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I dated a college educated teacher for 2 years. However, we never really had what one would call an "intellectual" conversation. In the evening when I wanted to watch Jeopardy, she was feeding her Facebook addiction while watching TLC's "What Not to Wear" In fact, she had never voted prior to the 2008 election even though she was 28....just my 2 cents...
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I'm extremely attracted to successful and well educated women. The only problems that I've encountered are when there's a huge disparity one way or the other. I will also comment that I have seen friends with more traditional ideas regarding gender roles have issues with well educated and successful women. I personally welcome the intelligent conversation and feel that both people benefit when there's a high level of similarity in success and education.
- July 21st, 2009, 05:46 pm
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avinash wrote :
technically at warp factor 10 they exist at every point in the universe at once.

yes i'm a nerd
Star Trek is da Bomb.

Captain Janeway of Voyager is a strong, intelligent and succesful woman. I'd date her, if she was a subserviant and knew her place.

Flame on.
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I don't mean to come off as arrogant or a snob when I say this, but I like smart women. I prefer women who are cultured and have a multitude of interests. Women who know who "Yo Yo Ma" is and that he's not a rapper. Women who I can have conversations with for hours and hours on any subject and never get bored talking to her. I have very high standards on women I date and I personally prefer women who are educated, have a career, are ambitious, intelligent, and confident over women who lack self-esteem, are dependent and lack ambition or are indifferent. I've dated women like that in the past and quite frankly it drained me. I can't do it anymore.

I own my own house, have a full-time job, I'm going to school, paid off my car and yet I can't seem to find anybody while other guys have no problem. That's frustrating. Does that mean that women are intimidated by me, too?
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I don't mean to come off as arrogant or a snob when I say this, but I like smart women. I prefer women who are cultured and have a multitude of interests. Women who know who "Yo Yo Ma" is and that he's not a rapper. Women who I can have conversations with for hours and hours on any subject and never get bored talking to her. I have very high standards on women I date and I personally prefer women who are educated, have a career, are ambitious, intelligent, and confident over women who lack self-esteem, are dependent and lack ambition or are indifferent. I've dated women like that in the past and quite frankly it drained me. I can't do it anymore.

I own my own house, have a full-time job, I'm going to school, paid off my car and yet I can't seem to find anybody while other guys have no problem. That's frustrating. Does that mean that women are intimidated by me, too?
I am attracted to the same type of women. I have found many women to be educated, but not very ambitious. Lacking self-esteem, dependency and little to no ambition are big turnoffs. Agreed it is very draining.

Not sure if you intimidate women. Some women have an issue with men going to school even as a part-time thing. Won't have enough time for them maybe? Monetary issues with paying for school and/or not a good career lead you to go back to school?

Are you not meeting anyone who'd like to date you or just not meeting anyone where there is a two-way connection? If it's the latter, these things can take time depending on how specific you are in what you are looking for.

Didn't you start a thread about asking out a waitress? She sounded like an attractive woman that you like. Was she educated and ambitious? Do the qualities you are looking for play a significant role in your process?
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