| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/11/2005 11:55:14 PM | I love smart women! In fact, intelligence is one of the must haves on my list of things I look for in a woman. Recently I dated a woman who looked awesome. Men couldn't take their eyes off her. But it was a short time before I realized that I couldn't live without great intelligent conversation. Oh, and about men who interject a "you have beautiful eye's" comment just as the conversation is getting interesting.... well you may have wow-ed them so much with your smarts as well as your beauty that the compulsion to kiss you took them over. Try not to judge us simple guys too harshly. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 1:25:14 AM | | as ive said b4, women have 2 branches connecting the left and right hemispheres of their brains where us guys only have 1. this means that women can be both logical and emotional at the same time where guys can only be 1 or the other but not both. sooooo, women can be crying and screaming at u whilst quietly plotting to kill u and hide the body, add superior intelligence to this and the scenario gets even scarier..... that's right men, RUN...... RUN FOR YOUR LIVES | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 2:16:31 AM | Not me! I skip the beach and head straight to the Mensa convertion to check out the hotties with the black horn-rimmed power glasses....lol...I'm kidding of course.
I'm completely attracted to intelligent women. I cringe when I'm talking to a woman who uses the word "LIKE" before every adverb. I would never try to be a "Mr. Know-It-All", but I love stimulating conversation with a woman with a crisp mind and a witty sense of humor. I'm confident enough to be fully in touch with my inner-geek and comfortable enough to be a man's man on the outside.
It's 5 in the AM, I'm tired, and I'm probably rambling, but I'd much prefer the woman who relies on her beautiful mind than the woman who must depend on her beautiful body.
Substance is much more attractive than silicone. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 7:32:16 AM | | Maybe it's not the fact that it is intelligent conversation you are seeking, but the topics. Although I may not have the same level of education, genetic manipulation does nothing for me. If you want to discuss longevity modifications to a Ford 5R100 transmission, or maybe General Motors latest introduction to the Diesel/Electric locomotive market, you would have my attention. People sometimes confuse the desire for what is considered intelligent conversation with the mindless banter that so many people engage in. You can have an intelligent conversation about swimsuit models, but it is never looked at that way. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 12:00:26 PM | | I can only speak for myself. I love men generally, always have. There are some who have been told me they're intimidated by my intelligence just because when they asked what I did, i was teaching college. Oh you're a professor, geez.....haha funny thing was, after awhile I was talking and laughing with this one guy, and he thought I was "funny" and "cool". He even bumped into me later and introduced his friend to me, hey this lady's a professor but man she's cool....funny. Point is that if you use intelligence, some use great beauty, whatever, as a barrier to keep people away, you'll die old alone in a recliner with the TV on, a can of Pabst in one hand, a cigar in the other, dog looking up at you with his head tilted... wondering what happened. Intelligence or any other quality is something to be shared and enjoyed not used as a weapon to intimidate. There's a guy on here that almost intimidates me with his keen humor, I'm afraid to look stupid if I have to say, hey, I didn't quite get that!!! hahaha I realize that the OP has some physical problems that limit her interaction. So give her a break, she's a bit of an exception. You can either attract or alienate people, whether you use intelligence, humor, looks..... I am a people person, so I like to attract people rather than try to intimidate them. Like I said, that's just me, can only speak for me. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 12:04:25 PM | Actually I find a woman with a "brain" as more attractive than one who has a lack of intelligence. If she's got a deep mind, then her communication skills are going to be through the roof- which helps relationships (good communication!). She also would more than likely have a great sense of humor too. Another perk :)
Don't feel bad about having an intellect, you just haven't found the right guy yet. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 2:02:27 PM | Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to Channel 12, Thursday night "Hogan's Heros" is on.
Overview : General Burkhalter suggests that marrying into the right family can do a lot for an officer's career, then introduces Klink to his sister and niece. The General is trying to marry off his battle-ax sister Gertrude, but Klink believes that he is intended for the beautiful niece. Klink is crushed when the widow Gertrude is the one who shows up for dinner and not the niece. In return for Hogan's help, Klink promises to get a good night's sleep.
Note: Gertrude is built like a fireplug and has the personality of a junkyard dog on PMS.
Nonetheless she is smitten with Col. Wilhelm Klink, Commandant of Luftstalag 13. At the General's suggestion, the couple are driven in a staffcar to the local Inspiration Point. Klink is flailing linguistically to extract himself from this situation, painfully aware that if he torques off Gertrude, who is the General's sister, he may -- lo and behold -- find sudden orders to report for combat duty on the Eastern Front (where it is very cold and lots of Germans are dying).
Klink:) [nervous and halting] Gertrude...?
Gertrude:) [hopeful that he will pop the question] Yes, Wilhelm??
Klink:) You are a strong woman..
Gertrude:) [smiling at the compliment] Yes, Wilhelm, I am strong...
Klink:) [in obvious great discomfort] and you are a smart woman..
Gertrude:) Yes, Wilhelm, I am a smart woman [practically glowing at this point]
Klink:) [then rapidly letting it all out] But I need someone weak and stupid!
Gertrude:) GASP!
Klink:) ..someone I can talk to!
Gertrude:) [Furious. Calls driver] Schullllllllllllllllllllllllllzzz! | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 2:57:19 PM | Hey Writingstar
I too have a high IQ (not going to say a percentage) and quite frankly have no problems finding men to have intelligent conversations with. I have to agree with the majority of people on this thread that you are much to full of yourself and think you are god's gift to men.
A lot of men respect brains and beauty but they also enjoy being able to dominate or know more on one conversation (aka hockey, politics etc. etc.).
Perhaps you have the same social disorder my cousin (who is extremely intelligent has). Do you often find yourself breaking into every conversation with a useless fact hoping that all eyes turn towards you? Do you feel threatened when people have more practical experience on a certain subject and possibly *gasp* know more than you?
After reading post after post after post of yours, I have come to the conclusion that you have no social skills what-so-ever. You say you're a journalist yet you come off as a pathetic middle-aged woman who is trying to make everyone on this site feel stupid.
Guess what, most people on this thread have already figured you out. Perhaps you should stop posting for a little bit and go reflect on your personality. Loneliness sucks.
In conclusion, men don't run from a girl with a brain and a "zen" for using it, they run from a girl who thinks to much of herself and doesn't see it. (I run from arrogant men as well).
*sigh* this post will go unnoticed of course, you will rebute with something demeaning me, yet I have no shortage of male friends who I can go out with and have interesting stimulating conversations and debates with without making them feel like pieces of gum stuck to my shoes.
Take a lesson from someone half your age with twice as much social skills.
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 3:08:01 PM | Sweety it's been noticed and although initially I was a bit drawn into this thread something just didn't quite "jive". You and several others seemingly pinned it down as the thread has evolved and I'm in complete agreement with you here. She has issues that won't be resolved in the forums and it's pointless for us to perpetuate her feeding her ego here.
I for one enjoy spending time with intelligent women. It's the ones who lack sufficient introspection who I find boorish regardless of their IQs. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/12/2005 3:19:16 PM | Many forget that while an IQ does judge your intelligence, it does not judge how you interact with others.
I did a documentary on this very subject in my last year of college, actually did a study on a set of twins, one who was in the top percentile for his age group and his twin sister was an average kid.
The intelligent boy was withdrawn and socially inept but when it came down to it, the kid (who is 9) is way beyond his years in intelligence.
His sister however was a out-going and adorable little girl who just loved to have fun, she too received straight A's at school but she also had a social life.
It was quite sad to see the two interact and I can't explain it here. Actually ended up winning an award for that documentary!!! So yes, social disorders have always fascinated me. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/13/2005 4:59:52 PM | | I am wondering the same thing..and the comment, " You think too much." could only come from someone who doesn't understand what it's like to think all the time... People who are smart, tend to be very stimulated by meaningful conversation. Good luck. I've had the same problem. See, I'm on this website, definetly not looking for someone smart...just to play around. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/13/2005 5:10:19 PM | Stop.
Don't talk.
Listen.
Be a woman.
Be a beautiful woman.
Save the conversation till he is done admiring you.
Hope that will never happen.
Men have friends and newspapers.
They give them a lot of information.
Give him what he craves for - beauty and feminine warmth.
One day you will sit together for hours without saying a word.
Not because there's nothing to say, but because all the happenings in the world can wait and be discussed later.
Now talk again.
Make sure you still want to talk about the world outside you two.
Cheers, Hon! | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/13/2005 5:25:43 PM | [continued from page 212]
I could see, as her lab coat fell open, that she was only wearing a bustier, a garterbelt and fishnet stockings underneath. Her perfume overwhelmed me as she came nearer, standing on tiptoe to press her lipsticked lips to my ear...
"...and.." she cooed, a set of shiney keys dangling from her exquisite fingers,
"...I've got access to a high energy, pumped chemical laser.."
I thought'd I'd lose it right there.
My slide ruler was at full ten-hut.
--- SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE, an erotic dissertation on particle physics by
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/14/2005 11:46:01 AM | | Intelligence is as intelligence does. This type of behavior could probably be categorized as one type of affective disorder or another. Ego-driven, insecure people bolster up their self-esteem by bragging to anyone who will listen about their superior brainpower. The compulsion to tell the world about it in an overt way is not only irritating, but comical if it is entirely without proof. | |
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| Why do men run a mile from a girl with a brain and a yen for using it?
Posted: 7/14/2005 11:46:07 AM | | Intelligence is as intelligence does. This type of behavior could probably be categorized as one type of affective disorder or another. Ego-driven, insecure people bolster up their self-esteem by bragging to anyone who will listen about their superior brainpower. The compulsion to tell the world about it in an overt way is not only irritating, but comical if it is entirely without proof. | |
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