What is your ideal IQ range when selecting a SO?

_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
we got 2 threads for bods, let's talk brains.
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    201.

    Failing that, I fall back on bods.

    unicorn zone...
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Money trumps most other issues.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    Intelligence is not important if she's totally cray cray.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    Depends on how long you want to be with the SO.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    I like a smart, professional, older man, who also likes to be naughty. Idk specific IQ guidelines, but if you text like a 19 yo, I'm out.
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    Given that most people don't actually know their IQ number so there is no point in asking?
    Must be at least as smart as me, and apparently I am a totally smarty pants...or maybe I just have a smart mouth.
  • letsdothis511
    letsdothis511 Posts: 27 Member
    If he can recite the Declaration of Independence in reverse, he is worthy.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I like a smart, professional, older man, who also likes to be naughty. Idk specific IQ guidelines, but if you text like a 19 yo, I'm out.

    Wut gRl? Lemme git ach00 n w3 can h00k it up.

    Peez.

  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Chaelaz wrote: »
    I like a smart, professional, older man, who also likes to be naughty. Idk specific IQ guidelines, but if you text like a 19 yo, I'm out.

    Wut gRl? Lemme git ach00 n w3 can h00k it up.

    Peez.

    U got that cash tho?!
  • cleanbulk_hatersgfy
    cleanbulk_hatersgfy Posts: 31 Member
    :D
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    There are much MUCH more important things to measure.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Depends on how nice his body is.

    Just kidding...sort of. :smile:

    I'm a lot more book smart than my husband - I excelled in school and everyone around me seems to think I'm rather intelligent, so perhaps it's true. However, he's got way more common sense and "street smarts" than I do. I mean, we all say and do stupid things, but I can be a real ditz sometimes. We balance each other out. We're both simultaneously smart and stupid, like every other person.

    If anyone actually has an IQ requirement when looking for a partner, they need to get their priorities straight.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    Above average with a side of common sense. But I could go for a dumbass with a boat right about now . . .
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Chaelaz wrote: »
    I like a smart, professional, older man, who also likes to be naughty. Idk specific IQ guidelines, but if you text like a 19 yo, I'm out.

    Wut gRl? Lemme git ach00 n w3 can h00k it up.

    Peez.

    U got that cash tho?!

    @MonkeyMel21 Strong portfolio and a weak heart. You're in luck.
  • blueyellowhorse
    blueyellowhorse Posts: 708 Member
    It's not IQ that matters, it's income.
  • chelsy0587
    chelsy0587 Posts: 441 Member
    Seeing as you hardly ever actually know someone's IQ.... uh I like em smert...
  • chelery130
    chelery130 Posts: 7 Member
    Smart enough to get my jokes, make conversation with a variety of people, and manage his own stuff.
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    I prefer outliers. Don't need numbers to spot those. Usually cray, cray because they know too much...
  • HealthyMe46
    HealthyMe46 Posts: 226 Member
    Oh, IQ does matter. 100 is the exact average, and I prefer at least average to above. I certainly wouldn't ask, though. IQ matters, too, if you plan to have children.
  • ThomasWright1997
    ThomasWright1997 Posts: 155 Member
    Well, mines ~138, so anywhere between 110 and 140 will do me just fine. Mind, dumb girls are sorta cute due to their gullibility and general lack of knowledge. A fact a day, keeps the dumbness at bay (until they ask 'why'!!)
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    My husband and I actually had the same SAT score (although he did better on math and I scored higher on the verbal portion)...so I suppose that makes us intellectual equals. :p He may have an Ivy League degree (while I didn't even think if applying to his alma mater) but I still beat him at Trivial Pursuit and Boggle.
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    There are much MUCH more important things to measure.

    This
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,982 Member
    Being that my DW is an electrical engineer with a masters degree..............I like em smart.

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  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    I love the idea of "selecting" your SO. :laugh: No more to it than picking out a ripe melon or what you're drinking with your meal.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    So, apparently, I score well on IQ tests. Always have. I don't think I am really that smart, but I have a good deal more reading comprehension than most and a great memory. So I think I fake it. That said, I am a bit more prideful of my plain ol' common sense, logic, and ability to relate to others, which I think buys ya more in the life market than just book smarts.

    That said, I am super attracted to the same in girls.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    IQ is actually not a very great indicator of intelligence at all, and isn't used as a metric of intelligence anywhere professional.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
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    FYI IQ tends to be heritable, but it doesn't seem to be very genetic. Of the half dozen genes associated strongly with IQ, they are only strongly associated with about a 1 point difference. Heck, your significant other will actually "inherit" IQ from you if yours is higher. Not seeing the point is looking for an actual IQ in a mate.
    Someone you can converse with at your level is nice though.
  • SKMTX
    SKMTX Posts: 122 Member
    Well since I don't know what an so is the person must be at least smart enough to tell me
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    skrace wrote: »
    Well since I don't know what an so is the person must be at least smart enough to tell me

    Significant Other, just fyi
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    edited September 2015
    Chaelaz wrote: »
    So, apparently, I score well on IQ tests. Always have. I don't think I am really that smart, but I have a good deal more reading comprehension than most and a great memory. So I think I fake it. That said, I am a bit more prideful of my plain ol' common sense, logic, and ability to relate to others, which I think buys ya more in the life market than just book smarts.

    That said, I am super attracted to the same in girls.

    How you doin'? :p

    I have an IQ of 128 if that helps. :)