Intelligence

Is intelligence a double edged sword?

I once dated a guy, whose mom warned him that intelligent girls can be too smart for their own good when he sang praises about my well..(trying to be really modest here), intelligence.

I'm no phD scholar nor Math Olympiad champion. But sometimes, i think the guys whom i've dated tend to be a little wary of me. I'm not trying to make myself all high and mighty. I know i'm not stupid; not your typical air head bimbo really. These guys feel pressured or intimdated by me. It's not that they're stupid. In fact, may i add, they probably are on par with me. (*not being a feminist lah really!)

You see, guys always wanna have the upperhand (refer to *) they want to be smarter than girls so that they can 1) call the shots-since they have more brain cells 2) have their ego inflated bigger than the size of a hot air balloon 3) still carry on the 18th century male chauvinism- where women are supposed to be submissive during that era.

Honestly, i always wondered if i'm too smart for my own good. For one, i like to voice my opinions, i like to engange in intellectual disussion topics or arguments and most importantly, i'm a practical person with lotsa rationale. Maybe these are the reasons why guys feel intimidated. Sigh. I think guys like simple girls who are submissive and not the verbose kind. They probably like girls who agree with every thing that they say (which i find stupid, cuz these girls are putting women of this century to utter shame!). And most importantly, simple girls are easily contented and uncomplicated.

Intelligent girls on the other hand can be vindictive, suspicious, demanding, far too complicated for men to comprehend and they have the possiblity to put men to shame with their intelligence.

Maybe that's why i'm single till now.

I have expectations (not rocket high), i'm not very easily contented becuz guys i date must be pretty intelligent in some ways. Street smart, musically inclined, academically inclined, whichever. That hard to find in Sg meh! And of course, they've gotta have some romantic nerves.

Hmm...in fact, i think the list can go longer. But ideals will always be ideals.

Gawd damn it, yeah, now i know why i'm single.

:(