Social Butterflies and Geeks: Can a relationship like this work?
In 2008, there was a reality show entitled, Beauty and The Geek . It was advertised back then as a social experiment. Beautiful women with low IQs were paired up with men high in intellect, but weak in social skills. After watching episodes of this show and thinking back to my own dating experiences, I reasoned the only way that one could manage to stay with the other is if he or she would be able to compromise a big chunk of who he or she was when the lights and camera were put away. Unless a person is constantly evolving and willing to try new things, in other words come out of his or her shell, a relationship like this simply can't work. There are always those exceptions to the rule. The married couple who have been together for 30 plus years. The college guy dating the ditz. The broke, busted and disgusted beautiful girl dating the geeky looking computer guy. Kudos to them! However, let's just be honest. How many times did the thought go through their minds, &q