DP angry with me over University Challenge

Make sure you play along every episode from now on and rinse the thick twat.

Why did you post that @Gardeninrags ?

He sounds insecure.

My son noticed I’m always looking things up on the internet. I said it’s a good thing, it means I’m curious. If I come across anything I don’t know I google it. It’s the one thing I really like about the internet.

I was horribly, horribly bullied at school for being clever and not hiding it. Nice to see that my bullies are still out there.

How pathetic of him!

I couldn't spend my life with a sad specimen like him. My dh loves me being brainy and wants me to join in with UC. Seriously, don't stay with someone like this.
Oh and hi to the wee incel who's joined the chat. 😘

I'd keep an eye on that, OP. Personally I couldn't be with someone who thought I was dumb, or that I ought to be, or took themselves too seriously. DH and I are pretty even and both like quizzes and sometimes each will know different things.

We got exactly the same GCSE, A-Level and degree results in similar subjects and sometimes I gently ribbed him that I must be smarter as he went to a posh school and I didn't. But he laughed and didn't get cross about it.

He does get a bit put out when I beat him at tennis (rare) or mini golf (often) but soon laughs it off.

My DH is really proud that I'm clever. It's one of the first things he tells people about me. I'd hate to be married to someone who wanted me to "hide my light under a bushel." It's weird OP, I hope yours makes up for it in other ways. Otherwise, top tip: second marriages are much better 💗😀

Oh yes if we get some right on only connect we are so happy!

op he sounds an idiot and only you know if that behaviour is indicative of a wider problem. It does scream low self worth though which can bring up feelings of shame which one will do anything to get rid of rather than reflect that it’s not the other persons fault. Suppose what I am saying is that if hes not generally a twat then it’s probably not about his opinion of you/woman it’s about his opinion about himself?

I say this as I (a woman)can feel deep shame when I don’t know something, I have to watch myself getting cranky if husband or child laugh or say come on mum you must know that. His actions were unacceptable whatever the root cause of course.

She clearly is intelligent. Why shouldn't she show it?

Sick of people trying to put intelligent women down for showing their cleverness.

Op, had your h always been a dick or just every once in a while?

Well I feel quite proud of myself if I get one question right 😊

Fragile male ego. I would have been really impressed not annoyed at your knowledge.

How long have you been with him, OP? I'd keep an eye on this.

As an aside, it feels very early for UC to be back! The first rounds are always a fairly gentle start, I find. I'm counting down the days until Only Connect is back - next Monday, apparently!

and here’s an ick for your starter for ten…

My husband is also a huge UC fan and likes to ‘play along’. He even appeared on it many years ago. He would never, never behave in this way. He celebrates either of us getting a question right. That’s us, we - my role isn’t to make him feel good about himself, we’re a team.

I’m sorry OP, but your partner does not sound like a good man. Time for a watching brief - start looking closely at how he treats you in other situations. Now that your eyes have been opened, you may be surprised at what you notice.

DH & I always watch University Challenge & ever so occasionally he will say ‘how do you know that?’ In a condescending tone. I always slap him down. Happened this week. Not even difficult. Everyone knows David Lynch was in Twin Peaks, right?

BTW I know someone who was on a team that got to the audition stage for UC. They, as a team, reckoned they had a good general knowledge but were very heavily skewed towards music and the arts and seriously lacking in the sciences; however, they were from an institution that had never appeared before so we're hoping that would swing it for them. It didn't.

Lots of men believe they are smarter than their girlfriends and wives. I would probably think of this as something that shows you who he really is.

I love this. I like it when dh drives because I never stop looking around and always Google if I see interesting things. I also enjoy reading which helps.
I used to have a good general knowledge, it's getting harder to find it in my brain these days but I try.
I went to a quiz night with colleagues and I did really well and the shock from them. One of them was telling others we work with how shocked she was. I was a bit offended if I'm honest.
Ops dh is a twat.

A bad loser.

Probably supports a football team just because they won trophies when growing up, if he has an interest in football.

We shout out any answers we know but have never tried to keep score.

In Mastermind I sometimes try to keep track of how well I do on each general knowledge round because I think that's a bit easier.

However, on Only Connect I am usually satisfied if I get only one or two?

I find it varies week by week. Some weeks I find I can get quite a lot of right answers but others, not many at all. On a week where there are plenty of literature, history, politics etc questions - I'm on fire!

If it's a week heavy on maths and physics, I'm a bit of a dunce!

What a Neanderthal. He can't bear a woman being more intelligent than him. I would be seriously pissed off about this OP.

I agree with this. I'm generally very good at multiple choice questions but ask me a question and my brain shuts down. Mind you my brain is permanently mush atm 🙄

I agree with pps who say he wanted to thrash you and lord it over you.