How does your intelligence compare with your SO's?

Danielle_2013

I can write a good paper and he does the math. Together we are Harvard material. Apart we barely make community college.

This is hilarious!! :laugh:

My new boyfriend is in political/media consulting.. I vote based on my regard for the individual..mostly because I have no clue about the issues. He mentioned he swims after he works out and I asked "oh, your gym has a pool?" He is analytical, a planner, sharp and very intelligent. But.. I can write much better academically and when we get on a topic I know about.. I excel. I can also kick his *kitten* in any kind of trivia game. Okay fine, he's smarter. But I'm prettier.

Erienneb

School wise... I am. I score high on test, have a high IQ score, and am good at paper writing, math, everything. He, is much smarter with common sense, history, and all the social stuff. He's still a very intelligent man and we compliment each other very well with our areas of strength.

SeaJenni

I learn faster and have stronger critical thinking and social skills, but he works harder and is more educated. After 20 years of applying himself in his field, he has become more knowledgable than his peers. As long as you don't change the subject, he can appear smart. However, new information and situations aren't easy for him. That's why he only talks about the two work related subjects that he knows.

tuckerrj

My wife's the only one of us two that can set or use the DVD/VCR player. Nuff said...:blushing:

the_journeyman

I fix stuff it when it breaks. Wife calls me when stuff breaks.

Wife's fluent in French. I can speak enough Spanish to get in trouble.

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ninerbuff

My wife and I are pretty close, as all our standardized tests were close. I pick up things faster; she worked harder in school.

How do you and your SO compare?

My wife is an electrical engineer with a Master's Degree and currently working toward a PHD. I'm a meat head. I rule.

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sarahisme18

Oh, my husband is very much the more intelligent one. Haha. He would deny it, but it's pretty much true.

He's super great for having thoughtful conversations with, and has often helped me with tough decisions or learning how to do something, or just figuring out the best way to approach a problem. I've learned a lot from him, and I love that.

sdavis448

this pretty accuratly describes my husband and I.

I'm more book smart, she's more street smart.
I learn faster, she tries harder.
I work IT, she works HR.
I'm tech savvy, she has trouble with setting clocks.
I'm an introvert, she's an extrovert.

Basically, we're two sides to one coin. She completes me.

Im_NotPerfect

Depends on the subject matter.

Absolutely this. We're at the same level and can have intelligent conversations, but are smarter than the other in certain subjects. For instance:

He's an Engineer, so Math is his thing. I'm a Technical Writer, so English and Grammar are mine.

We're both very analytical and have common sense. I tend to think more practically though.

kr1stadee

School-wise, I'm smarter - he didn't graduate, nor did he finish 10th grade (but I helped him get his GED).

Street-wise - he's much smarter than I am.

reasnableblonde

Our scores were pretty similar, but I have a PhD. I think I just work harder and am more aware of what's around me. He's a little more clueless and forgetful sometimes, but he calculates things faster than I do, etc. We work well together and are each skilled enough to understand what the other is talking about (when talking about work), but not so much that we challenge each other's work and compete.

crimsoncat

I'm like 1 point higher IQ wise, but I'd say he's just as smart as me. He disagrees sometimes because I'm going to be a doctor in two years, but he's learned so much stuff just from listening to me study. Tell me who's smarter: the person who learns stuff from just listening or the one that has to study a lot.

mandipandi75

He would say I am way smarter but if I say it.... I'd totally prove otherwise.

CoffeeNBooze

We're on the same page. He is smarter than me when it comes to current events, world views, history, and engineering. But we're on the same page where it counts. I couldn't date someone I had to dumb myself down to, what a chore.

supahstar71

He wins. :grumble:

msaestein1

We were pretty equal. He always liked to compete with me. When I got my job, I am a history professor, instead of saying congratulations, he told me that he could do that too. And he wonders why we are seperated and I have moved to new a state. I think I will try the opposites attract thing next time. ..

diddyk

I'm more book smart, she's more street smart.
I learn faster, she tries harder.
I work IT, she works HR.
I'm tech savvy, she has trouble with setting clocks.
I'm an introvert, she's an extrovert.

Basically, we're two sides to one coin. She completes me.

Very Similar for my SO and I.

I'm book smart, he's street smart.
I learn faster, he tries harder.
I'm very technical/logical, he has the memory of an encyclopedia.
I work in Finance, he can fix anything.
We're both tech savvy, but him more so than I.
I'm an extrovert, he's an introvert.

I've dated less intelligent, than I am or maybe it was less ambitious, and it never turned out well. I need to be challenged. My SO is much more intelligent than he gives himself credit for.

Vincentsz

Since my wife is a friend of mine on MFP...I'll just say that I'm smart enough to say "She is!"

This is awesome!

emmy3111

I'm more book smart, she's more street smart.
I learn faster, she tries harder.
I work IT, she works HR.
I'm tech savvy, she has trouble with setting clocks.
I'm an introvert, she's an extrovert.

Basically, we're two sides to one coin. She completes me.

This ^ is so cute.

Yukitoki

I think that me and my boyfriend are both in the "same page", just our interests and how we use our intelligence is different.

I'm a master's student, he dropped out of college because he disliked the degree he was taking and for financial reasons, but if he really wanted, he could totally do it.
He's more focused on some subjects. He loves computers, videogames and programming, and he excels at that. I love to learn about a lot of different subjects, read all the books, know everything I can possibly know about science, history, literature, geography, etc. So, sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming and sometimes I just get bored with something and so pursue the next thing.

We both pick up things very fast, but I'm more confident than him, he's very insecure about his capabilities. On the other hand, he's usually more knowledgeable about politics and economy... I know I should, but I have absolutely no interest in those areas...

pawnstarNate

I'm sooooo much smarter it just isn't funny. side note...at the moment I'm very glad she's not on MFP or this would be me......

Ocarina

Weird question haha.

Academically I blow my husband way out of the water. He had the worst possible homeschooling experience with parents so he was set back A LOT.

He CANNOT spell but I can as a dictionary! Again his crappy homeschooling.

Financially I'm also much more "smart". I keep us very financially healthy where he couldn't help but bounce his bank account every week before we got married and we had him close his account down.

I'm also much better about sticking with things... working out, getting chores done, finishing homework, starting and finishing big projects, keeping plans ect. But that's just because his parents never pushed him to go through with whatever he finished.

He knows A LOT about guns, history, mechanical stuff where I have no clue.

He also is so smart with technology he got a job you usually have to go through school to get. I have to go through all the academic hoops and tests to even get an interview.

He's got it together emotionally and can read people so well. I'm pretty idiotic with that.

We balance each other out!

IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym

We fill each other's holes.

hahahaha, best answer EVER!

binglebandit

My twin and her SO were both the smartest kids in high school. So I've always been used to being around smarter people. My SO is technical minded and in that regard also way smarter than me. All three had ACT scores in the 30-35 range. I'm a typical above average, A/B grade student. Sometimes it's good being the "dumber" one in the group as I tend to notice the simple answers when they're all making things more difficult than they have to be. I'm also the "creative" one in the group so I guess I find atypical solutions.

gingerveg

We are both highly educated critical thinkers. I would say he is smarter and he would say I am smarter. Both are probably true since we tend to have different strengths. Neither of us could tolerate an uneducated/ignorant/or just plain dumb person long regardless of how attractive they might be. My DH is definitely above average in the looks category (I can't lie that is really nice), but his intelligence is probably the hottest thing about him.

ETA: just noticed people are talking about grades and test scores. I don't believe there is a test that accurately measures all types of intelligences. But if that is what we are talking about then we both have genius IQs. I believe the IQ test measures potential though not actual knowledge and of course it does not guarantee outcomes. But like I said, I don't put much stock in those types of tests. With regards to grades, between us we have several postgrad degrees so we've both done well there. And we are both at the top of our fields.

DrMAvDPhD

We are both highly intelligent (he is a mechanical engineer and I am in the process of getting my PhD in chemistry). IQ wise, I am probably smarter (I usually score in the 140-160), but he has a lot more usable skills/street smarts. I can be a bit of an idiot about new situations if I don't have things uber planned out ahead of time :laugh:

hughtwalker

My wife is smarter than I am - I just know stuff