Post by caddywompus on Oct 30, 2013 12:17:32 GMT -5
Yes, he is the smartest guy I know. I think I even said something to that effect in my wedding vows. It seems like he knows everything(!) and I'm always asking him "How in the world do you know that?" It's irritating sometimes.... And he ALWAYS kicks my butt in Jeopardy.
I'm pretty sure my H isn't as smart as I am, and I don't mean that to be rude. He has tons of amazing qualities, and he's smart in some sense, but not the academic sense, really.
Is it bad to think that about my own husband?
If it is than I'm a horrible wife too. I went to an engineering school, there is no way he can compete in this category and he would laugh his ass off at me if I told him. I do tell him he's an amazing photographer because he is
Post by sineadorebellion on Oct 30, 2013 12:20:28 GMT -5
My H is a lot smarter than people ever gave him credit for. He struggled with dyslexia as a kid, and no one ever noticed. Until I met him, saw his school work, and said dude. You're dyslexic (my sister is, which is how I noticed it). If it wasn't for tutoring and him working his ass off, he would have never graduated high school or college. But he's extremely knowledgeable in art and music. He's a talented artist. And he plays guitar be ear, because he can't read sheet music. He hears things and can play right it back to you. It's amazing.
He also knows way too much about football lol. He might not be Jeopardy smart but he's seriously a wealth of knowledge.
Yeah he is, and yes I try to tell him somewhat frequently when it's appropriate because it's true. He's not even niche smart (like just in his field or whatever), he is a sponge for knowledge in general and gets so invested in learning all sorts of things. Sometimes I feel a bit weird without him around just because there is no one to answer all my questions LOL. I'm a pretty cold person when it comes to being affectionate but I've made a huge personal effort to allow myself to compliment him more, because it's true, and to not express that because I have ~issues~ feels unfair.
Post by speckledfrog on Oct 30, 2013 12:35:01 GMT -5
I do not, although he is. He is definitely a smarty pants and, academically, one of the smartest people for most of the people he knows. Which feels strange to say, because he's just a normal guy.
Post by aprilsails on Oct 30, 2013 12:44:02 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever told him this because we both know some super smart scientists and engineers that we went to school with. That being said, we both compliment each other on our relative braininess and skills when the chance comes up.
I'm more book and math smart than DH, but he often has more common sense than I do. He's also fantastic at what he does for work, which I don't think I will ever understand. I have more emotional intelligence (awareness of how to treat other people and deal with difficult situations), which he often compliments me on since he's dumb as a sack of bricks when it comes to that kind of thing.
My H is actually the smartest person I know (both academically and practically). I might have told him that once? I tend to save it for bragging about him to other people or, more frequently, bitching about how someone so smart can be so dumb sometimes
No, but I've told him he's ONE OF the smartest people I know, because he is. If he needs encouragement about something I usually tell him he's got it, he's extremely intelligent/good at what he does, and remind him that he's doubted himself in the past just to breeze on through whatever it was. That works, and he knows I'm not blowing smoke up his ass.
He is very intelligent, and extremely good at his job. But we both know a lot of very intelligent people.
How do you measure intelligence, anyway? IQ tests are flawed. My H is a brilliant engineer, but he's not great on the liberal arts side. I'm better on the liberal arts side, but I can still outperform him on most logic tests.
When he was frustrated with the project he's working on as part of his graduate program, I told him I knew he would figure it out, because he always does. And he did. If I told him that he was the smartest man I knew, I think it just make him mad.
Yes, because he is, and that's what attracted me to him. His undergrad degree was in economics and mechanical engineering, he is a flight instructor and is getting his PhD in computer science.
ETA: Though instead of telling him he's the smartest man I know I usually just call him my favorite nerd.
This thread is ridic. Almost every person has said their husband is super smart
These kind of threads are self selective. People who think their husband is smart are more likely to come in. It's just like more of the pretty, well dressed people post photos and people who pay off their credit cards post in those threads. Plus, as I said before, "smartest person you know" says something about the people you know as much as it says something about your husband.
I know a number of people who tell my husband he's the smartest person *they* know. I'm not one of them.
Post by dragonfly08 on Oct 30, 2013 15:23:49 GMT -5
DH is no dummy, and knows a lot about many different things, but he's not the smartest (academically speaking) man I know, so no I don't tell him that he is.