Topic: Intelligence... does it matter when dating?
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Sat 03/10/12 07:26 AM


This is a bit of a delicate balance for me because although I couldn’t be in a relationship with someone that I couldn’t have a conversation with, I have to be honest and say that (some) intelligent men bore me rigid.

This is because reaching a decision becomes less and less about saying yes or no to something and instead turns into a discussion whereby a consensus is reached.

Everything becomes a debate or a discussion and sometimes, I just want to wake up slowly, drink my coffee and watch the news...in silence :smile:.

Sometimes I just want to take the blue pill and remain in my ignorant little bubble for a while and just smell the roses whereas he always want to take the red one (for those that watched the Matrix).


Haha, nice Matrix reference.
I think I get what you mean. You need intelligence, but also times where they can shut off the big noggin for a bit and just enjoy some simplicity as well.


Thank you summarising for me Rav, that’s exactly what I meant flowerforyou :heart:

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Sat 03/10/12 09:23 AM
they'd have to have some functioning brain cells..I couldn't have a relationship with anyone that was not up to my intellect standards. I just recently finished my novel, yep, though it did take me two months to read it was well worth the time, don't think I'll read another novel for a while need to give my brain a rest!happy

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Sat 03/10/12 09:39 AM
i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.

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Sat 03/10/12 09:48 AM

i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.
waving


whoa Terry here,,,taking NOTES.......whoa



:wink: laugh

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Sat 03/10/12 09:51 AM

i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.
:thumbsup:

yup

I can basically agree with thiswaving

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Sat 03/10/12 09:57 AM


i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.
:thumbsup:

yup

I can basically agree with thiswaving
noway whoa COPY note for sweets as well....slaphead


blushing bigsmile

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Sat 03/10/12 10:37 AM



i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.
:thumbsup:

yup

I can basically agree with thiswaving
noway whoa COPY note for sweets as well....slaphead


blushing bigsmile


flowerforyou thanks!

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Sat 03/10/12 11:11 AM



i love a good, deep, thought-provoking
conversation. if you can't hold your own,
we be in trouble. :)

i also enjoy comfortable silences.

that mix is what i look for.
:thumbsup:

yup

I can basically agree with thiswaving
noway whoa COPY note for sweets as well....slaphead


blushing bigsmile


okay you TWO, there's enough mimiograph to go a..round laugh flowerforyou

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Sat 03/10/12 11:37 AM
laugh

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Sat 03/10/12 12:11 PM
Personaly im önly atracktd to kind highly inteligend men. Many relationships dont last bcause of miscomunication and undrstanding. If hes a genius he wijl find awayto make it last. Smart people are nicer than the average 120guy.

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Sat 03/10/12 12:31 PM
Edited by PacificStar48 on Sat 03/10/12 12:33 PM
I would like someone smart enough that they are not constantly trying to compete with me but not so much a brainiac that they are always trying to go off on some tangent about something that the average person doesn't give a flying fig about. Someone who was Perceptive enough to pick up on concepts put not get worked up about minor details like perfect spelling or details that would drive me crazy would be good..

Would a pure simple spirit that genuinely cared about us as a couple and what is fair and just to his neighbors and community in general attract me. Yes as long as I did not feel I was constantly taking on the role of leader in the relationship. I am really tired of having to make all the hard decidions in a relationship. I would want to be and equal not a caregiver for a mule that was satisfied with a bucket of oats and dry hay even if he did consistently pull the wagon.

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Sat 03/10/12 12:33 PM

How high is intelligence on your list of qualities? Let's say you meet a thoughtful, caring person but they don't understand what you consider simple words and phrases. When you are looking for a teamplayer.... does intelligence matter?


As long as they can accept me, for the person I am. Then that's enough intelligence for me :)

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Sat 03/10/12 01:07 PM
I prefer intelligence, yeah. What i find kinda odd, is when you see a couple, where one of them is really intelligent, but their lover is eh, not the sharpest tool in the box. You know the one thing that's keeping them together, and it wouldn't be conversation. That's a given. lol. We're all f***** in a f***** up world.

pyxxie13's photo
Sat 03/10/12 01:37 PM
Yes please!
I would like a brain in the body. :angel:

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Sat 03/10/12 07:43 PM
it's everything

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Sat 03/10/12 08:28 PM
Its of great importance. I don't want to feel like I have to expl;ain everythting to a man I'm involved with. I have a child I have to teach about the world, not really into doing that with a grown man.

But lets face, physical attraction is important, mental stimulation is great. But if you really want to have a connection then they have to stimulate your mind as well as your body for it to truly work.

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Sun 03/11/12 01:57 PM
In my life I will not hide my high I.Q. but on the other hand I will not flaunt it...... tad hard to hide when you run a Reactor....:smile:

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Tue 03/13/12 03:23 PM
Many believe pigs are the smartest animals!happy

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Tue 03/13/12 03:41 PM
Well i past Mensa for those who know what Mensa is if you don't just try the Mensa test on the net:) but me as for a lady to date i hope she has a bit of smarts but i rather her have honesty and a big heart:) :thumbsup: waving :banana:

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Tue 03/13/12 11:10 PM
This is a no-brainer in my case. Nothing worse than dating someone who never has opinions on anything, or whose only responses are normally "Yeah", "Ummmmmm", "Idk". Stuff like THAT. It's as if some have no brain at all. I'd rather be able to hold a conversation with the person.