Top Ten Reasons to Hunt Geeks In Their Natural Habitat
Written by e
November 28, 2008
9 Comments
I have only once found a boyfriend in a place other than the internet.
There. I said it!
When I saw this postcard on PostSecret, I had a good chuckle, because it could have been written by me.
So where does a geek hunt for a man? On the internet, of course!
Top Ten Reasons To Hunt Geeks In Their Natural Habitat
10. I get withdrawal jitters if I’m away from the internet for more than a few hours. I need someone who at least understands this malady if he’s not afflicted with it himself.
9. You won’t find many geeks out at bars or dance clubs.
8. You can find the love of your life while healing your Tiny Adventurer, blogging about your D&D campaign, IMing with your friends, and watching House.
7. The girl at the Friendly Local Gaming Store feels slightly uncomfortable being in a place so awash with testosterone. (You try being the only taco at the sausage fest!) Try to hit on her here and you’ll be shot down.
6. The girl at your D&D game is already taken.
5. The single girl at your D&D game is nobody you’d want to see when you wake up in the morning. Let’s face it, you’re only okay with your dwarf sleeping next to her elf.
4. Geeks usually make much better first impressions on paper than in person.
3. Geeks are often people with busy schedules – we’re working, studying, blogging, gaming. But there’s one thing we’re sure to check daily (hourly, every minute?) – email.
2. Some geeks are shy folks that don’t always open up in person. We’re more comfortable having first meetings over IMs and then moving into the real world when we’re confident that you really like us.
1. Why shoot fish in the ocean when you can shoot fish in a barrel?
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I think you are spot on with most of your points but this one:
5. The girl at your D&D game is nobody you’d want to see when you wake up in the morning. Let’s face it, you’re only okay with your dwarf sleeping next to her elf.
Are you suggesting that the girl in the D&D game is ugly?
@ Chris – Just saying that not all of us are as beautiful on the outside as we are on the inside.
I thought #7 was totally true. Until I found out that she was interested in me from day one. We’ve been living together for 5 months.
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I was lucky that #5 was not the case for me, but then again, I did know (and like) her before we started playing.
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I disagree with #5. I have played D&D with quite a few single geek ladies who were not ugly. And I wasn’t dating my fiancee when we starting D&Ding together (not how we meet but still).
Now I will have to agree with #7, having been the only female employee at a video game store while I was still in school there was no shortage of guys that would hit on any girl (employee or not) at a video game store. And to be honest most of them were younger teenagers thinking they could successful pick up chicks (they really should have put more talent points into charamisa if you ask me).
I met my geek at work. We’ve been married for almost 30 years now (yes, I’m much older than your usual reader.
) I realize that meeting someone on-the-job is risky, but we ended up leaving that company for another one soon after our relationship went “public.”
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I just hoped that every other girl would be as smart as you! Never mind, I find geeks coming out of the Laptop garden once in a while. Girls can bag it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
6. The girl at your D&D game is already taken.
If they is a girl at the game.