Pretty good book, anyway what was your question? How do you get over the fact that he's smart? Well idk, but the fact that you think that's a bad thing says quite a bit about you.

>>16974888
I'm not sure what your problem is, OP. You have a boyfriend who you seem to get along with greatly, and he's also smart and educated.
Enjoy it.
Maybe you feel like you should be "better" because you had a more formal education and/or are wealthy? I'd take it for what it is, a nice surprise, and be excited.

Are you more intimidated by his intelligence than he is by your wealth? Why is that?

Why are you even with him? What do you see in him? Do you, on some level, think you're better than him? And now find that being challenged because you've been brought up to think money buys intelligence and education, while he has it in abundance through effort and ability?

None of your post makes any sense unless there are many insecurities underlying your person.

>>16974888
A persons lack of qualifications does not always reflect their intelligence. He has clearly studied a variety of subjects in his in his own time. You could learn more from reading books than from attending university. I go to university but i learn more from reading. Awfully strange that he never mentioned any of these skills to you. Sound like there is a lack of communication in the relationship.

It does seem odd that someone with no formal education would know multiple languages. Is your family important as well as wealthy? Perhaps he is a spy of some sort.

>>16974888

>How is it that he doesn't have a university education, and yet he's somehow smarter than me?

Because you can't buy intelligence.

You're intimidated because you thought you had the upper hand in this relationship, and it's quickly become clear that isn't the case. You have your parents' fortune to fall back on; he's the type of guy who can earn his own.

>>16974932
not really. you do realise that there is are so resources available that can be uased to learn a language. im from a poor household and all of my friends are poor, a few of them are currently learning a language.

>>16974940
It's easy to say you'll learn a language but becoming fluent in multiple languages is an entirely different beast. You don't just become fluent sitting at home on the computer.

>>16974932

>It does seem odd that someone with no formal education would know multiple languages.

Is everyone in this thread American? You all REALLY fell for the "college is necessary" advertising campaign, didn't you? People are capable of reading books without being compelled to do so by a school curriculum. Of course it can be beneficial to study under a knowledgable professor, alongside smart classmates, but it's hardly necessary.

Especially when it comes to learning foreign languages, a classroom is really not an ideal environment. You learn MUCH faster and more effectively by just spending time around people who speak the language, learning just like you learned your first language when you were a baby.

>>16974945
No, but if you learn a language early and have the opportunity to practice it becomes easier to learn more languages. At the point, fluency can come quickly, especially if you're reading.

>>16974945
obviously. but regardless of a persons background, people can have a desire to learn languages. Ops bf is probably ambitious and spends his time studying in his spare time. I study philosphy and history in my own time. I have a friend that works for a physics research team and he earns over £45k a year, he taught him self most of his study, he also didnt go to university. You can become incredibly smart with out going to university, in fact, self study is probably better than university.

>>16974888

Intelligence is patriarchy. Tell him that he's being a sexist asshole by showing off like this. He has NO right to make you feel stupid.

>>16974966
not sure if you're being intentionally being funny or this is bait

>>16974967

Can't it be both? It's a joke that becomes funnier if someone takes it seriously and gets angry

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>>16974972

No it is NOT a joke. Just look at what she said in her first post:

>At first I wouldn't let him help me with homework, but I let him take a glance at it last night and he started explaining things to me that I couldn't get despite being in class

Like, come on. Is that really how you think a good boyfriend should behave? At a certain point here, he's just being a dick, and he should stop

>>16974976
Yeah, like, ugh.
I can't even.

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>>16974955
It's rare I agree with so many posts in a thread, there are usually more varying opinions. \

>>16974976
kek