equal but intelligent and well educated nonetheless.
1/2 of all marriages fail so at best I can say maybe. I think that it really depends on what the person does for fun in their free time like going to church, water sport, clubbing at a hot college stop. Go to visit their family in the south or going to parties where every wears a suit eat crackers/cheese/wine.
I don't see why not. Just because someone is not academical clever does not mean they have nothing to offer in a relationship They usually have plenty of common sense
it can work out really well if the two people have a lot in common. however its kind of my experience that its easier if you're both in the same range of intelligence. If you go out with someone cleverer than you may get jealous and if you go out with someone who you think isnt as clever as you, it could annoy you especially if that person gets jealous of you.
But theres more to life than intelligence. If someone acts stupid it doesnt always mean they are.
xx
Opposites often attract and i can confirm it happens all over the world. Just look at those very rich and powerful men/women who marry models or athletes who are not renowned for their intellect. However, this `attraction' has its limits; what intelligent people do not like are really stupid, dishonest or bigoted people.
My wife and I are opposites - she from a working class family and not well read, and me from a more professional family with a higher educational standard. However, she is not stupid or unintelligent just does not enjoy reading and cannot sit through examinations.
Intelligence is often mistaken for ability, what I mean is, if you brought together a group of people with high I.Q.s such as Physicist, Surgeons, Lawyers, Doctors. And placed them on a desert Island along with a guy who likes sailing and the rough outdoors. Who would you team up with to get you off the Island? I know who I'd go with! So intelligence is only use full when it is used in it's applied field. Aboriginals in Australia can survive quite happily in desert environments so harsh it would kill the group I've mentioned in a couple of days! So their I.Q.'s would be useless to them in that environment. It just goes to show how do you really judge intelligence? Have a good day.
There is no confirmatory evidence that opposites do actually attract and there is high evidence that people will be with like minded people, in terms of status, attractiveness and intelligence. People won't consciously be dumping people for their intelligence but they wont be as compatible as same intelligence levels. However, there are cases that relationships will work it is all dependant on what is most attractive to the individual.
Nothing to do with relationships, no one is better than the next we are all equall in this world and the next.
The key factor is the attitude of BOTH of the people involved. If the smarter one is judgmental or condescending, it won't work. If the less intelligent person is self-conscious or feels bad about it, it won't work. However, if both parties are happy, unashamed and confident, there won't be a problem.
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Answer:
Opposites attract dear!!
I saw a good documentary once saying that relationships have more chance of longevity if the individuals are matched in intelligence. But i also think it has a lot to do with morals and social upbringing. and if you want or believe in the same things. Anyway who knows what Steven Hawkins wife does for a living a...? Maybe she works in M & S.
It won't work.. An intelligent guy would look for a smart girl and vice-versa.
Practically anything is possible, besides if I waited to find a woman with half a brain I would still be a virgin! I like all people until they give me a reason not to, I prefer an intellectual conversation now and then but it is not a prerequisite to having a relationship.
I have a hard time getting dates because my mother has told everyone in town that I'm really smart. I don't think I'm all that smart but she has them convinced. I have to look elsewhere and it's rough because I live on an island and I don't want to have to fly out of town every time I want to see someone. I have never dumped anyone for being stupid. I have never had a problem with anyone's intelligence, whether high or low. It seems to mostly be a problem at the beginning of a relationship. It's tough getting started when you don't have common interests. As long as the genius likes sports or something, there shouldn't be a problem.
Steven Hawkings wife used to be his nurse. Not his academic equal but intelligent and well educated nonetheless.
1/2 of all marriages fail so at best I can say maybe. I think that it really depends on what the person does for fun in their free time like going to church, water sport, clubbing at a hot college stop. Go to visit their family in the south or going to parties where every wears a suit eat crackers/cheese/wine.
I don't see why not. Just because someone is not academical clever does not mean they have nothing to offer in a relationship They usually have plenty of common sense
it can work out really well if the two people have a lot in common. however its kind of my experience that its easier if you're both in the same range of intelligence. If you go out with someone cleverer than you may get jealous and if you go out with someone who you think isnt as clever as you, it could annoy you especially if that person gets jealous of you.
But theres more to life than intelligence. If someone acts stupid it doesnt always mean they are.
xx
Opposites often attract and i can confirm it happens all over the world. Just look at those very rich and powerful men/women who marry models or athletes who are not renowned for their intellect. However, this `attraction' has its limits; what intelligent people do not like are really stupid, dishonest or bigoted people.
My wife and I are opposites - she from a working class family and not well read, and me from a more professional family with a higher educational standard. However, she is not stupid or unintelligent just does not enjoy reading and cannot sit through examinations.
Intelligence is often mistaken for ability, what I mean is, if you brought together a group of people with high I.Q.s such as Physicist, Surgeons, Lawyers, Doctors. And placed them on a desert Island along with a guy who likes sailing and the rough outdoors. Who would you team up with to get you off the Island? I know who I'd go with! So intelligence is only use full when it is used in it's applied field. Aboriginals in Australia can survive quite happily in desert environments so harsh it would kill the group I've mentioned in a couple of days! So their I.Q.'s would be useless to them in that environment. It just goes to show how do you really judge intelligence? Have a good day.
There is no confirmatory evidence that opposites do actually attract and there is high evidence that people will be with like minded people, in terms of status, attractiveness and intelligence. People won't consciously be dumping people for their intelligence but they wont be as compatible as same intelligence levels. However, there are cases that relationships will work it is all dependant on what is most attractive to the individual.
Nothing to do with relationships, no one is better than the next we are all equall in this world and the next.
The key factor is the attitude of BOTH of the people involved. If the smarter one is judgmental or condescending, it won't work. If the less intelligent person is self-conscious or feels bad about it, it won't work. However, if both parties are happy, unashamed and confident, there won't be a problem.
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