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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
I think it is more of a thing like James says--emotional quotient (EQ), than just IQ for the desire of being with someone...
I hate to say it, but the Brits are rather entrenched in their Victorian traditions of dating, although they themselves rarely practice... Otherwise, how could "Bridget Jones" be written?...
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I sort of disagree with this. Brit's are not hung up in old fashioned ways as you might believe. You'll find that they can be very arrogant and carry themselves with an air of superiority, but they are not prudes.
Also, this question had me thinking about a friend of mine. One night he was complaining about his girlfriend at the time and how she never took an interest in the things he liked, and couldn't even pretend to care about his interests, etc. She was only concerned with herself. She was only interested in dating him because he was supporting her lazy/no job a$$ and her three kids, none of which were his. I told him he needed to find a girl who wanted to be with him FOR HIM NOT and not because she needed someone to support her financially. I told him he needed someone independent. He said he couldn't date anyone who was too independent because he was afraid that she wouldn't need him.
Maybe some guys are not necessarliy intimidated by a woman's intelligence, but rather they are afraid if a woman is intelligent she is also too independent and won't need him and maybe some men are just afraid of not being needed.