Suppose you have a PHd. Would you avoid dating someone who doesn't have a PHd, MBA or even a bachelors degree (they have a high IQ, but haven't the education beyond high school)? Would you avoid dating a person who lives in a not so great area, (not ghetto, but no where near Beverly Hills!) because you live in a great, expensive, crystal gated community with fountains and high security? Does education and/or status make a diffrence to you when you date?
2007-08-09 05:32:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I am an individualist, so, no, it would not make a difference to me. I have nothing to prove; no need to be showy or any such thing. These things are only important if you make them important, or you are trying to fit into some social niche.
By the way, in my own case, I have a post-graduate degree; my wife did not even complete highschool. There are some things she knows better than I! We have been married for more than 25 years...
2007-08-09 05:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think education makes at least some difference. I know a lot of people will say that you don't need an education to be desirable... but I know for sure that being educated and going through all that work has an effect on people. While it's not always a positive effect, educated people tend to be better conversationalists, problem solvers, and critical thinkers. That's not to say uneducated people are all stupid and dull. But, on the whole, I'd rather hang out with intellectual people than not.
2007-08-09 13:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by Keep On Trucking 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Interesting... the 1st two females answered yes. As a male, I would look to character, similar interests, & goals before I'd look at status. I know many people, men and women without or with only partially completed degrees that are highly intelligent and interesting.
I also know people with higher degrees than I have and they are really quite stupid, educationally and in a comon sense way. While being degreed corolates to intelligence it is not to be assumed.
From my experience, women are far more demanding in their lists of "must haves" then men. Looks, money and status are, unfortunately high on most people's lists.
Of course, I can't say ALL people are this way, just too many!
2007-08-09 12:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not so much education and status that counts when choosing someone to date or marry as it is intelligence and class. One can have a lot of education and still be a dumb s.o.b. For example, look at 50% of college professors who are highly educated in their field and know nothing at all about anything else. They make a great date if all you want to talk about is what they're know which is pretty limited. As for status and class, look at Bill Clinton. Here is a very high status male without any class whatsoever. The same could be said for his wife.
2007-08-09 12:42:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Money really has nothing to do with it as many highly educated people just make average salaries. Education, however, is vital. I could never date someone without at least a 4 year college degree. I went to graduate school and can't imagine how much I could have in common with someone with only a highschool education. Finishing college is not just about intelligence. It really speaks about many other traits that are important to me in someone I'd date/marry such as ambition, perserverance, long-range thinking. I think education is extremely important and could only be with someone who also understood and valued higher education as well.
2007-08-09 13:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just from a practical point of view, I think it's best to date someone with a similar educational & socioeconomic background (I wouldn't use 'status', because that is misleading). YOu probably have more in common with a person like that and you may see the world similarly -- which can help in a relationship.
2007-08-09 12:48:18 · answer #6 · answered by JeffyB 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Education is important. A relationship between a person with a masters degree will not survive for long with a person with only high school degree because you can´t share your way of thinking. There will be misunderstandings... Status dosen´t matter much. It is not going to be easy though but it´s not that important if you really love and want to make the relationship work.
2007-08-09 12:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by marymari 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It does not make a difference to me. I try to look for the personality of the person, instead of the privileges or lack thereof that they have had in life. I have dated a man who has a JD, I have also dated men with associates degrees, and men without a high school diploma.
2007-08-09 12:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by pisceswomanem 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would choose to date someone with similar education and status. It wouldn't have to be exactly the same but along the same lines.
2007-08-09 12:37:09 · answer #9 · answered by Criss_Mousse 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋