Brains vs. beauty
Last night, I walked into my house and found my boyfriend taking an IQ test he found on digg. After he was finished, I took it myself. We scored in the same range, but he was six points higher than me. I immediately called for a re-match, but that was mostly just to be argumentative. We're close enough in intellect to get along and that's good enough for me. I don't usually feel like I'm hanging around with a dummy and neither does he.
But that hasn't always been the case. A couple of years back, I dated a guy who was in the habit of giving me backhanded compliments like "That's actually a good idea," and the like.
And I've dated a couple of "America's Most Smartest Model" types -- pretty, but that's pretty much all. I discovered that I can handle a dumb boyfriend -- brains aren't everything -- but I like a smart boyfriend better.
What's your experience with dating up or down the IQ scale? Do you look for brains first, or, like I do, only after everything else seems to be in order?
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