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Would you marry someone who was uneducated?

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Maybe your uncles have a superiority complex. They want to know they are smarter and more successful than their wives.

I could never marry an uneducated woman. I need someone who is witty and challenging.
 
I value intelligence much more than a degree. Rarely will you be talking to your wife about the subject she majored in. More often than not you'll be talking about current events, making decisions, etc, and in those cases I'd much rather have someone with the cognitive ability to make good decisions. There are way too many "mee too" idiots out there with pieces of paper. Once it became the norm to get a degree, the filtration process stopped working.

My last girlfriend had a degree but was a total airhead. Book smart, outgoing, but dumb as sh!t in 99% of real life situations. My current girlfriend is much more astute, has common sense, and is capable of figuring out things which my ex would have never figured out until she read it in a book.

My gf has a degree now, but the brain was the same even before.
 
One of my friends actually insists he will marry someone not as smart or successful as he is. As far as I can tell, it's a side effect of his Italian heritage.
 
Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
Were your uncle's wives hot? If so, that is the reason they married uneducated females.
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No, not even by a long shot. Although, I'm sure they were more attractive when they were younger.
 
When I mean uneducated I don't necessarily mean someone without a college degree. I'm talking about someone who is just flat out unknowledgeable i.e. they have no desirable skills, do not read books etc.
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I am glad you cleared that up, because I know plenty of people that have degrees and are "unknowledgeable i.e. they have no desirable skills, do not read books ".

I am one of the few people in my wife's circle friends that does read books, and I am the only one that does not have a college degree, or spent any time at a college.

 
I would prefer to marry someone who was college educated. Now, can I rule out the possibility that I would marry someone who has not graduated from college, no. It is highly unlikely that I would though because I do not know anyone around me who does not have a college degree or working on one.
 
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Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Its a balancing act. I wouldnt choose a women based solely on any one characteristic regardless of how good that single characteristic was.

And yes, that includes looks.
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So you would marry a woman who was straight out of the trailer park?
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If she was decently good looking, motivated and wanted to be successful, was honest and had good morals....
Hell yes I would.
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So basically she would have to be on her way towards becoming educated.
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No.
Let me try to put it this way.
You had 2 ladies to choose from....
1) Dropped out of HS. Has a GED. Good work ethic. Not too smart, but not a rock by any means. Lets say "average". Her interests are in line with your interests. Shes honest, decent looking, wants to have a good life but you know she'll never make alot of money. She likes kids, is loyal, faithful. A good companion. But you know that if theres going to be a BMW in the family, its coming out of your paycheck cause she will never have the means.

2) Highly educated. Masters in whatever. She was a tramp in college and shows no sign of slowing down. Shes a looker by anybodies scale, and she knows it. She looks at a man as another source of income but the faithfulness ends there. Very up to date on current events, very well informed of whats going on in the world. She lies and is selfish and greedy. You share very little in common as far as interests. Very realistic to have a big house and nice cars. But theres a very good chance while your out she'll be entertaining other men in the house.

Which one would you choose? I would take option 1. Because intelligence is not the only thing I look for. Vastly more important to her education, or even intelligence, is how compatible we are. I'll take a less intelligent person who I get along with and trust over someone whos very intelligent but not very trustworthy and doesnt share any of my interests.
 
Originally posted by: Specop 007

No.
Let me try to put it this way.
You had 2 ladies to choose from....
1) Dropped out of HS. Has a GED. Good work ethic. Not too smart, but not a rock by any means. Lets say "average". Her interests are in line with your interests. Shes honest, decent looking, wants to have a good life but you know she'll never make alot of money. She likes kids, is loyal, faithful. A good companion. But you know that if theres going to be a BMW in the family, its coming out of your paycheck cause she will never have the means.

2) Highly educated. Masters in whatever. She was a tramp in college and shows no sign of slowing down. Shes a looker by anybodies scale, and she knows it. She looks at a man as another source of income but the faithfulness ends there. Very up to date on current events, very well informed of whats going on in the world. She lies and is selfish and greedy. You share very little in common as far as interests. Very realistic to have a big house and nice cars. But theres a very good chance while your out she'll be entertaining other men in the house.

Which one would you choose? I would take option 1. Because intelligence is not the only thing I look for. Vastly more important to her education, or even intelligence, is how compatible we are. I'll take a less intelligent person who I get along with and trust over someone whos very intelligent but not very trustworthy and doesnt share any of my interests.
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I would take neither. I'm not saying or implying that being educated is the end all preference for a girlfriend/wife. Obviously, there are highly educated women out there that are trash as well.

But I also wouldn't want a woman from category 1 and it doesn't have to do with money. I want someone who is motivated to do something in their life and I don't mean just raising kids. Dropping out of high school and getting a GED does not bode well for this.
 
I'll sum it up with a quote from Ron White.


"You can't fix stupid."

What do I think this means, I don't think that you should marry someone or date them for one characteristic. But I have to say that they need something going on upstairs, people can change almost anything cosmeticaly, but they can't make a person smarter. 😉
 
By uneducated, do you mean someone that if you show them something that is way under 6 inches and tell them it's 6 inches, they would believe you?
 
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