What would be your choice? A smart partner? Or a good partner?

India
October 8, 2012 11:20am CST
How do most people choose their life partners? When they find someone smart, they get attracted to them and choose them. Smart person is intelligent and knows how to live successfully in this materialistic world. Smart person need not be good. We want our children to be smart but if they act smart with us we can't tolerate it. A good person on the other hand may not be intelligent. People go for divorce when they find their partners are not good. They choose smart partners and end up with a break up when they find them not good. So, What would be your choice? A smart partner? Or a good partner?
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
8 Oct 12
dear anna I am still searching I am looking for someone who can tolerate me
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• India
8 Oct 12
Hope you will meet your right prince very soon. Looks like it's very urgent.
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
8 Oct 12
hello riya, Oh yes my dear, please do it quick
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
8 Oct 12
..hey jay should I sent you one from here?
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• Philippines
8 Oct 12
hi vijaya, I want to have a wealthy partner so he can feed me very well If I go with smart or good one uuhhmm.....but he can't feed me well never mind happy mylotting
• India
8 Oct 12
oh, That's a smart decision if not a good one. Oh, God, save those innocent men from these lionesses.
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
8 Oct 12
Oh yeah...knowing you who eat like a lion
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• Philippines
8 Oct 12
I can't disagree with you as you join me most of the time
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
8 Oct 12
The best choice would be a partner who has both qualities. I happen to be very fortunate since I chose a partner who has both. On the other hand my partner chose a wife who is good but not a whiz. That would be me. I don't consider myself smart but have common sense which is beneficial to our relationship.
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• India
8 Oct 12
That's cool carolbee. It's a perfect match, I would say. This kind of relationships can last longer, I think.
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• India
9 Oct 12
i think you both compliment each other very well. In a relationship, its not about being smart, but about understanding each other. I fyou understand your partner well and she understands you back, relation would be lovely. Relationship is not a research institution where you need best brains or smart brains, it only requires a happy heart. Anyway wishing you a fantastic life ahead.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
12 Oct 12
As we begin to age, the keyword here is understanding. Thank you so much.
@vandana7 (100517)
• India
8 Oct 12
I'd go with the good. I have a lot of flaws, which only a good one can put up with. A smart one, on the other hand, would leave me for greener pastures. So good one it would be for me. Ideally though, I would not want either of the two. I would rather the good one be in my list of friends. The smart one I get to ape..lol
• India
9 Oct 12
Hi, Vandi, looks like ugly, dumb men will score over smart men. That's the reason I don't get any offers at all. I am happy to learn I 'm smart but at the same time it sucks.. Vandy, please do not compete with men in cheating... Not good for the society. Let men win in it always.
@vandana7 (100517)
• India
9 Oct 12
Yeah, and it is easier to stay loyal to the good one, because we are constantly aware of his goodness. If the smart one strays, it becomes a need to get even. lol
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
9 Oct 12
Just as I want to say.... a little bit of brain, a bit ugly ... that doesn't matter... as long as he's loyal and bears with me all the time...
@aritahime (221)
• Indonesia
8 Oct 12
hmm.. I prefer the good one. Because in my surroundings, smart people are usually boring. Not all, but most of them. And in my opinion, smart people have a terrible sense of humor. They're not funny at all, always serious. I think it is more enjoyable to live with a good partner. Not really smart is OK, but please do not be really fool so that s/he will never understand what we say and cause missunderstandings. :p
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• India
9 Oct 12
Hello aritahime, I think you have got surrounded by exceptions. I do have some smart people around me and believe me they have damn good sense of humour. Infact what i would say the ones with really good sense of humour are generally smart. Anyway you have taken the right criteria for choosing the partner. Your partner has to be good at heart. After all you are not looking for some robot to to do work, but a partner for lifelong.
• India
8 Oct 12
hi, aritahime , smart people are generally not boring. It looks like you are a good but humorous partner. That's really cool. Happiness has got nothing to do with money.
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• Indonesia
9 Oct 12
Maybe it is an unfortunate for me to surrounded by smart people with less sense of humor. hahaha.. In my opinion, there is two types of smart people. The first are smart people with perfect grade in class, always doing great in their jobs, but know less about the general knowledge that happen on earth (in any topics such as, politics, natural disasters, musics, films, sports, you name it). The second are people with average grade in class, yet understand a lot about general knowledge outside the class/work, and more open-minded. As a partner, I think I prefer the second one, so we can talk a lot about sooo many things. :)
8 Oct 12
If the choice is just between the two, I'd rather go with the good person. A good partner will give me a good relationship and a good life!
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• India
8 Oct 12
That's not only a good choice but also a smart one, Ivy_Bubbles .
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
10 Oct 12
If I had to choose one or the other, I would choose "good". As long as he wasn't completely lacking in smarts! Yes being good is a better quality to me than intelligent. Besides sometimes people who are intelligent think too highly of their selves, or they embrace all man's high falootin theories and they become unsmart after all! Besides if they lack goodness how smart are they! (Though of course no human is all good or all that good, but certainly faithfulness and kindness are great qualities in a mate.)
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
8 Oct 12
vijayanths why on earth cannot a s mart partner also be a good partner, one surely does not preclude the other.I have known many good smart p eo ple as opposed to smart bad people. so my choice is a good and smart partner always. there are also bad smart partners. goodness can go well with smartness.
• India
8 Oct 12
Everyone would love to have a partner who is good and smart. But the point is what would be your choice between the two. Glad to see you here Hatley .
@GemmaR (8517)
8 Oct 12
I don't think that people have to be smart, as I don't really value that kind of thing in people. Obviously being smart is never a bad thing, but I wouldn't rule people for not being smart. I would much prefer a partner who was good for me, because this means that I would be happy. There is no point with being with somebody who is smart but not nice, because you're not going to be happy in your relationship. They might be able to get a good job but that isn't always the thing that will make a relationship last for longer.
• India
9 Oct 12
hi, GemmaR, you made good points. I fully agree your words ' I would much prefer a partner who was good for me, because this means that I would be happy.' Very well said.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
9 Oct 12
Hi vijay, I am going for the good partner, because I know whatever she will do she will make me happy. I don't want a lot of money or a lot of fame I want a loyal, loving and caring partner. It is even better if she happens to be smart as well, but I want her to be God fearing, that is a very big thing for me. I believe the nature of the person is the foundation of the person and a good personality is so much more attractive to me that a good looking or smart lady, my honest opinion.
• Greece
8 Oct 12
If you are a woman it is good to have a man who is good and smart. If you are a man you are better off with a woman who is less smart but good at heart. A smart man may take pride in his smartness and so he needs a good woman to cope with him. No one is smart at everything so it is necessary to find out their strengths and weaknesses. They will be intolerant of themselves if they do something stupid, no one is smart 100% of the time. So you need someone who is smart enough to take an honest look at themselves. I don't think a person who is materialistically smart is necessarily good at relationships.
• India
9 Oct 12
You are absolutely right 41CombedaleRoad . I also think smart man and good woman combination will a hit. I also agree with you that a person who is materialistically smart is not necessarily good at relationships.
@rs1982 (99)
• United States
8 Oct 12
A person with a good heart, someone who respects, cares and loves the partner. A family is happy when they share a good equation with one another. He/she should not listen to third party advice when it comes to their marriage. Be it a newly wed or one with a few years in the relationship- they should find a way to work out their issues on their own.
• India
9 Oct 12
very well said rs1982. Respect, love and care are all a must in a relationship, I think. As you rightly pointed out he/she shouldn't listen to third party gossips and advice.
@edita1 (2)
• Philippines
9 Oct 12
were not perfect.... no ones perfect... even rich has a big problem... what they do? small become big problem in this world. thats why they get a good partner. we know first each other until ur be a good partner... sometimes a couple of month u live together or as we call fall in love then after that your consider at one... after a days its become big family
@edita1 (2)
• Philippines
9 Oct 12
i choose a good partner. as for me a god partner is a sacred relatioships between couples and their kids he knows the resposiblity of a being father of their kids ,as a housewife i can give all the best of our family, sometimes we got a problem thats given to all . we all encounters that but we have a solutions as far i concern, i encountered that but we still survive until now, its god given to us. as good partner u trust n understan what we have done too.but not all theres always a solution. just give and take so that ur family will happy together. dont any one bother to you. just always pray and think our futre...be possitive always.
@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
9 Oct 12
I would rather have the best of both worlds.. I have been finding in life too much one way or the other is not good.. Life becomes unbalanced, ending up over comverstating for what is missing.. Would rather have a good mixture that is willing to accept me for who I am and I would look at that person the same way..
@RobtheRock (2433)
• United States
9 Oct 12
I too, would rather have both. But if pushed for only one choice, I'd take a smart partner. A not so smart partner can lead to arguments and misunderstandings.
@jadoixa (1166)
• Philippines
9 Oct 12
as for me, i want a good partner in life because that is the only way to live a successful, fulfilled, and happy marriage or relationship. it is true that a lot of people get attracted to smart people, but in the long run once you get to know that person deeply and really well what makes us fall for them is the good character and personality they have inside.
@kapil11 (247)
• India
9 Oct 12
Honestly speaking,I would go for a good looking partner rather than smart and non-good looking ones,because man will be man you cant change that.
@ztuberi (395)
• Philippines
9 Oct 12
I'll choose a good partner. A good partner will love his family from his heart and not from his mind. He will not underestimate me because he is not that smart. He will understand me because a good person has an open mind. And he will not choose his career over me.
9 Oct 12
I would choose a smart partner. A smart person supposed to know what is bad and good though.And sometimes good one consider smart in their qualities. But for a good reason, both will have the same qualities just depend how they think about themselves.