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		<title>When She’s Smarter Than Him: How Intellectual Incompatibility Affects Relationships</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When you think about compatibility, what comes to mind? Obviously having similar interests is important, such as what you like to do for fun. Another aspect often is having similar life goals and whether or not you are both on the same journey together. However, did you ever consider how intellectual incompatibility could affect your relationship? It’s not simply a stand-alone issue. In fact, intellectual incompatibility can influence other areas of relationship compatibility. If you are finding yourself struggling with your relationship, it may be that you need to consider whether you and your partner are intellectually compatible. What Is Intellectual Compatibility? Intellectual compatibility means that both you and your partner align when it comes to one another’s knowledge and intellectual capacity. Merriam-Webster considers the definition of intelligence to be “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations.” Now take a moment to consider that. Intelligence is more than simply passing tests or even earning a college degree. The three key words to take away from that definition are: learn, understand, and deal. And those words are much more relevant to the success of a relationship than whether one person is smarter than the other. Learning Matters in Relationships Believe it or not, the ability to learn is critical to relationship success. Granted, everyone has different styles of learning. Maybe you are more of a “hands-on” learner, while your partner learns best from reading. We all share traits of the three major learning styles: visual, kinesthetic, and auditory. And that’s not a problem. What actually matters about learning is: Your willingness to learn, grow, and improve yourself Your capacity to apply that learning to your life So, if you and your partner have different perspectives on learning, then there may be a relationship mismatch. Also, if one of you isn’t willing to learn at all, then how can you both be able to grow together in a relationship? After all, learning about one another is key to creating a strong relationship bond. Understanding One Another When you and your partner learn something new about [&#8230;]]]></description>
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