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Do guys actually like intelligent girls?

Reply 160

A_J

obviously i wouldnt want to go out with someone stupid but if i was to make a list of the things that attract me to a girl, intelligence would be near the bottom

pleb

Reply 161

fat_hobbit

2

ASprinkleOfPixieDust

I agree with Chumbaniya, isn't that saying that girls should play dumb to get a guy? Sorry if that's not what you (xyz2k6) meant but that's how it reads.

No, what I meant was if the girl is really really intelligent (even more so then the guy), they shouldn't be pompous/ or patronising about it when the occasion arises. In other words they shouldn't look down at individuals that they percieve as being less intelligent academically (if you are going to go by grades as an indicator of intelligence). The same thing applies with guys in regards to gals.

Anyway I suppose if an 'intelligent' girl/guy is going out with you in the first place, then the above shouldn't matter as they accept you for who you are.

Reply 162

Albannach

9

I've not read any of this thread but personally - yes. I prefer a nice intelligent girl in place of the air headed type. Not to the extremes though. Wouldn't like studying to take away some me time =). And preferably not a lot smarter than me. But yeah, you get the drift.

Reply 163

Starsailor

1

It's just another facet to a person's character.

If they're clever and they have a nice personality then why not? If they're clever and they are solely focused on academia, then no, not for me, sorry.

Reply 164

bobbob

11

I find intelligence attractive, but then I am /incredibly/ geeky myself.

Reply 165

Starsailor

1

bobbob

I find intelligence attractive, but then I am /incredibly/ geeky myself.

So do I. I prefer clever girls to airheads. Looks will take a girl so far then I've got to develop a rapport for their character, otherwise it ain't going nowhere! Someone who can talk to me and keep me interested has me halfway there, looks wouldn't be all that important.

The first time I went out with my current gf to get some coffee we talked for around 4-5hours and I didn't once feel bored. She kept me entranced, she still does. Luckily for me, I think she's rather beautiful too! :smile:

Reply 166

unfinished sympathy

15

Starsailor

So do I. I prefer clever girls to airheads. Looks will take a girl so far then I've got to develop a rapport for their character, otherwise it ain't going nowhere! Someone who can talk to me and keep me interested has me halfway there, looks wouldn't be all that important.

The first time I went out with my current gf to get some coffee we talked for around 4-5hours and I didn't once feel bored. She kept me entranced, she still does. Luckily for me, I think she's rather beautiful too! :smile:

i know this thread isguys on girls, but i like clever men, i find it very attractive to be with someone who can shock me with all the knowledge in his brain!

Reply 167

Starsailor

1

unfinished sympathy

i know this thread isguys on girls, but i like clever men, i find it very attractive to be with someone who can shock me with all the knowledge in his brain!

I hope that's a widely held view :wink:

. Hmm...how do you like modesty? Hhaha

Reply 168

unfinished sympathy

15

Starsailor

I hope that's a widely held view :wink:

. Hmm...how do you like modesty? Hhaha

i dunno if it is : oh well more geeks for me :p:

i suppose im quite geeky, i dunno though if i am..

Reply 169

matt@internet

12

Triad

Tell me a girl who is beautiful AND intelligent. Somehow, these two variables never seem to positively correlate.

Jeri Ryan.

Reply 170

unfinished sympathy

15

matt@internet

Jeri Ryan.

who the hell is that?

Reply 171

matt@internet

12

Played Seven of Nine in Star Trek : Voyager (yeah I know).

Anyway, a lot of people on here keep talking about intelligence and I conversation. I just got into Leeds which is, to the best of my knowledge, one of the best Universities in the country. Apparently, this would indicate that I'm intelligent (that's laughable :rofl:

). Anyway, I may be intelligent, but I can't carry a conversation for s**t. Least not an "intelligent" conversation. And I'm not sharp, or witty, and I think there are people on TSR who'll vouch for me there. So I think that just because someone can hold an intelligent conversation doesn't mean that they are intelligent. They could just be doing the same as Barney and finding things to say on the back of beer mats. And just because someone is intelligent, doesn't mean that they can hold or be active in an intelligent conversation.
I think the ability to carry and hold a conversation of any kind comes with practise, and really is just indicative of a good memory, rather than of intelligence. Who knows, mabye if I'd come out of my shell a bit sooner, I would have better conversation skills.

Reply 172

squigaletta

i think intelligent conversation is a show of intelligence, to a degree, but it has to be backed up by other things, i dont think that oit just shows good memory at all, the guy the rain man was based on clearly has an amazing memory but he cant hold a conversation at all. i think conversation is just one indicatator of intelligence, but i do think it would be hard to fake having intelligent conversations if youre not that intelligent

Reply 173

Anthonyjm71

9

Starsailor

So do I. I prefer clever girls to airheads. Looks will take a girl so far then I've got to develop a rapport for their character, otherwise it ain't going nowhere! Someone who can talk to me and keep me interested has me halfway there, looks wouldn't be all that important.

The first time I went out with my current gf to get some coffee we talked for around 4-5hours and I didn't once feel bored. She kept me entranced, she still does. Luckily for me, I think she's rather beautiful too! :smile:

I completely agree with you , its exactly how I feel about a girls. :smile:

Reply 174

Anonymous #5

This may already have been said, but if there's somewhere where you'll find guys who like intelligent women, it'll be on an internet forum based around studying.

Reply 175

dsch

13

Anonymous

This may already have been said, but if there's somewhere where you'll find guys who like intelligent women, it'll be on an internet forum based around studying.

Will it? Or will it be at the job centre where they would all like to bag a bread winner? If I were queuing up for £5.05 per hour I would love to get me a barrister, especially if she had a bath at home.

Reply 176

*lucy_lou*

from a female perspective, i find intelligence very attractive. personally i would not be drawn towards men that aren't. i need to have someone who can challenge me and endure my boring intellectual conversation. as with anything however, it differs from person to person. *LOU*

Reply 177

Nichrome

18

E-mi-ri

Well, my last boyfriend dumped me for being too much of a nerd!

So what do you think? Should you always date someone of a similar intelligence to yourself? Did he just have a vendetta against clever people? Do guys secretly love women that can't tell apart chicken and tuna and should I "play dumb" to attract more guys?

Intelligent, attractive and into extreme metal? You sound like my dream girl :redface:

Reply 178

dsch

13

Nichrome

Intelligent, attractive and into extreme metal? You sound like my dream girl :redface:

lolz i tried that one too... she didn't reply. lolz

Reply 179

squigaletta

coughsyrup

Will it? Or will it be at the job centre where they would all like to bag a bread winner? If I were queuing up for £5.05 per hour I would love to get me a barrister, especially if she had a bath at home.

whats pragmatic and whats attractive can be different things. i think the job centre guy is more likely to be attracted to a bath nd some money as oposed to the intelligent conversations he'd have with his barrister, so its not really intelligence thats attractive, its not even really the woman that is attractive, merely the bath

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