Would you rather be beautiful or highly intelligent? Lighthearted

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I’ve always been considered good looking but I think my life would have been better if I was an intellectual. How about you? Or are you lucky enough to have both??

My DH says I am brain, trapped in the body of a game show hostess. 😁😂

Are we talking more Alex Scott on The Tournament or Ann Widdecombe on Cleverdicks, though?!

Well, there'll always be some arseholes, @Kabbalah, we're discussing brains vs. beauty, not personality. Anyone can be an arsehole, regardless of their looks or intelligence. 😂

It's certainly true that if you're within certain parameters of "beauty", life is easier for you. My DD is pretty enough to get positive attention, IYSWIM. You don't necessarily need to be drop-dead gorgeous, as that can be intimidating, as someone upthread said. Being vivacious and pretty enough can almost be better.

DH married me because I was highly intelligent ( and vice Versa). But looking back at old photos and remembering what was said to me, I was also quite hot in my day. I only wish I’d really realised it and had more self confidence.

I'm retired now, so the days of making the most of high intelligence are past. So for once in my life it would be fabulous to be beautiful.

I'd rather be highly intelligent. Beauty is subjective anyway.

I suspect the money that is usually a side effect of intelligence means beauty (youthfulness) is more likely in old age anyway due to being able to afford a good diet, money for exercise and leisure time.

Beautiful, I already feel like I don't relate to people very well, I imagine being super intelligent would only make that worse.

Beautiful - but then you always want the thing you don't have

Highly Intelligent, as long as I was also emotionally intelligent enough too for it to be an absolute bonus. I don't 'just' mean studious straight A*/can learn things well - but creatively intelligent, really see things differently, real buzz from solving complex problems as well as pick things up easily. Witty, interested.

Well, if you were beautiful but stupid, you’d probably know you were beautiful but be blissfully unaware of your own stupidity. But if you were an ugly genius, I think you’d know damn well you were ugly.

Aaah Janina, if only there had been money! When I started work they hadn't even brought in the Equal Pay Act and women couldn't have bank accounts or mortgages without a man to guarantee them. And when the children were born little to no nursery provision so carrying on working was a privilege for the already well-off.
With all the resentment that caused it's no wonder I'm a raddled old bag 😁

On a personal basis, intelligence has always been held high, I am told I am also attractive, but never put much stall into that.

However, both can be a curse when it comes to finding a partner. I'd hate for someone to be with me just because of how I look, but I've also found that most men are intimidated by intelligence.

Personally, I'd still choose intelligence though.

I'd rather be able to cook really well. Looks fade, hunger doesn't...
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Brilliant!

I have a friend who is so confident and emotionally intelligent, and a true extrovert. That, I think, opens more doors than beauty and intelligence.

I'd take confidence over beauty and intelligence.
But if pushed, I'd like effortless beauty. Waking up looking lovely would save a lot of time!