A smart guy might not disagree with you right off the bat, though. For example, would it be wise for someone who wanted to date you to point out that your pronouns don't match their antecedents? You should have said if he's smart, he'll know communication is an important skill. It you had wanted to refer to multiple men, you should have done so with the first sentence. This isn't a case where political correctness would have applied, but that's why we use gender neutral pronouns inappropriately, by the way. Also, your tagline is too general. Some Republican candidates are moral. On the borders and immigration issues, they're weasels; Republicans are also weasels on the China issue. A smart guy might call you on those facts, but he'd probably lose the chance to date you in the process. A really smart guy would save it for a rainy day!
Of course there are women who would refuse to date a man if his pronouns didn't correspond to his antecedents. That's a whole different story!
"I want someone who can hold up their end of a deep conversation. If they're smart, they'll know communication is a very important skill in any endeavor."
OK. What shall we talk about, Dear? I'm listening.
.....I knew you would swoon. And I am *so smart* that I have pre-placed smelling salts on the throw rug there, within your reach.
LOL
Nope, he's a geek. This sob story is as old as time, it's the geeks lament. Women have never liked geeky men in any numbers, and I suspect never will.
Define deep.
To an engineer, discussing the impossible complexities of the pyramids is fun. Discussing the physics of icebreaking is fun. Discussing something historical is fun. Discussing certain novels or plays is fun.
This guy's point is that a woman's idea of deep and a man's idea of deep are often in diametrical opposition. I know women who can't tell you who is VP of the US, but claim that some of the men in their lives are like children.
What this guy is saying is absolutely true. I've been married to an incredibly intelligent woman for 15 years. She teaches calculus, but she won't talk about it much unless we go to symposia together - it's the only place I can actually get my geek on and not embarrass myself in front of her - because for once she has her geek on.
I attracted her and married her for all kinds of good emotional reasons. The only 'deep' conversations I've ever had with her dealt with emotional issues and math (she's a math teacher) and once you go beyond a certain area of math in which she's familiar the conversation stops.
It's strange how I've arrived at this, but by and large, trying to have a conversation about anything technical, scientific, literary, or historical with a woman will do you as much good as having the same conversation with your pet airedale.
I take that back - the airedale will forgive you for making her feel so inadequate and love you anyway.
I'm female, and I disagree with this author.
He also says don't have logical (or deep) conversations about religion and politics. Well, guess what, that is what my wife and I have been talking about since we started dating. Somewhere along the line, I realized dating girls with whom I couldn't have a meaningful conversation was a waste of time, and I decided to be myself, talk about deep subjects, and voila...engaged and married in a year.