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H's brain is apparently bigger than mine...

43 replies

spirallinganxiety · 13/04/2016 14:01

According to H.

He is better at maths and spatial awareness as well as making/fixing things.

I am better at writing / languages and that kind of thing my empathy/sensitivity/patience is also higher than his.

Still his comment has been rankling all day .

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IceBeing · 13/04/2016 14:06

Well his brain probably IS bigger...but it ain't size that matters now is it?

BevyofQuails · 13/04/2016 14:07

Well, it probably is, assuming you are along the average sizes for men and women. Does't mean shit when it comes to intelligence though.

What were you talking about that he came out with that statement? Seems a very childish thing to say.

ILeaveTheRoomForTwoMinutes · 13/04/2016 14:08

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

He must be related to one of these fine chaps

Nabootique · 13/04/2016 14:09

By "bigger" did he mean "cleverer"?

IceBeing · 13/04/2016 14:09

Oh me and DH compare our mental attributes all the time - usually in a 'I wish I could be as good at that as you are darling' sort of way....but often in a 'if you can't be arsed to think properly about entropy for yourself then shut up about it - STOP trying to use MY brain to do your thinking!' sort of way.

Jellybeam · 13/04/2016 14:11

Sounds like he's trying to put you down to feel better about himself. Maybe he's jealous of your achievement.

My ex said something similar.

BevyofQuails · 13/04/2016 14:11

if you can't be arsed to think properly about entropy for yourself then shut up about it - STOP trying to use MY brain to do your thinking!

Can't say that's a sentence that's ever been said in our house

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2016 14:12

What percentage of it does he use though?

Not much by the sound of it.

Sanchar · 13/04/2016 14:13

My dh says shit like this too. He says he has a bigger head=bigger brain.

I say he has a thicker skull= less capacity=smaller brain😏

LittleLionMansMummy · 13/04/2016 14:38

The computer Charles Babbage invented was as big as a house. In practical terms, it achieved very little compared to, say, a 2016 smart phone. As a pp said, it's not the size but what you do with it that counts.

LittleLionMansMummy · 13/04/2016 14:39

Oh but we do have the left side/ right side brain argument all the time.

Mishaps · 13/04/2016 14:42

Bigger brain? - more space for shit!

Rubydoobiesmum · 13/04/2016 14:46

He is left brained, you are right brained - nothing to do with size.

And remember the smartest man might be smarter than the smartest woman, but the dumbest man is dumber than the dumbest woman.

IceBeing · 13/04/2016 15:05

bevy its the kind of thing that gets said when you have two phds in physics from cambridge, and zero ounces of emotional intelligence between the two of you.

TBH we tend imagine couples who have different subsets of intelligence to each other have it easier...but the existence of this thread suggests otherwise.

BevyofQuails · 13/04/2016 15:16

DH and I met at university on the same course, but have diverged hugely since then, so our brains work in similar ways, but have very different knowledge bases, which works quite well.

I've never accused him of using my brain to think but I've often accused him of concentrating on making thinking faces instead of actually thinking about the thing I've asked. His mouth is gurning all over the place but I can practically see a thought bubble above his head containing nothing but an ellipsis.

Booboostwo · 13/04/2016 15:28

There is no link between size of brain or size of brain relative to rest of body and intelligence. Left/right brain supposed divisions are also rubbish. On the other hand, the amount of pseudo-science you subscribe to is a good indicator of intelligence, or lack thereof.

Zebedee2 · 13/04/2016 15:30

IceBeing, if it makes you feel any better, it is precisely the sort of sentence that would have been uttered in this house when DH was still alive.... And yes, 2 PhDs in physics, and both working in the same research establishment!

Joysmum · 13/04/2016 15:33

That's true of my DH and I. I'm proud of my skills and don't see it as a put down at all

HackedOffWithWork · 13/04/2016 15:36

It isn't the size of the brain that matters, it is the surface area. So more wrinkly = more surface area, probably more than a bigger, smoother brain.

Either way it is a crap comment.

TinkerbellaPan · 13/04/2016 15:37

Ha! DH sometimes tries the "oh well I'm the one who's better at map reading and directions" thing with me, then I remind him of when he tried to direct me to our hotel near Oxford and we got hopelessly lost and I had to stop the car to get my phone and reroute us.

His idea of directions is "I think this is our exit... Might be... Oh yes it was!" as we zoom past because he hasn't given me time to signal and exit.

I now exclusively use a satnav. He's even shit at reading that for me!! Love him dearly though

But yes, brain size means nothing (although I do have a large head and I am VERY clever...)

redexpat · 13/04/2016 15:47

Someone at my placement used this while mansplaining why men should be the male bread winners

I told him that it made very little difference as men only think with their dicks.

He was for 5 minutes and didn't speak to me again for well over a week . It's not actually my view, but I needed to shut this particular guy down. It worked a treat.

LizzieVereker · 13/04/2016 16:03

I bet you £1000 my bum is bigger than yours. Doesn't mean my bum is better though.

RaspberryOverload · 13/04/2016 16:15

I'm trying to remember where I saw an article that basically that while male brains are, on average, heavier than female brains, female brains apparently work more efficiently.

So, size doesn't matter.

Guiltypleasures001 · 13/04/2016 16:18

I've always liked

" behind every successful man is a woman rolling her eyes"

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/04/2016 16:20

Einstein had an unremarkable brain.

Neanderthals had bigger brains than Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

The matter, crenelation and other factors mean massively more than size.

What does all this mean? Your DH is a bit stupid, regardless of the size of his head. Of course, he thinks size is more important. But as we all know, it's not the size, it's what you do with it.

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