Is it normal my gf is much smarter than i am?

You sound like a solid decent stand up guy. In the end, that's all women want. Do not mess this up with your insecurities because it does not sound like she minds.

My older brother married a young woman of 17 years old when he was 26. She later went to college and is a psychologist working as a psychiatric social worker. He is a cowboy boot wearing dumb as hell truck driver. They've been together for 20 plus years.

I think you should share your thoughts with her if you haven’t already if it bothers you too much, but these insecurities are normal. I’m not for typical gender roles either but I’m absolutely horrible at cooking and cleaning but excellent in school so the thought that future partners might reject me for not being able to do housework lingers in my mind, but what’s most important is she accepts and loves you for who you are. From a woman’s perspective, personality is much more important than how much money a man brings in, so as long as you treat her right, take pride in yourself and your future marriage since she certainly didn’t choose you for no reason. Good luck!

Just remember ur on the same team not in competition just do your part and you’ll be fine

Oh my gosh, this post almost made me tear up& cry! It could've been written by my fiance when we first met. He's a mechanic by trade, but he dropped out of school at a very young age. I do not, by any means, consider myself to be anything special in terms of intelligence, but when we first started dating, he used to tell me that I was "intimidatingly intelligent" cause I've read books, got a scholarship to a college, know random shit whatever (nothing impressive, trust me). He was super...insecure about his lack of formal education...and it hurt me to see him like that.

Cut to us living together, and I'm the one who tries shaking a gallon of chocolate milk before putting the cap on. I'm the one who, just last week, ran face first into the wall trying to take a night pee coz the light switch was way, way "over there." Meanwhile, he's chilling in the garage...fucking...fabricating tools...reverse engineering gear boxes...rewiring the electrical system in our car...drawing blueprints...like, holy shit...I am floored! Floored by how amazingly smart he is! I'm the retard one now!

I'm no mathematician, but we were in that same place, and as the supposed smart one, let me tell you

- being book smart is fairly meaningless outside of your specialized world
- you can't just...be a good mechanic w/out thout being fucking smart as- it involves spatial reasoning, analytical thinking, complex problem solving, creative solutions...like, ALL the same brain power that it requires to be a boss scientist
- you don't want someone who matches your skill set in life...like, if you were both math nerds, yeah, you could math out together, but who's gonna fix the car lol? My fiance & i- totally good at different things, but with our powers combined, we can just do anything!

It sounds like you ARE smart...and more importantly you are good to her. You love her. You treat her right. You take care of her. You shouldn't be insecure; you should be proud of yourself. She is lucky to have a good man, and if she's really smart as you say, she will appreciate that. I appreciate my fiance every day.

Stay like u are, she seems to like it anyways and don’t compare yourself to her, built your own small ego you can be proud of, without boasting or such
She loves you and not some other man, otherwise she wouldn’t be with you
Don’t try to be too anxious, even if that’s difficult
Talk with the fear and then swooosh it away
I’ve noticed something, there are those in a relationship who need someone to give them a hold in live and some who love doing that, without the other side none are complete
But don’t get that wrong, I just don’t know how to explain it, it’s both important either way

Talk to her about your feelings: I bet she doesn't give a stuff who is the most intelligent and I also bet you have to be patient with her if you're explaining car mechanics. You work in an honourable and essential trade which requires practical intelligence and knowledge - be proud of it!

Of she is with you, says she loves you, and as you say not materialistic, etc. you have a keeper. If she is accepting you as you are and is not stuck on the parts of life that do not matter at thispoint, she's a keeper. DO NOT LET GO OF HER. Some people like you say she is very smart. But being a mechanic is not a walk in the park. I have done vehicle mechanics as long as I can remember. That is a different set of smarts.

Intelligence means less to women than personality. By far.