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For me as an expert RnD engineer with masters degree, and borderline scientific research job, who should i pursue for marriage, assuming all other things equal. Who would YOU pursue?
a- a woman who is less educated (community college), simple job, there are many, 90% of matches on dating sites.
b- a woman with matching level education or a successful career, harder to find.
c- an artistic type woman. Like in the movies.
d- an even more educated woman like a doctor or a phd researcher. Would she even date me?
Some say pick a more educated woman as go feminism. Some say less educated to make sure you are the man or something (my friend advised). I don't care for either of these 2 reasonings. What bothers me is the possibility of being stuck with someone who has a simple understanding on the world, or lives for basic pleasures, and I would feel I have no one to talk to and become isolated. I could not have meaningful conversations with most of my former friends, as they just care about parties, video games and vacations.
Formal education doesn't matter and engineering is the worst when it comes to being conversational.
If somebody is doing a pHd focusing on thermodynamics, why would anybody else care about that?
It's more about being able to converse about and understand a wide variety of topics.
Ideally you want someone who can discuss the same topics you can, but not discuss many more than you ... otherwise, you're the one who will seem unintelligent.
As a generality, I find people who read a lot are the most 'intelligent' in that sense.
Formal education doesn't matter and engineering is the worst when it comes to being conversational.
If somebody is doing a pHd focusing on thermodynamics, why would anybody else care about that?
It's more about being able to converse about and understand a wide variety of topics.
Ideally you want someone who can discuss the same topics you can, but not discuss many more than you ... otherwise, you're the one who will seem unintelligent.
As a generality, I find people who read a lot are the most 'intelligent' in that sense.
So true. Many people can't stand to be around engineers, or nurses.
The "conversational" thing is only an issue on the first date.
More educated people usually look at the world (politics, raising children, financial goals, life choices...) differently, in kind of a scientific or analytical way. I also read political and religious books sometimes. My former friends never read a book, neither had financial goals in their lives.
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