BellaOnline Forums Relationships Single Life Do men really like women to be smarter?

I just read an interesting article in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' that says according to a recent survey they have found that men are happiest when their wives or girlfriennds are highly educated. Hmm, interesting, because most of my female friends who are having lots of problems with guys is because the man seems to be very threatened by their education and earning power. And television is overrun with ''bimbo-like'' images of women from Paris Hilton to Jessica Simpson. Or TV series like ''The Age of Love'' where women in the 20's compete with women in their 40's for the attention of some shallow man. Go figure...

My husband and dad both said you can only look at a woman for so long, and then you want to hold an intelligent conversation. I think they want to marry smart women, but some aren't bright enough to date them before they're ready to marry. Or should I say, a man worth having wants to marry a smart woman.

I think that men like the idea that women can be smart, but mostly want her just not quite as smart as they are...

Dez

It is like this in my opinion-

Men like women to be smart with others.
Men do not like women if they act with smartness with them.

I don't know about others, but my POV on this is:

Physical beauty will fade in time. If a guy is looking for someone that he will be spending, in theory, the rest of his life with, he should want to have an "adult" discussion without having to have to explain terminology, or what certain words mean, etc. That is, the woman SHOULD be of comparative intelligence, and simliar interests.

My opinion is that men who go for the woman with looks, first and foremost, without regards to her potential as someone that can actually hold up a decent conversation are asking for future trouble, and are immature in the ways of having long-term future happiness.