Could you date someone that was not... lets say "bright"

I probably could in the short term. Never done it though.
Intelligence can be very alluring in the right fashion... humour in particular for example wit, innuendo, sarcasm, irony etc.

I work with a girl who is fairly 'hot' (especially for a predominantly male software company) but when half the jokes told go whooshing straight over her head it is a proper turn off.
 
semi-pro waster said:
Longer term I'd say personality counts for more than looks, obviously there has to be a basic level of attraction but beyond that it is negotiable. A decent personality, a sense of humour and a passable level of intelligence is not. I do recognise that not all people are smart in the same ways but if we can't have a reasonable conversation on at least some subjects then I'm sorry but both of us are wasting our time.
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Got it in one imo :)
 
Date? Yes. Commit to a long term relationship? Probably not. She'd have to be absolutely fantastic in some other way to make up for it. And I don't mean big jugs.
 
No, I probably wouldn't.

I'm not an academic myself, far from it. However, I'm by no means stupid. My girlfriend is an accountant - strange mix, but we both have our own areas of 'specialty', so to speak.

We both learn different things from each other, and can help each other out when we need it.

And she'll sit there and listen to me go on about cars all day, so i'm onto a winner :D
 
All these dumb cute chicks being left behind by the intelligent ones. Ladies, form a line please, I'll sort you all out.
 
Most important thing to me is that a partner be caring and unselfish. She could be as thick as two short planks otherwise and it wouldn't bother me.
 
I dated a girl for 2 1/2 years, she wasn't stupid per se, but her vocabulary was a little limited and she was simple in some respects. She was hilariously funny though and the best sex i ever had so it wasn't all bad.
 
Until the end of last year I'd always had long term relationships with fairly 'bright' girls and wouldn't be interested anyone who couldnt stimulate my mind.

However after being kinda 'married' for 16 years (5 Different girls but only a total of 1 year single between the bunch) I'm now looking for some really hot chick I can ruin on a daily basis until I've worked it out of my system.
 
I am at the moment, and the one before was too, both in the same way, they're quite intelligent generally, so long as you're within the fairly small bounds of things they're interested in, outside that they're clueless, for instance both have the most terrible sense of geography (as in where countries/cities are), which is just the sort of thing i've always known

It can be frustrating, and it can bring moments of saying to yourself "she cant actually be that thick" even though I know she's not stupid.
 
Back when I was at Uni I would "date" a dippy bird for as long as it took to get what I wanted. If she was good she could stay longer.

Now, (if I wasn't married) I wouldn't. My brother is married to a someone who is actually very smart but acts like a right dippy tart and always talks as if she is a 5 year old. That would annoy me, and I would have divorced it along time ago.
 
Abraham said:
for instance both have the most terrible sense of geography (as in where countries/cities are), which is just the sort of thing i've always known
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I know quite a few girls like that or rather with the most shocking sense of direction, what makes it worse is that they insist they are right and know where they are going. I wouldn't mind so much but people say men are the ones who are pig-headed about never asking directions, these girls will get lost rather than admit they are wrong.

I'm not great at geography myself (ironically given my mum used to be a geography teacher) because I've got only a passing interest but my sense of direction is pretty good usually, even in places that I've never been before.
 
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