Who is smarter? You or your SO?

Who's the smarter one?

  • Me!

    Votes: 30 62.5%

  • Him (or her!)

    Votes: 18 37.5%
  • Total voters
    48
  • Poll closed .
OMG!!!!! I was thinking about this today!!!!

Uhm, I am.

ETA- my EX is more intelligent than I. He possesses great critical reasoning skills, wrote and spoke well and knowledgeable in various subjects but very socially awkward and other personality flaws that are well hidden because of his brilliant mind.

I click better with SO. While I learned and grew a lot intellectually with ex, I didn't enjoy him but I enjoyed the learning.

I wonder ...do people stay with folks whom they believe is "beneath them" intellectually? How important to me are the areas where he does or does not surpass me? I just don't want a dumb or dull baby :$

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Toss up. I wanted to instinctively say I am. :look:
But, if I'm going to be honest, I know I'm really just smarter for "left-side brain" things, and he is much smarter regarding "right-side brain" things. He also seems to have more common sense than I do. :look:
 
Hmmmmm. I am more educated than him (I have a Master's degree, while he has a Bachelor's), but I don't think that I'm smarter than him. I think he could have a Master's if he really wanted to. So I will say we are equal.
 
He is, and I like it like that. He's the first guy I've been with who I know is (marginally) intellectually superior. When dating people I was clearly smarter than, I definitely didn't feel challenged. I can talk with my guy intelligently about a lot of things plus he has great critical thinking skills. I definitely feel like this relationship grows me in that aspect.
 
It's not officially official, but I'll answer anyway lol. We'll call him "BWP" boo with potential lol.

When it comes to book smarts, I'm smarter!!! lol

However, he can still make me feel as if I don't know a damn thing sometimes lol. He's so smart when it comes to business and money making ideas. It's the Jewish in him :lol: He's great at earning money on his own & being his own boss.

My book smarts are used to work for others & make them rich! One could argue that he's the smarter one for this reason alone :lol:
 
Ooh I should have put something for "equal". I think I'm smarter, he thinks I'm brilliant. But he's more cultured than I, has traveled, speaks several languages. He's also more of an intellectual, I can be very low brow sometimes :lol:. He's also more mature :lol:. But I do think I'm the smarter one.

And I like that way.
 
I think I'm smarter and more disciplined while he's very wise and mature and knows how to articulate himself. He would argue that =]
But overall I do see him as my equal when it come to intelligence, And so does he.
 
I think he is more smarter. He can retain more information faster than me. I need to patiently digest it and experience it to get it. Plus, he likes to read everything and watch the history and animal planet channels. I love my nerd lol
 
We are smart in different areas. He's got tech, chemistry and math on lock while I'm good at biology, music, literature and linguistics. We are equally good at writing.
 
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We're both smart. He says we're equal. I think he's smarter. Honestly, we're intelligent in different ways, but he's more focused than I am. :lol:
 
I'm more book smart and he is more street smart. He likes when I tell him new things I've learned or read news articles to him. He keeps me alive and prevents me from doing dumb ish I'm prone to do. Lol

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I am more 'street smart.' Equally 'book smart.' He has great instincts and is much more worldly than I. We both read people fairly equally.

Eta: I just showed him where I stated I was more book smart and he burst out into laughter. He proceeded to remind me I suck at crossword puzzles and solving riddles. Lol.
 
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I put him. I'm a better critical thinker (I think) but he has a lot of intuitive knowledge. He teaches himself math and physics related things. I don't do mathematical concepts very well but to him it's just natural. He thinks I'm smarter but I think I'm more well-rounded. When it comes to math, he blows me out of the water.
 
I didn't answer the poll because we're both smart in our way. I'm more book smart and logical, but he has more common sense and street smarts. He's also better at math, and I'm the word nerd. It upsets me when he says stupid because he didn't finish school, because he's definitely smarter than half the people I went to college with.
 
I have found that he is a lot smarter than I gave him credit for. Still think I'm smarter though.
 
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