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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDating Advice..
I don't do online dating
I can fix my own car, most things around the house...
I'm a nerd, and am told it would be helpful if I act dumb around men,so they don't feel so intimidated
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Dating Advice.. (Original Post)
HipChick
Oct 2012
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MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)1. whomever told you that is dumb.
if a man is intimidated by you, then they're not MAN enough for you.
edit: date smart men.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)4. Yup!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. Nah. Fly Your Nerd Flag High!
Nerds unite!
Besides, you won't be able to keep up the dumb girl facade for very long, may as be real from the beginning!
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)3. Wrong! The only women I have ever found attractive are the smart ones
With special emphesis on the tom boys. If you can wrench your car, build your house or hunt your own food, you are especially hot. Only guys who need dumb women to make them feel adequate will find smart chicks a threat. I love em and I was quite the one back in the day.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)5. The problem (I've learned) is: If you date inept, not very smart or right-wing Women, after....
...the fun and games, there's no one to talk to...
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)6. Well, I've got sons, now college-age...
And I've always told them to date girls smarter than themselves and they'll never be bored, but always intrigued. So, no! Don't act dumb! Be yourself.