LOL! And how exactly were you supposed to accomplish that? (I know, the same way smart women have been doing it for generations - by playing dumb).
My ex and I were pretty evenly matched intellectually but he always had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because I was better at some things (like standardized exams) than he was. It was ridiculous, because he was also better at other things that I wasn't, like surgery and people skills. So when he married again he married a much younger woman who plays the "little girl". She's not dumb but I do wonder if he ever misses the intellectual conversations that we used to have? Or if his fragile ego is just enjoying being propped up by someone who looks up to him as "older and wiser"?
I refuse to hide my light under a bushel and frankly, I don't think any of the men I have dated since my divorce have been bothered by my intellect. (Which is refreshing, as it was definitely a problem when I was younger). I don't think I'm better than anyone else - there are so many ways to be smart and not all of them show up in exams - and I refuse to be with a man so fragile and uncomfortable in his own skin that he needs me to play dumb to assuage his ego.
