Marry someone who is less educated than you? What is your view?

As Long as she is a good wife, I don't care whoever she is. It's not too late for him to go to school. He can study now so that he can finish his studies.

Yes indeed education is not that important in marrying someone but I know where our parents come from when they are worried. Alot of parents today think that if you have not graduated it means you won't get any job thus you have no future. It is not true because I have a brother who did not graduate in college but was able to get positions that should have an educational background.

I'm currently with someone who went to technical school, and I have a Bachelor's Degree. I still would like to go back to school for my Master's and he wants to go back for a Mechanical Engineering degree.

In the early stages of our relationship - he was a tad bit insecure about my degree. He didn't think that my parents would accept him because he only went to technical school. He kept on telling me that my family is so successful because we all have degrees, this and that. I think he was also a lil bit insecure with this "class" thing. My family and I are "supposedly well-off" while his family is "poor". I say these with qoutes because I don't think my family is well-off nor do I think his family is poor.

I told him that my family started with humble beginnings - we knew where we came from and know that hard work pays off. We also know that not everyone is as blessed as we are. He was surprised though on how much my parents accepted him (and I must say they really like him!).

Even though my bf doesn't have a degree- he knows more than most people. He's a very smart guy! He would make a great engineer - very innovative. I've told him a lot of times!

Your life experience is similar with me. When I tried to find a right person, but I was pray to God to give a right direction to choose. My wife family is life simple (not rich than me) and only primary school education also have 10 family member (me only 4). My wife is first daughter in family. I just ignored who has give suggestion about future. I happy with my family with simple life, more care, and no big fight like other. Just happy become father my 2 kids.

Marriage is about trust and happiness, if you feel happy with your marriage, education can't be any problem to your marriage's life.

FYI, My husband is University graduated and I am High School graduated.

If you really love the person and want him/her to be your lifetime partner, you have to accept him/her as a whole, not just a portion of his life but as a whole. Education is not that important in married life, what is important is you love each other and you will live life together in good and bad times. Respect one another and never make educational attainment a factor in a happy married life.

Hi~ Many people tend to believe that marriage has nothing to do with education level. I have to admit that there are cases like this. Two persons having different education experience can have a lot in common and live a happy life.
But I hold a different view. I'm a postgraduate and I've never thought of marrying a guy who is less educated than me. Of course, if he is a degree holder, that's fine. I mean I won't stay in relationship with him if he only finished primary or middle school education. I'm afraid we won't be able to have something in common since our education background is far different as education influences a person in many aspects. He may not feel interested in what I'm thinking about, and vice versa. I'm not boasting about my superiority. I'm a modest person and I have every respect for others. Hope you got my meaning. Happy mylotting!

hi thhoon,education is not a hindrance of whom we want to marry or whom we love thats my opinion:).as long as we are happy and contented of the person that we choose to live with for the rest of our lives,thats what matters most right? and of course if we trully love the person regardless of her/his educational attainment.your parents reaction are natural,they want the best man for you,but sometimes parents are insensitive,they never care of what we feel sometimes.i salute you that you fight for your man despite all those who are against the relationship.your husband should be grateful coz you really fight for him:) hope your marriage last till you grow old and so on...:) good day!

I don't think it matters much. A lower education in my husband was not important when I decided to marry him. I am a degree holder while he is a diploma holder. He is one of those underachievers. When he was in high school, he was from the top school in the country, but he did not do well and went to an average junior college. he did not manage to get to the university and was very sore about it. It was not an issue with me, but it was an issue with him. He felt "small"... He is going to take a degree on a part-time basis soon and I hope this will change his perspective abt our educational levels.

When things are rosy in the marriage, these thgs would not be brought up. But when some thgs do not go well, educational levels become a cause of argument between us. And I never belittle him or anythg like that. He is the one who will bring it up...
Sigh!

It's great to hear that you are happily married and your hubby has the right priorities in place. CHeers!

Just like the song I heard that "love can give love can take it away" that was the one I think about you fight for love, then your still the one that your looking for in life we can't just make the perfect decision to do but know how to learn things and do the right one, education is not measure on a good fortune but skill is the advantage to have an education