Does Education difference play a part in Relationship?

[ahpuiahsan]

Does your partners' education affect your relationship with him/her?

your views please.

[Kokbigbig]

I believe that difference in education as well as culture plays an important part in relationships. probably the major reason why most mixed asian/western sadly fail.

[Marcoamericano]

  Celticcola said:

A a sweethearted girl/woman....

more or less agree. Being beautiful inside goes a long way, especially for the long term. Physical beauty only runs skin deep. If someone is gorgeous, it'll get my attention on first glance, but I'll dismiss them very quickly if they're ugly within.

[Nicole]

I don't think education necessarily matters, though I think intelligence does...and of course there are many types of intelligence.

I think two people mainly hit it off when their points of intelligence overlap..kokbkk said it best...many cross-cultural relationships struggle not because of the education difference per se but instead because of the difference in what the two people are smart about. (Because I'd like to believe that we are all smart, just in different ways...must be the teacher in me)

I'm going to try to use an example that I hope doesn't offend anyone! (I can't imagine that it would, but you never know). My brother is very big into music. He has a real day job but plays in a band on the side (they cut an album last year and are going to be on a compilation album with some pretty famous bands). He owns like three guitars, tons of music stuff, reads music stuff all the time, etc. Totally into music, right?

Well, his last girlfriend didn't get it at all. I think her music taste had developed as far as Britney Spears and then stopped (not that I can talk; I love Britney). So my brother, who talks about music all the time, had some major problems in this relationship. She didn't understand why he was "always" at band practice; he didn't understand why she didn't understand what he was talking about when he goes on for hours about music stuff.

My point is, they basically were fated to break up. Why? 'Cause they just didn't have enough knowledge about the same things for it to last very long, and they were two college-educated people who grew up in the same US state and had the same job.

On the other hand, I've got to say that personally I'd be wary of dating an American guy with, say, less than a high school diploma. Why? Well, because in the States you basically get a diploma for just showing up. I realize other country's education systems are different, which is why I don't have a "minimum" for anyone else.

Well, wait I do have a minimum: they shouldn't act like a stupid a**hole. Knowing how to act does take some "education," it's true. I wouldn't want to be with someone I was embarrassed to take to either of the following situations:

1. Hi-So event like dinner with my bosses

or

2. a casual, beer-chugging bonfire party

I'm gonna quote Judge Judy here (popular TV judge in US):

"Beauty fades, but dumb is forever."

[SiamHotel]

  elle said:

I cant stand up with stupid people at all.

Ever tried to lie down instead Elle....??!

J/k na dear LOL

8)

[asiacrystal]

  ahpuiahsan said:

Does your partners' education affect your relationship with him/her?

your views please.

Again we go back to the old question "love" . But in fact for me, yes, it affect............. not your couple, but your direct surounding, i mean familly, friends and so on.

And at the end........................ :cry:

[Lola_75]

An Educated person is 'usually' an intelligent person, however not all intelligent people have been educated and got the qualifications they deserve, for whatever reason ! So for me, I would rather have an intellgent man who is not educated than one who is educated but seems to have something missing in that brain of his !

Usually I do need a man who I can have a decent conversation with and I think a relationship for me would suffer if this was missing - I need stimulating !

I truley believe that it is more important for women (especially educated women) that their partner is of the same , or higher level of intelligence - but not necessary education!

However men on the other hand (not all of u!!!!!!! i know !!!!) :roll: are less fussy about this and are sometimes happy to settle for a pretty face, nice body, great cook, cleaner, ect............. what I mean in response to this topic is, 'maybe' it is more important for women than men and its not all about education, rather intelligence !!!!!!!!!!!!!