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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 11/20/2007 5:23:05 PM |
I have gone on a date where the guy was completely chivalrous, but when it came down to stereotype "guy-stuff" like basic car maintenance, it completely freaked him out that I knew about KnN air filters, the basic difference between 10W30 and 5W30 oil, and that the psi for my tires is 34psi on all four of them, because I have 4WD. I know I bruised his ego when I told him that, as he thought my tires should be fuller in the front than in the back.
I know exactly what you mean by that. my ex was exactly like that. I became his friend honestly because he showed up with a nice car ('80 indi turbo TA) and we were friends for about a year before we started dating. When I got a car he was insulted that I didn't consult him but said that I'd made a decent choice although it needed a transmission filter and the transmission fluid changed out and it would cost me money to have it done. I think I bruised his ego quite a bit when he showed up and I was more than halfway done with having done so on the car myself. Since then, he rarely brings up the topic of cars around me. It's rather amusing actually. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 11/20/2007 5:26:38 PM | Give me a woman who I can sit down and talk about quantum physics with, I would be suprised.
Some guys might be afraid of girls that are to smart because of one simple thing, looking to stupid. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 11/20/2007 5:57:24 PM | Maybe they are wondering, if you are really a woman?
hehehehe. Just kidding.
Lots of people, hate/dislike those of an intelligent nature.
There is discrimination of those with wit and whatnot.
Ugly world, yup. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 11/20/2007 10:05:40 PM | I honestly love smart women. I've also found that intelligence is like beauty, and it's often not immediately recognized by everyone equally.
It's great to be able to converse with someone about a vast array of subjects... whether or not she knows the details (or I do). I love learning. If my partner can teach me something, so much the better -- even if it's a "guy" subject. My fashion sense is for sh!t, but I'll give my honest opinion on interior design. 
I've seen a lot of profiles say that they want intelligence, but not an "intellectual". I like an intellectual outlook or approach to problems... Let's reason this out. I do abhor the pseudo-intellectuals, though, who use big (multisyllabic) words just to "prove" how bright they are.  | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 6:34:26 AM | OP, I've never had a guy be scared of me because I'm smart. If anything they tell me they like an intelligent woman.
Maybe they're lying and I'm really dumb. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 9:34:07 AM | | Yea, the number of guys reflexively and brainlessly sucking up by saying "oh, but I wuv a smart girl... it's those other baddies who don't" is pathetic. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 10:38:04 AM | | It's not just guys who reflexively suck up. I think it's a majority of POFers who do this because people are so accustomed to denying vocally or literally what they are not, in a vain hope to somehow dissuade a person from clumping them into the miasma of boorish behavior. People want to stand out from the crowd, but in doing so they ensconce themselves ever more securely in the Borg Collective. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:20:01 PM | Maybe guys are afraid of smart girls, because they feel inferior, that would be the only answer that I could think of. But if a guy has enough self confidence about himself then I don't think it should matter one way or another.
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:34:57 PM | Because a smart girl will figure out that we're not after their brain. Because a smart girl might be able to figure out how shallow our character is . Because a smart girl might actually be able to reason our castration.
Because a smart girl might know the difference between arrogance and intelect. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:37:55 PM | I still think guys would like smart girls, but the problem is will they like girls that are smarter than they are?
Recent study from Ray Fisman @ Columbia University has shown that men are unlikely interested in women that are more ambitious, smarter than they are.
Good or bad, bad is that the smarter women have a smaller pool, the good is if they truely find someone, the "someone" might be the smartest.
But, we can't generalize all the male group, I believe there are a few that like overachieving women. At least, I hope so. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:41:52 PM | Interesting. My car tells you on the inside hinge of each door what that tire should be. 35 psi for all 4 actually. Fantastic if he knows how to tell when they're low and to fill them when needed. But if he has a problem with that information what the manufacturer says, that is his problem! If his ego is bigger than the manufacturer's recommended pressure, then its  | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:43:12 PM |
Recent study from Ray Fisman @ Columbia University has shown that men are unlikely interested in women that are more ambitious, smarter then they are.
...because experience has shown these men that women who are 'more X' than they are will eventually become resentful of the fact that their man is 'lagging behind' and dump him for one that is not.
Women date 'up'. Men date whomever will have them. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 2:57:58 PM | | With all due respect man I draw the line with Concerned Women For America. Someof us walk beyond convention and sterotype you know. | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 4:13:51 PM | Smartness is something that slowly seeps into you through a very natural process of osmosis. I don't believe smart people get smart overnight as much as smart people would like to tell you so. And I don't believe you can force smartness into yourself or into someone else. The smartness factor just comes to you, slowly but steadily, when it finally takes control over you, and dictates how you think, how you speak, how you dress, how you parse and process things, how you listen, how you read, how you plan, and basically how you do everything. It changes the fundamental way you view the world.
The most exciting thing about being smart is that smart people seldom realize they're actually smart.
If someone tells others loud he/she is smart, that would get my attention to investigate if he/ she really is, but I doubt it.
I think smart people that are modest will be looking good on the dating market. We'll see. Further, I personally agree that the first rule of being smart is to be able to recognize other smart people | |
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| Why are guys scared of smart girls?
Posted: 12/3/2007 7:21:39 PM | | I'm not scared of smart women. A smart woman would be a turn off only if she has "a know it all" attitude or "I'm better than you because I'm smart" attitude. | |
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