So this is an interesting question to me and got me thinking… I think the qualities that are important to me in a partner (compassion, empathy, openness, open mindedness, passion, etc.) aren’t strictly tied to intelligence? Maybe there’s a correlation, I guess? Depends on how you define intelligence.

I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to look for particularly intelligent people. In fact I’d probably avoid anyone who puts their IQ in their bio (because… Eww). But based on my interests and personally, I can see myself naturally sharing more in common with “intelligent” people (wow that sounds pretentious).

I do wonder if I’d feel frustrated with a partner who couldn’t understand me when explaining complex things though…