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Judging by the tastes of women in general and readers of this blog, the idea of dating a ‘geek’ is as exciting as the prospect of dating a ‘Nice Guy’. Naturally like the latter, geeks are underrated and underappreciated, and someone has posted on Craigslist about ‘Why Dating Nerds and Geeks Pays Off’, a call to keep the sisterhood from the ‘flashy guys’ that of course, lack substance. Here are the top 5 reasons:
“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?
Read the rest of the reasons over at Craigslist
Whilst the list is humorous with doses of truth, I do think that it’s a shame that considering how so many people complain about trying to find men in the ’shallow’ dating pool, that many women still continue to narrow their pool of vision by automatically avoiding men that they think are geeks, nerds, or too nice to date twice. It shouldn’t really be about geeks vs the flashy guy; it should be about the substance of the person. And whilst geeks and nerds may not be flashy, they still have the ability to be attractive, both on the inside and outside.
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I am a huge believer in dating geeks
They are the best boyfriends, and what can beat the sincere attractiveness of a geeky hot guy?
Not only all those other stuff, but I know quite a few who turn out to be VERY attractive men!
And another advantage of being a geek: we’ve always got a J.O.B., and usually a pretty lucrative one at that.
I’ve been geeking for nearly 20 years, and being a totally unattractive nerdy type, I rarely even get as far as a date, let alone anything more serious. End result: lots of spare time and money to spend on boys’ toys and pointless activities us single men are so good at.