Intelligence and dating.

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My bestest relationships were with academically successful women, who never actually applied themselves to a career... However, the smoothest running of those relationships, were with women also with an astrological compatibility.

Intelligence compatibility is only part of the spousal characteristics check list

I'm kind of snob unfortunately. I just have no interest in dating someone who isn't intelligent. They don't necessarily have to be as intelligent as me, but they do have to be smart. And they have to be curious--I'm not interested in people who are smart but lazy and don't care to learn. That applies to friends too. I'm just not interested in people who can't hold an intelligent conversation.

I really don't know if I'd like to date someone more intelligent than me. That is because I've yet to meet someone who I know for certain is more intelligent than me (well, I have one friend who may be, but I still tend to do better than him in school because I'm a harder worker). That sounds arrogant, I know, but it's true.

I think what would be my ideal would be someone who has the same intelligence as me, but different areas of knowledge so we could still learn from each other. However, that isn't actually necessary--it would just be nice.

I tend to be more attracted to girls who most others would consider unintelligent. I find ditsyness & what others call stupidity, retorted ect to be pretty funny & cute sometimes; I do NOT think of em as stupid. The most education I have is a high-school diploma & I never had any desire what so ever to go to college because I've had lots & lots of problems with school due to my dyslexia, my low vision & other things. Some thought I was mentally retorted. I'm defiantly extremely far from what most would consider smart. An intelligent partner would think I'm retorted & I probably would have problems understanding what she's talking about. BTW I think Family Guy is hilarious & that show is extremely stupid

Intelligence is a must. I'm a sapiosexual

It's more important to me that they're kind, and not mean to me.

Not being very (conventionally) clever myself, I am a great admirer of intelligent people. But I don't like the kind of intelligent people who jeer at others for not knowing something.

We all have things we're good at. While it's nice to have things in common, people can also complement each other with their strong/weak points, and help each other out.

In an ideal world, I'd prefer a guy that is as naturally curious as me and who is intelligent in a different way than I am.

While someone near my own intellect would be ideal, relative intelligence is just one factor. Certain personality traits are far more important.

I guess I'd go for someone who is a little less intelligent than me. Someone who is more intelligent would be too hard to live with. I probably wouldn't be able to live up to their communication expectations anyway. I could never imagine myself being with a woman who either runs a business or has some high end job (solicitor, banker, manager, etc).

Then again, I can't stand those who are so unintelligent that all they can talk about is gossip or any other popular topics one might hear on Jeremy Kyle. I just don't see any point to celebrity gossip and those who are too interested in other people's affairs are just causing trouble for the sake of filling their time. Otherwise, they are watching Eastenders and X Factor all day long.

Of course, intelligence comes in several forms. Someone who goes to university might be chavvy and gossipy while someone working in Tesco all their life might be sensible and worth discussing things with. Generally, I don't care how academically intelligent someone is as long as they are able to learn from their mistakes, discuss more interesting topics, and are competent enough to stay out of trouble.