dominate spouse during game night if you're intellectually superior?

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Anonymous wrote:You are insufferable OP. You make a lot of negative assumptions about your wife if you are for real. You seem smug and superior. Hoe do you know that you are beating her? Maybe she is letting you win since she knows you have a fragile ego!

Because she rage quits a simple game like Scrabble after losing by huge points every single game and gets angry at the words I play and their placement because she can never score high while nearly every move I make is for at least double digit points.

I can't help that after many games of Scrabble she cannot learn simple strategy, defense, and rack management. Like, it really doesn't take genius level intellect to learn that you should try as hard as possible to never level a vowel next to a bonus spot, because when you do, it means a consonant (high point tiles) can often be used next to them in two directions for huge points. Other simple stuff like trying your hardest to maintain a balance of 4 consonants and 3 vowels in your rack she doesn't even pay attention to. I know she never even thinks about rack management because she constantly wastes turns trading in tiles. After many games of Scrabble, I don't think she realizes yet how a letter like C is also a fantatic defensive tile, because when you have no options but to lay down next to a bonus spot on the board, a C can be placed next to it so that the bonus spot can only be used in one direction since there are really no two letter words that can be played that end in C, thereby limiting your opponent's points

Little stuff like above is so, soooo basic. I use those strategies every game to win by a lot, but she hasn't caught on yet. If you leave a I open next to a triple word or letter score spot, don't rage quit when I play a word like QI in two directions for 60+ points.

OP - have you ever walked your wife tw how you make these strategic plays?

Because if you haven’t tried, or even haven’t been successful in explaining your strategy to her, I’m afraid you’re not as smart as you think you are.

She can play these games well enough, so she should be able to apply your strategies if you understand them well enough to explain them to her.

Source - LSATs teacher/tutor here. It was much more challenging to actually teach the concepts to intelligent people who don’t have an innate* understanding of logic than it was for me to get a perfect score. One is showing off, the other is a true understanding of the subject.

*I am using this term loosely - it could be through academic training, a love of logic puzzles, or just a brain that “works” better that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

No is shocked that you're an engineer after reading that post. EQ = zero.

You seem to be tied.

Sorry (not sorry), but only an engineer or surgeon would make that sh#thead initial post. Not saying all of them are insufferable, but the degree of sh#theadedness is much higher than the average population for those two groups. *shrug*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bridge I mean, not pinnacle..sorry, haven't gotten coffee yet.

Still not at the pinnacle of spelling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

This sentiment is gross.

But generally, it's wise to marry someone within 5 IQ points of you. My husband has got me by about that much -- so he knows more but we can communicate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

This sentiment is gross.

But generally, it's wise to marry someone within 5 IQ points of you. My husband has got me by about that much -- so he knows more but we can communicate.

Taking this measurement is already a red flag.

[Anonymous]

Troll City.

So repetitive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are insufferable OP. You make a lot of negative assumptions about your wife if you are for real. You seem smug and superior. Hoe do you know that you are beating her? Maybe she is letting you win since she knows you have a fragile ego!

Because she rage quits a simple game like Scrabble after losing by huge points every single game and gets angry at the words I play and their placement because she can never score high while nearly every move I make is for at least double digit points.

I can't help that after many games of Scrabble she cannot learn simple strategy, defense, and rack management. Like, it really doesn't take genius level intellect to learn that you should try as hard as possible to never level a vowel next to a bonus spot, because when you do, it means a consonant (high point tiles) can often be used next to them in two directions for huge points. Other simple stuff like trying your hardest to maintain a balance of 4 consonants and 3 vowels in your rack she doesn't even pay attention to. I know she never even thinks about rack management because she constantly wastes turns trading in tiles. After many games of Scrabble, I don't think she realizes yet how a letter like C is also a fantatic defensive tile, because when you have no options but to lay down next to a bonus spot on the board, a C can be placed next to it so that the bonus spot can only be used in one direction since there are really no two letter words that can be played that end in C, thereby limiting your opponent's points

Little stuff like above is so, soooo basic. I use those strategies every game to win by a lot, but she hasn't caught on yet. If you leave a I open next to a triple word or letter score spot, don't rage quit when I play a word like QI in two directions for 60+ points.

Rack management. Omg. I am trying to imagine my husband coming on here complaining about my rack management in Scrabble. WTAF?

If my husband mentioned rack management, he'd be talking about my bra.

Please stop playing around and be serious. We're playing a game here, not golfing off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are insufferable OP. You make a lot of negative assumptions about your wife if you are for real. You seem smug and superior. Hoe do you know that you are beating her? Maybe she is letting you win since she knows you have a fragile ego!

Because she rage quits a simple game like Scrabble after losing by huge points every single game and gets angry at the words I play and their placement because she can never score high while nearly every move I make is for at least double digit points.

I can't help that after many games of Scrabble she cannot learn simple strategy, defense, and rack management. Like, it really doesn't take genius level intellect to learn that you should try as hard as possible to never level a vowel next to a bonus spot, because when you do, it means a consonant (high point tiles) can often be used next to them in two directions for huge points. Other simple stuff like trying your hardest to maintain a balance of 4 consonants and 3 vowels in your rack she doesn't even pay attention to. I know she never even thinks about rack management because she constantly wastes turns trading in tiles. After many games of Scrabble, I don't think she realizes yet how a letter like C is also a fantatic defensive tile, because when you have no options but to lay down next to a bonus spot on the board, a C can be placed next to it so that the bonus spot can only be used in one direction since there are really no two letter words that can be played that end in C, thereby limiting your opponent's points

Little stuff like above is so, soooo basic. I use those strategies every game to win by a lot, but she hasn't caught on yet. If you leave a I open next to a triple word or letter score spot, don't rage quit when I play a word like QI in two directions for 60+ points.

Rack management. Omg. I am trying to imagine my husband coming on here complaining about my rack management in Scrabble. WTAF?

If my husband mentioned rack management, he'd be talking about my bra.

Please stop playing around and be serious. We're playing a game here, not golfing off.

Goofing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

This sentiment is gross.

But generally, it's wise to marry someone within 5 IQ points of you. My husband has got me by about that much -- so he knows more but we can communicate.

Snarky LSAT poster above. I generally agree with this.

I’ve noticed that the men who behave as though they are …checks notes… “far more intellectually superior than” their wives* aren’t nearly as smart as they think they are, majorly deficient in at least one other way (looks, personality, etc.), or both (usually both).

* it’s almost always straight men

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Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

You win the Ahole award for sure. I hope she divorces you because you deserve it.

[Anonymous]

I recommend you try out Telestrations instead. Always a hoot, never a rage situation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

This sentiment is gross.

But generally, it's wise to marry someone within 5 IQ points of you. My husband has got me by about that much -- so he knows more but we can communicate.

Taking this measurement is already a red flag.

Agreed. I haven't had an IQ test since third grade (and don't know what my score was then). I have no idea what my husband's IQ is or if he even knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many of you are much smarter than your spouse? What do you do during game night if you're in a situation where you are a league above your spouse in intellect? Let them win? Tonight, we were playing a game we've been playing for the past two months. My wife has 'won' every game we've played over that time (prob 13 times we've played). Little does she know I've let her win every game the entire time. Tonight, I was tired of it and then played for real. She was shocked she lost 4 times in a row once I really started trying this time. To put this into context, I have a graduate degree in engineering from a top school while my wife studied polysci. It's a game that requires stats and probabilities as well as discrete math principles (obviously stuff she's never even heard of). Once I started using concepts I learned in school like the pigeonhole principle, ideas from graph theory, and basic stats/prob I started to wipe the floor with her in the game. She ended up getting quite angry at losing the entire night and stormed off to bed without saying goodnight.

If you are far more intellectually superior than your spouse, what do you during game night? Purposefully let them win because you know you can pretty much beat them 100% of the time? Stick to games only that are 'fun' and that are built in random change so that very little strategy is involved? Or show no mercy and mop the floor with them every time until they cry uncle and refuse to play the anymore? I already ruined Scrabble with my spouse, because I beat her over 36 times in a row (played for real the entire time).

I studied poli sci and smart enough to know they polysci isn’t a thing. I’d probably beat you in whatever game this is. Statistics and probability have a pretty big role in poli sci curricula.

You sound like an electrical engineer, which isn’t real engineering.

And, do you really think the pigeonhole principle is that useful? Most 6th graders know the logic, just not the fancy name.

You don’t sound that bright either, to be honest.

[Anonymous]

I bet your wife is a lot more fun to be around than you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet your wife is a lot more fun to be around than you are.

I bet his wife’s side piece enjoys f’ing her brains out while OP plays scrabble with himself downstairs.