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Would you commit yourself to a relationship with someone who is significantly less intelligent than you?
They're a good person and their looks are at a comparable level to your own.
| Male - yes | 21 | |
| Female - yes | 10 | |
| Male - no | 10 | |
| Female - no | 25 |
Well, I'm clearly the greatest mind in the world so I would have to settle for someone less intellectually. ;)
On a serious note, maybe. If they had a good enough personality and was fun to be around then sure.
If they were significantly less intelligent than me they'd be practically retarded. I couldn't, in good conscience, date a retard.
Thats a hard one, but eventually I dont think a relationship with someone far less intelligent than I am would last. Id need someone that I could talk to about things, be challenged by them.
No, they would have to have aptitude and intelligence in something that I am interested in.
No, I would not. I'm not attracted to air-heads. I find them quite irritating.
I had a wife that wasn't the brightest bulb in town. I loved her dearly, but we didn't discuss current affairs or other topics of interest beyond our lives. Simple minded people are more easily pleased, that's for sure.
Another wife was quite sharp and we would alternate on current affairs topics, taking opposite sides of the subject on alternate days. I must admit it was a lot of fun to have someone to discuss topics beyond our own lives; someone on a mental par with me.
Yes. It wouldn't be my ideal choice, but I could see myself with someone like that. As long as they were fun to be around, were well-meaning, etc, I would be okay with not being able to hold intellectual debates with them or whatever. I can do that elsewhere. Take Andy from Parks and Rec, for example. He's a total ditz, but he's also super energetic, fun, and caring towards his partners. I would definitely date him.
I also have been in a 6-month relationship with a girl like that before, and she honestly made me really happy.
Never. I couldn't stand the thought. I might sound like a b*tch right now, but I always like to learn something from people that I love. If I think they can't teach me anything anymore, I consider our relationship useless. I don't mind having acquaintances of the sort, though.
I once went out with a really ditzy girl, she couldn't even read the time on an analogue clock. But she was so unassuming and so easy to make her smile and laugh that I found her to be quite endearing. Fond memories.
Considering I'm an air headed, apathetic idiot, my answer is no. Two idiots together just never seems to work out for me.
Not an idiot, however due to my highish iq my girlfriends have been less intelligent than myself.