Maybe you're just quite competitive. It's understandable to feel this way but ultimately, it's better if you can just move on from it. And what your gf says about societal pressures probably has some truth to it - there's a stereotypical idea that men should have that edge when it comes to 'intelligence'. But that's outdated and too simplistic. I'm sure you're both intelligent but perhaps in different ways. Together, you have much varied intelligence...? Another way of looking at it.
Is it normal to want a higher I.Q. than your girlfriend?
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Maybe you're just quite competitive. It's understandable to feel this way but ultimately, it's better if you can just move on from it. And what your gf says about societal pressures probably has some truth to it - there's a stereotypical idea that men should have that edge when it comes to 'intelligence'. But that's outdated and too simplistic. I'm sure you're both intelligent but perhaps in different ways. Together, you have much varied intelligence...? Another way of looking at it.