In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.

1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are... plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.

2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.

3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such... but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.

4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.

5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?

6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it’ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they’re more attentive than guys who “have more options”. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they’ll likely have mental lists of all the things they’d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.

7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I’m not really familiar with this myself, but I’ve friends who’ve been intimate with geek guys and it’s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra... all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.

8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models... They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooo...”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind...”

10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.

11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on...” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code... a geek can dream).

12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.

13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce...

14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps...

15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “DaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me.

I love geeks and nerds

I nerds and geeks. The cute ones, anyway.

DanceWme said:

danceWme !

Well, that rules me out. Cuase I'm like sooooo uber cool and stuff, that I sometimes spend 30% of my day trying to beat ho's off of me.

CarrieMpls said:

carrie!

Christopher said:

Christopher!


omg, this one time many years ago this guy around here who swears he isn't a Prince impersonater but totally dresses like he IS used to hit on me. It was spooky. He even found out where I lived somehow and stopped by my apartment. I think I left him a note on my door not to come back.

Christopher said:

I dated a "geek" once. He was so sweet but it didnt work.

CarrieMpls said:

it was spooky? damn i didnt know he had those kind of hobbies

imagine if prince was your stalker? he'd try to follow u home in heels and sneak around in those loud outfits...it would never work

Imago said:

I love guys who beat ho's

Christopher said:

This guy had drawn on eyebrows. How can you skulk around like that?

CarrieMpls said:

one of the brows gets smudged in aggrevation

DanceWme said:

what happend booboo? was he an orger?

DanceWme said:

I totally get all Mike Tyson on their asses when they don't appreciate the superiority of Novell Zenworks Application Distribution features in supporting heterogenous networks over the proprietory Microsoft SMS distribution features which rely on psuedo-LDAP compliant Active Directory services. Mike Tyson!!!!!


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Geeks are the best!!!!! They know what it's like to be made fun of, so they are more humble that the player who got all the dates in high school. It makes sense that they would appreciate their woman more, because they don't have a line of girls waiting for their turn!

My favorite guys are geeks who are HOT, but don't know it.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

Christopher said:

Imago said:

Yeah, that's right! You know you're hot, so you don't count!

Christopher said:

No he wasnt an orger. He was fuckin cheap as hell. I mean, Im no gold digger or anything but homeboy asked me to pay for him to go to the movies. Me being nice and confused did A couple days later he calls and was like u wanna go to a knicks game...im like yeah! He calls back tellin me the prices and askin me when imma pick the tix up

I said bye bitch

Imago said:

ok WTF?!?!?

Dont slap me

DanceWme said:

Call me old fashioned but men should expect to pick up the tab until you get really comfortable with the girl you know and she says otherwise. It's just part of the courtship that a man needs to do. We should pick up the tab!...and beat ho's off us when needed.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

I had a conversation with someone once about how geeks/nerds/outsider types tend to be surprisingly good in bed cause a) they're so eager to please and b) they've READ a lot about sex. What they may lack in practical experience, they make up for in good, hard study. And that's totally hot.

DanceWme said:

aw hell naw! what a jerk. did he at least put out? lol

Imago said:

I mean I dont mind payin for the both of us but it all depends on how long we've been dating and what not. U pay for one night and i'll come in and do one night, u know. But..I mean come the fuck on

CarrieMpls said:

Hee hee...I think I'd better keep my mouth shut about this one.

CarrieMpls said:

Don't they normally have smaller penises though?
Seriously, not trying to be funny, but nerdy men generally have smaller members right?

I think I read it somewhere that men with large penises tend to be alpha males, have more confidence, and get more women.

Christopher said:

I didnt want him to put nuthin out I was pissed

DanceWme said:

Actually, for me, it's important that the guy pay for everything on the first few dates. It's kind of like it's important that the girl show up to the date decked to the nines rather than just slapping some shit on.

Paying for a meal helps in setting expectations for after dinner too:
Here's an example:

1) Lobster dinner = blowjob, sex, and breakfast
2) Steak = blowjob
3) Chicken, Fish, or any seafood outside of shark fin = blowjob, maybe sex.
4) Tofu = long boring lectures about Karl Marx.

Imago said:

U got ur shit straight!!!

DanceWme said:

lol heres hoping u find someone better than that dude.