Poll: Good Looks or Intelligence?

[prodigy]

Whichever one's got more $. :Q

 

[BoberFett]

Russ, whatever could you be hinting at?


"Don't like her? What's wrong with her. She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge ... tracts of land."
- King of Swamp Castle

 

[Isla]

Good point, MisFit, and hello.

 

[MisFit]

Hello Isla

 

[Regine]

I'd rather go for intelligence. There's always something beautiful that you can find in a person, even if it is just their personality.
I'd rather be able to have a good conversation with a less attractive person than to hang around some supermodel look-alike dumb mother-fvcker (pardon my language). Besides, looks will probably fade away...

 

[DefRef]

.paldo: Are you saying that she's only OK:Q in your book?!? You know how many people would KILL to have someone that repulsive?!?

When I was dating around, I dated the spectrum of looks and brains in numerous combinations. Two of the girls were about as far apart as possible.

Girl A was really cute, had large bressesses and other *ahem*SKILLZ*cough* that I found quite entertaining. She was also a total dingbat with a baby girl's voice and rather pedestrian tastes in music and what not.

Girl B was also cute, but modestly endowed (think Mariel Hemmingway). However, she and I shared many common interests.

So, who to pick? Let's put it this way...it got so that I couldn't stand being around Girl A long enough to boink her! As fun as she was, I couldn't stomach actually talking to her and cut her loose.

Girl B and I are about to celebrate EIGHT YEARS together.

A older married woman told me, "Looks fade and sex wanes, but you still need someone to talk to over breakfast."

 

[Elita1]

I'll take a guy with intelligence, values and a great sense of humour any day.
Looks matter little to me( though I must admit, cleanliness and hygiene are a definite must) and like Isla said it is the inner beauty that truly counts.
Imagine being with someone who was Knock-out beautiful but who was deceitful, dishonest and untrustworthy. Those are terrible things to live with.
However, that is just my opinion. Everyone has different priorities, tastes, and aspirations.


Isla: aren't abuelitas awesome? My abuelas are all love and tenderness

 

[loogie]

loogie pulls the soapbox out from under Noriaki and runs away

 

[KameLeon]

it is the inner beauty that truly counts
soo easy to say, so hard to practice..

 

[Total Refected Power]

Honestly. A combination of both. Atraction is difficult to deconvolute and is a case by case basis. But inner beauty is what sustains us!

My wife is very pretty and has a PhD in Chemistry. So I am very lucky.

 

[Elita1]

<< soo easy to say, so hard to practice.. >>



You are right, Kameleon.
For men it can be harder to choose inner beauty over a gorgeous exterior because guys, as my mother puts it, &quot;fall in love through their eyes&quot;. In general guys would want a mate that is pleasant to look upon. It takes a special and rare kind of man to look past exterior ugliness and fall in love with a beautiful soul.

I don't mean to bash or insult men by saying this; just stating MHO.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I would much rather be with someone who was intelligent and was a good person. Someone who could put up with me without resorting to having me committed. It just doesn't seem like much of a relationship if you can't take her out on a summer night, throw a blanket down in an open field and stargaze all night without having to get, um, amorous. When I get into a relationship it has to be with someone with whom I could stay up all night and watch old movies and that sort of thing.

Zenmervolt

 

[derek]

I can't decide. At home(southern california, near the beach) all the girls are hot but not too bright and even if they are smart they seen to date the dumb guys. Now at college (East Bay Northern CA) most of the girls are smart, but NONE of them are hot. Just because they are smart doesn't mean they have a good personality either. Girls here arn't even close to as hot as girls I see at home. I understand that it is important for a girlfriend/whatever to be intelligent and have a good personality, but they also have to be attractive.

 

[happykitten]

Both.