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[quote=Anonymous]Not married to my daughter's dad, but he's one of those smart guys who can be a little condescending about those who aren't as smart.  He's a nice guy overall, but a couple of times, it's caused problems.  My IQ is about 10 points lower than his and I have more common sense and I'm smarter in a couple of areas (finance, literature, etc.) but I know he thinks/knows I'm technically less intelligent than he is.  I just kind of go with it; I know I'm not stupid.  We have similar senses of humor and similar backgrounds, so we have plenty of common ground, and we both have our shallow sides.  I've dated some extremely stupid guys, some very smart guys (IQ's up to about 160) and some guys in the middle. I prefer the smart guys.  I don't mind being the more socially-adept partner.

I have dated dumb guys - generally because they were cute and nice and easy to get along with, but I couldn't date them for long.  It was just too hard, having to watch what I said to avoid saying things they just wouldn't get.  (especially if they were older than me; you expect someone older to know more!  not necessarily the case if they're not bright.)  I got tired of having to get my intellectual conversations from other people.  I've dated average guys and I found a lot of them lacking as well - I really do want to date someone who reads interesting stuff and will discuss it with me.  (Freakonomics, Thomas Friedman, Bill Bryson, etc.)

OP - you need to realize that a very brainy guy might not be any better at performing certain tasks than a less-smart guy.  My daughter's dad is bright, but he is absent-minded as all hell about everyday tasks and I have to remind him all the time to do this or that.  You wouldn't necessarily be any less annoyed if he was neglecting tasks because he was smart-but-absent-minded.[/quote]

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