Dating a Nerd: Games

 
   Hello! In my opinion, nerds are the best guys. Not geeks, nerds. Those shy, a bit dorky guys. They are smart and more mature and  give more importance to personality than looks. And also, there aren't a bunch of stupid girls around them trying to get their attention all the time.

   But there's a thing about dating nerds that might annoy some women: games. They love it. They play it all the time. They talk about it. A lot.

   So what do you do? Desperately try to get him out of the computer? That is what most women do.

   But I think it's more effective, and also bonding, and surprising, if you try to understand that and go play. Actually, there is a lot of awesome games, specially if you like fantastic stuff (like Lord of the Rings) or being challenged.

   Thing is, you might just have a lot of fun. I do. Specially playing World of Warcraft, which became a favorite. I'm a proud Draenei (a kind of alien satyr) Frost Mage and Jonas, I and a friend of ours have a lot of  fun playing hours and hours of it, slaying dragons and giants and riding our gryphons and meeting nice people.

Even though you'll look scary, he'll still love you :P

    I've even made a friend in Philippines the other day. She and her boyfriend play too. We asked for her help in a raid and we started chatting and she was so nice!

    Your boyfriend will really appreciate your efforts. And be totally proud of his gamer girlfriend if you enjoy the thing. And if you don't, well, he will like very much the fact that you've tried instead of just assuming it is childish and stupid and complain about it all the time.

I could be your Zelda if you will be my Link

   And then probably he will understand your things better. Like that day when Jonas was watching me put on my makeup and said: "Well, this is actually kind of difficult. It's almost an art. I am even kind of afraid of kissing you now and messing it up". So you see? It's better when you try to understand the interest of each other for something, than just complain about it and let this part of the other be a complete stranger to you. That is very sad.

   So be his thing gaming, or astrophysics, or how cars work, or martial arts, or whatever, try to show interest and understand the beauty he sees in it. And he will also be more open to your clothes and makeup, or musicals of the 50s, or knitting, or passion for Jane Austen books. And you'll live happily ever after!

Charmanders are red, Squirtles are blue,

If you were a pokemon, I'd choose you.

   

(You just don't know how hard it is to find cute photographs of nerd couples)