How much does intelligence matter to you
...when in a relationship?
Does it irk you at all if your boyfriend/girlfriend is more intelligent or less intelligent than you?
Would you prefer someone that is on par with your own intelligence?
Would it matter at all if your partner's IQ deviated from yours?
September 16, 2012
23 Comments • Newest first
indifferent to intelligence. they dont have to be smart in the sense that they are school smart. but i could never date someone who was illogical or believed in god to the point of irrationality (which in my opinion is having god influence any decision/opinions you make/have)
they just have to be fun to be around, and easy going while not annoying me with illogical beliefs. please dont turn this into a religious debate
Yes, smart. I ask the questions in the relationship, he must answer.
@zoneflare2: oh god have fun there I gotta sleep in a few minutes for work tomorrow too. Tottally do not want.
@zoneflare2: could be. I wouldn't word it like that but yeah. Your general mood/attitude alters your "frequency" is what i've heard before. The "waves" or "swings" you emit.
High = positive, low = negative
the higher your frequency is the more positive are the people you attract - and the more people you attract in general (logically an optimistic outgoing person is much more attractive/interesting/fun to hang out with)
the lower your frequency the more negative people you attract - and the less people in general.
I also heard humans look for those that are at the same or above level. Those below them are rather unappealing - or if a connection happenst it won't be kept up, especially if the gap between them is too great.
You're probably a little above emo level (or look for yourself - what kind of people do you have around you mostly?) but far below the level you aim for.
does that make about sense? o.O
@BladeSoul69: He was both... otherwise I wouldn't know what to call those things he did/said. He had the mental level of a 12 year old it seemed like. There were times where he could be kind of mature and when he'd write poems they'd be really epicly written but other than that he seemed nowhere near intelligent.
@zoneflare2: Duuuuude. And you complain that the women ain't decent and that they lose interest later on? Of course people prefer it when you act like an idiot. It's great to have a worthless fool to entertain you for a little. But once the job is done it gets boring.
If you were to stop acting like an idiot then maybe you'd attract the right women for once <.<
Intelligent enough/not too intelligent so that we can VCR decent conversation without super awkwardness caused by a difference in intelligence
so yeah, a similar intelligence to mine but I'm not too picky
I'd want someone who's at least on par with me.. if not more intelligent.
I don't want to have to explain every single thing to them.
@zoneflare2: You are the jellyfish here ; _ ; gawd.
OT: Definitely either on my level or above. My Fiance is more intelligent than I am (that, or he's as intelligent but more disciplined ) and I enjoy it a lot.
I know how it is to have a "dumb" boyfriend (well he was booksmart kinda but very immature and would say things that you would think only a 5 year old could say/assume) and it was horrible now that I think back.
It was already kind of irritating back then but I tried to overlook it - eventually I got really tired of it though.
Intelligence + Personality matters the very most.
I honestly don't care too much so long as we can have chill conversations and she doesn't bore me when we talk. Have met a couple of girls that weren't too bright but it didn't matter at all.
On par. Maybe a bit less. I'd like to have smart conversations but not too smart where that's just all we talk about.
I have like 1200 int so... Pretty important..
Equal or smarter than me. So intelligent is important. Also he needs to have common sense... I don't think I'd last with someone who's an idiot.
As long as they aren't extremely idiotic.
I value good judgement (common sense, widsom) and the ability to hold intelligent conversations.
Well I don't like it when someone is better at me in something.
I wouldn't want to date an idiot.
I'd prefer on par with me or above, so I can have intelligent conversations with him.
Stupid people annoy me
About equal, or a bit more, would be nice.
I dont care if he would be smart or whatever, just as long as hes fun to be around.
Intelligence in a partner is extremely important to me.
I NEED to be able to have intellectual, thought-provoking conversations with my partner for it to work.
No need for a super genius girlfriend, but she needs to be up to par with my intelligence, if not smarter than I am.
As long as I can carry out intelligent conversations about whatever so happens to be of interest to me, I'm good.
They don't have to be equal with or superior to me (though that would be a plus).
Same as the first poster
I want them to be equal. It doesn't take much, so I'm not really asking for anything.
People with an IQ lower than 160 should just burn in hell.