Happy Sunday ya all. Got into this arguement with a female friend but she won't bulge or give up. Would you date or marry someone who has a lower academic qualification compared to yours. Thanks for your views and opinions

So you want me to marry a girl who has an ssce certificate only.. ?

My primary concern is the values and morals of the person . Though education is important , it is not a deal breaker.......


That was me trying to be funny.



I can date a man with lower educational qualification than me (a first degree holder, that is). What I'd never do is date an illiterate. Who doesn't need a partner who is going to be able to challenge and stimulate him/her intellectually? I am not saying that anyone without a degree cannot be intelligent - of course they can. My narrow focus is on whether that person would be a good match for me as a partner.

Some people may say women like me have unrealistic standards and that it is a pretty shallow way to judge someone's potential by their educational qualification but still, to each his own.

dingbang:
So you want me to marry a girl who has an ssce certificate only.. ?

what if she has core values and morals unko

Cuddlebugie:
My primary concern is the values and morals of the person . Though education is important , it is not a deal breaker.......


That was me trying to be funny.



I can date a man with lower educational qualification than me (a first degree holder, that is). What I'd never do is date an illiterate. Who doesn't need a partner who is going to be able to challenge and stimulate him/her intellectually? I am not saying that anyone without a degree cannot be intelligent - of course they can. My narrow focus is on whether that person would be a good match for me as a partner.

Some people may say women like me have unrealistic standards and that it is a pretty shallow way to judge someone's potential by their educational qualification but still, to each his own.

but academic achievement doesn't define greatness u know

Cuddlebugie:
My primary concern is the values and morals of the person . Though education is important , it is not a deal breaker.......


That was me trying to be funny.



I can date a man with lower educational qualification than me (a first degree holder, that is). What I'd never do is date an illiterate. Who doesn't need a partner who is going to be able to challenge and stimulate him/her intellectually? I am not saying that anyone without a degree cannot be intelligent - of course they can. My narrow focus is on whether that person would be a good match for me as a partner.

Some people may say women like me have unrealistic standards and that it is a pretty shallow way to judge someone's potential by their educational qualification but still, to each his own.

Story story.

The last two departmental colleagues of mine who said that are now married to two illiterate pastors (Surprising because I finished my BSc in 2015). Women will forever be attracted to success. Everything else is secondary or does not matter.

So many celebrities out there who never even finished secondary school, yet you see thousands of educated Nigerian women professing love for them on twitter and Facebook etc. Yet they reject men with even PhDs.

All these because of the gap in success.

hAlexandro:
what if she has core values and morals unko

e be like say girl never break ur heart before...

Funny question. I think once a guy or girl has a university degree, he or she is a contemporary of those with Maters o, PhD o. The first degree is the koko.

I got my MBA a long time ago, not cos I was such a bookie but cos I hoped it would help me get a better pay job. I don get the better pay job? All na certs...what matters is what you've got upstairs and in your wallet Nothing less than a first degree though

Mille:


Story story.

The last two departmental colleagues of mine who said that are now married to two illiterate pastors (Surprising because I finished my BSc in 2015). Women will forever be attracted to success. Everything else is secondary or does not matter.

So many celebrities out there who never even finished secondary school, yet you see thousands of educated Nigerian women professing love for them on twitter and Facebook etc. Yet they reject men with even PhDs.

All these because of the gap in success.

Well, that's your opinion............
Now, read mine (which I am very well entitled to). Just because your friends and every woman around you got married to illiterates doesn't mean I will. I am EDUCATED and I'll only date someone who is as or more educated than I am.
It is pretty aggravating when people like you scoff at ladies who have no wish to date uneducated men and dismiss them as being snobs. Don't we all have dating preferences?

hAlexandro:
but academic achievement doesn't define greatness u know

That's an irrefutable fact but that still doesn't mean we all want the same things in life.

hAlexandro:
Happy Sunday ya all. Got into this arguement with a female friend but she won't bulge or give up. Would you date or marry someone who has a lower academic qualification compared to yours. Thanks for your views and opinions

I know a friend who had lower academic grades than me today she owns her shop and earns a lot of cash when I'm busy working for the machine, so really grades are not a reflection of anything. So yes I would because grades means nothing it's the knowledge and application of it that matters.

Cuddlebugie:

Well, that's your opinion............
Now, read mine (which I am very well entitled to). Just because your friends and every woman around you got married to illiterates doesn't mean I will. I am EDUCATED and I'll only date someone who is as or more educated than I am.
It is pretty aggravating when people like you scoff at ladies who have no wish to date uneducated men and dismiss them as being snobs. Don't we all have dating preferences?

Hello,

I have no problem with you dating/marrying an educated fellow as yourself. I also appreciate having
someone with the same or higher intellectual ability than myself.

I have to reiterate my position. Everyone has dating preferences, a profile who they feel is good for them. I have no issues whatsoever with preferences regardless of how high or how low it is.

My word is that a lot of Nigerian women throw away their preferences whenever there is financial security. All it takes is for a successful man to show interest.

Mille:


Hello,

I have no problem with you dating/marrying an educated fellow as yourself. I also appreciate having
someone with the same or higher intellectual ability than myself.

I have to reiterate my position. Everyone has dating preferences, a profile who they feel is good for them. I have no issues whatsoever with preferences regardless of how high or how low it is.

My word is that a lot of Nigerian women throw away their preferences whenever there is financial security. All it takes is for a successful man to show interest.

I know this is an online forum where you are at liberty to quote anyone either to be their sounding board or refute their assertion but you don't have to pass on your message by debasing other people's personal opinions. It is my entitled opinion, not a 'story, story'.

That said,
I have no problem whatsoever with your 'words'. it's yours to use whenever and however you like.

Cuddlebugie:

Well, that's your opinion............
Now, read mine (which I am very well entitled to). Just because your friends and every woman around you got married to illiterates doesn't mean I will. I am EDUCATED and I'll only date someone who is as or more educated than I am.
It is pretty aggravating when people like you scoff at ladies who have no wish to date uneducated men and dismiss them as being snobs. Don't we all have dating preferences?

Don't mind them, it seems some people have issues when women try to set standards for who they can date.

you have the right to date whoever you want and to reject whoever doesn't meet your standards