phineas Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Every guy I've liked was/is a geek. I love them. Apologies ahead for the generalization, but I find that geeks usually tend to be more intelligent and less playerish than the average guy. P.S. I'm quite curious how WoW once a week is construed as geekish! Hell, I'd never pay their monthly fee to only play once a week! It's not the once a week itself, it's all the time you spend leveling a character up that's the great big geeky time-suck. But that once a week we play, were all wearing headsets & talking to each other & devising strategies for attack, asking for spells to buff our powers ect like were actually there. Showing off the new weapon we picked up in a dungeon to everyone else in our guild. If you heard the conversations while we play, it's geeky.
Stung Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 P.S. I'm quite curious how WoW once a week is construed as geekish! Hell, I'd never pay their monthly fee to only play once a week! I know Phineas answered with his version of this but idk if you were addressing him or me. My h. has a regular once a week 'guys night' where he meets up specifically with his real-life friends who have scattered across the globe over the years, and they do a raid together as male-bonding. He also helps his 10-yr-old daughter play in a children's WoW guild sometimes on the weekends. Some of his real friends and most of his game friends put in many more hours than he does, but not any of the ones who have young kids...he works really long hours, if he played more WoW he would never spend any time with his family, and he puts us first. I don't think that prioritizing family negates geekhood. Before we had our infant son he used to have more WoW time and he also used to have D&D and Beer Night once a week .
threebyfate Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 No offense to anyone but these stereotypes are ridiculous. How many women say `I melt over a man who`s dumber than a bag of hammers `. Alphas are everywhere, no matter what their interests.
Stung Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 I am a geek. I play WOW at least once a week. I might start playing D&D again with friends. I've started playing with DIY LCD projectors. I work in the computer feild. I watch sci-fi & revision3.com alot. I don't tell women a lot of the above because most of them just don't know what i'm talking about & assume i'm a geek & trying to explain it just makes things worse. LOL! But, I'm renovating my house & know how to use power tools, do trim, tile, ect. These are the things I talk about. I admit I like it that my husband can use power tools and do handyman stuff around our house. There is something kind of sexy about a guy who's good with his hands and he looks pretty hot with his tool(s) out. But I would DEFINITELY rather talk with him about Star Wars or Game of Thrones, quantum theory or new D&D classes than carpentry! Although I do the tilework in our family because I am an amateur mosaicist so I do kind of like talking about and shopping for grouts.
Stung Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Alphas are everywhere, no matter what their interests. Agreed, I have never understood why so many people on this board insist than an alpha is by definition a loudmouth frat boy, jock or club king. Or why they would seem to buy into the idea that 'betas' can't be good at sports, or geeks can't be sexually attractive or dominant. People aren't cardboard cutouts of TV stereotypes. I think we're all really here just geek-bonding.
Els Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 I know Phineas answered with his version of this but idk if you were addressing him or me. My h. has a regular once a week 'guys night' where he meets up specifically with his real-life friends who have scattered across the globe over the years, and they do a raid together as male-bonding. He also helps his 10-yr-old daughter play in a children's WoW guild sometimes on the weekends. Some of his real friends and most of his game friends put in many more hours than he does, but not any of the ones who have young kids...he works really long hours, if he played more WoW he would never spend any time with his family, and he puts us first. I don't think that prioritizing family negates geekhood. Before we had our infant son he used to have more WoW time and he also used to have D&D and Beer Night once a week . Oh yes, definitely - putting in more than one can afford is the definition of addiction, which is a far greater evil than geekdom. I used to raid 3 or 4 nights a week for about a year, at top end content, but have since gone casual due to school and work commitments. I suppose I still qualify as a geek, then. Rofl phineas, I love ventrilo. Seriously. They're hilarious, especially when people make dumb mistakes.
phineas Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 I know Phineas answered with his version of this but idk if you were addressing him or me. My h. has a regular once a week 'guys night' where he meets up specifically with his real-life friends who have scattered across the globe over the years, and they do a raid together as male-bonding. He also helps his 10-yr-old daughter play in a children's WoW guild sometimes on the weekends. Some of his real friends and most of his game friends put in many more hours than he does, but not any of the ones who have young kids...he works really long hours, if he played more WoW he would never spend any time with his family, and he puts us first. I don't think that prioritizing family negates geekhood. Before we had our infant son he used to have more WoW time and he also used to have D&D and Beer Night once a week . We either raid or run randoms for emblems. We are all real life friends with families & can barely manage to get together every other month if that so it is male bonding thing.
phineas Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Agreed, I have never understood why so many people on this board insist than an alpha is by definition a loudmouth frat boy, jock or club king. Or why they would seem to buy into the idea that 'betas' can't be good at sports, or geeks can't be sexually attractive or dominant. People aren't cardboard cutouts of TV stereotypes. I think we're all really here just geek-bonding. Only a true alpha geek would want his woman to dress up like princess lea in return of the jedi in the bedroom.
aerogurl87 Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 I love geeks! My last 3 boyfriends have all been geeks. First guy played Second Life and we both loved it because for me it was the online equivalent of the Sims and so freaking awesome. Second boyfriend read comics all the time and introduced me to the Gotham City Sirens series which is pretty awesome. Current guy is a complete computer whiz who knows lots of random facts and is really shy, but so irresistible to me. Yep, I'll choose a shy, geeky guy over an arrogant jock any day.
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