delilah123 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think you would need someone with the same specific interests. I don't think you'd be satisfied. If you want to learn more about your specific interests from your partner, then yeah you will need someone with those interests! I'm intelligent, but I find politics pretty boring for the most part. I'm much more interested in human behaviour studies, theatre, arts etc. I'm the sort of person though who is happy to 'teach' about my degree and my work, but would also love to learn about their degree and their work or their hobbies, if for example they are particularly musically gifted. So someone not being into what I'm into isn't a huge deal, as long as they are interested in learning about it I don't think you can even say you want someone "intelligent" because intelligence can be very different for different people. Link to post Share on other sites
Author red shoes Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 It's not so much that I just want to talk about these topics with my SO. I want a varied conversation. I'm not adverse to learning about any other subjects but I don't want to be the only one dishing out wisdom. What he can teach me is more of what's going on at the local level, like what's happening around the neighborhood. I want to know what goes on around the world. He's happy to just read the local newspapers. That's not to say he's not a good person. I just don't know how this will turn out. Link to post Share on other sites
OliveOyl Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 It's not so much that I just want to talk about these topics with my SO. I want a varied conversation. I'm not adverse to learning about any other subjects but I don't want to be the only one dishing out wisdom. What he can teach me is more of what's going on at the local level, like what's happening around the neighborhood. I want to know what goes on around the world. He's happy to just read the local newspapers. That's not to say he's not a good person. I just don't know how this will turn out. That's not wisdom. That's knowledge. There is a big difference. Wisdom comes through varied life experience, having suffered ups and downs and gaining maturity through the process. For example, my BF is not knowledgeable about the topics you've mentioned you're interested in (and neither am I). But he has a high level of wisdom (gained from his very interesting past). I'm very drawn to him because of that. If you can just read it from a paper, and regurgitate it, without having worked with it on a palpable level... that's knowledge. Making conclusions based on the facts is analysis. He may not have the same degrees as you, but he could read the same media if he were interested. He's just not interested. This has nothing to do with either intelligence or wisdom. Link to post Share on other sites
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