Girls who like geeks: Where were you when they were in high school?
A recent discussion inspired me to ask where the girls that actually like geeks/nerds/what-have-you now were and what they were doing when they were in high school. Were they in denial? Lusting after the hottest guy in school? Not mature enough to see the value of a good geek?
The question is… Do you like geeks now? Did you when you were in high school? Did the geek guys know it if you did? What were you doing in high school if you weren’t chasing after the boys with your light saber? If you have come to appreciate them later in life, when did this happen for you?
Boys who like geek girls now, if you want to weigh in… who were you looking at in high school instead of the geek girls if you weren’t looking at the geeks?
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My high school boyfriend used to help me with my chemistry homework. Now he has a PhD in chemistry. He was a geek then, and he’s a geek now, and has always been a great guy.
Why does one always put people into generic groups like “geeks” and “nerds”. They are just labels that people use to try and seperate people base on diversity and even at sometimes putting negative conotations or glorify them.
You know why Girls liked “person A”? Its not because he is a geek or a jock or whatever. Its because this girl prefers the characteristics of person A.
@thewelshman Its a general question. People who self-classify were involved in this discussion. If you have a problem with the labels, ask a question and discuss it there. If you want to answer the question, feel free to do so. You have not yet done so.
When I was on highschool geek was not cool at all.
I had this habit of showing interest in a guy that no one else was paying attention to. Funny thing was, as soon as I started showing interest they became mr popularity. Then they all the sudden didn’t like me so much because the popular girls started flirting with them too. I guess I was something of a king maker.
What type of geek are you talking about?
There were cool geeks (they blended in) and dork geeks.
Well, there was a girl I remember in my junior year of high school her name was Mandy she was very quite, A+ ,bit nerdy for sure. And during that time I did cross country for a little bit and come to find she was on the girls team, but no matter how much I tried and tried to talk or make a “move” I really couldn’t get anywhere with her. I should have just went up one day and asked her out. But I did not….typical Steve. lol
She was very pretty too thats what got to me. I was like how could all these guys not notice this really cute,pretty and smart girl?
Oh well thats old news now huh…..and to answer your question I would be glad to date a nerd,geek girl or whatever….Band geek or music geek/nerd to be a little more specific I don’t care much for video games. :)
Just to add though I do not really seek out a type of girl, I always find something out that is totally what I did not expect from them, some girls I figure are nice,innocent, or whatever only to find out I was VERY wrong lol….Maybe I should try and seek a geek girl out who knows huh? I’ll be at the library or at the college band room lol
One more thing if she can laugh at my corny and sometimes deeper than necessary jokes, shes a keeper for me! :D
All the geeks/nerds/dweebs at my high school ignored me. They wanted the 5’6” voluptuous blonde cheerleader types and not the nerdy, 4’11”, no-discernible-figure-having, glasses-wearing mixed-race girl who watched Doctor Who and Monty Python and wore horrible polyester/cotton blend clothing and pleather shoes from Kmart.
There were a couple I was interested in and did the “touch his forearm while talking to him” thing and “lean in close and look him in the eye” thing and I got disgusted looks from both, so I backed off. Seriously, I basically went to John Hughes High.
No, it was the quarterback and the fullback of the senior varsity football team, a right winger from the boys varsity soccer team and some other popular guy who’s name I have forgotten, they were the ones who were interested, much to the chagrin of the aforementioned blonde cheerleader types. Now, if I’d only been allowed to date!
Girls in high school do like nerds, at least I did. It’s just that both parties are too awkward and insecure to do anything about it.
My boy is a geek. He’s the awesomest.
But I’m almost 30. I appreciate his intelligence now, but he sure doesn’t know about the best parties, isn’t particularly popular, doesn’t dress super-cool, isn’t on the football team, isn’t an alpha male, doesn’t listen to the hottest music, can’t play guitar, and doesn’t have the best weed. Those are the things I appreciated when I was 16. Now that I know better, I love my geek.
And through the magic of Facebook, I know that guys who were geeky in one way or another are largely doing well for themselves and seem to be good guys. I wish I knew then what I know now.
I dated a total geek in high school. He wrote me poems and brought me gifts for months before I finally gave him a chance. Stuffed animals, roses, mixed tapes. At first I made him agree to be undercover, making out after school in the auditorium, but it eventually got out and we were together for a couple more weeks before I broke it off. Funny thing is, during our college years we dated again. I fell in love with him, hard. We moved in together. Then he broke my heart. Sounds like a movie plot, doesn’t it? Hahaha… well, I finally married the geek of my dreams, so it’s all good.
Do you like geeks now?
Hell yeah.
Did you when you were in high school?
Hormones made me like everyone, but yes.
Did the geek guys know it if you did?
Considering all of my high school friends were guys and either grease monkeys or computer geeks, yes.
What were you doing in high school if you weren’t chasing after the boys with your light saber?
Working on a car in the shop or riding my horses.
Give me a guy who knows his way around a computer and is a Boba Fett fan, and I’ll be crushing.
I used to not be, but now an intelligent guy turns me on way more than a guy that has the looks and has never read a book in his life.
I dated the same guy all through I school. He was the class clown, the good looking one, and wasn’t very smart. I saw him a couple of months ago and his personality that had once made me love him, made me not even enjoy being around him anymore. I love guys that love to experience new things, loves to read, and can have a deep and meaningful conversation <———and it not be like pulling teeth to get him to join into the conversation. Is that so much to ask?
I was a band geek in highschool ( I never went to band camp!), but I was more focused on completing and graduating high school. But I’m with a computer geek now. I have always been attracted to the “geeks” cause they have personality compared to the jocks, or at least they did in my school.
I have always loved the geeks/dorks/nerds. I hung out with them all the time so maybe I was never deemed attractive or mysterious enough. I always liked them- seems they didn’t return the favor. Plus how can I compete with Jean Freakin’ Grey?! Huh? Huh?!
My first boyfriend was definitely a geek and I adore him still. He’s an awesome guy. Got married not too long ago to an awesome Geek Goddess. (I want them to make beautiful Geek Bebehs soon)
@gemiwing You’ll have to make sure the geek bebehs are equipped with plenty of geek bebeh t-shits!
@avvooooooo I just love you so much for asking this… just because it’s hysterical
@thewelshman I completely agree. I don’t like labels much either
@dutchbrossis If that’s all you have to contribute, why bother to post a non-answer to my question?
My answer is this. I don’t like labels, so therefore I don’t judge whether someone is a “geek” or whatever they are deemed as by society. I like every individual person for their personal characteristics. I don’t judge people or anything based on what they are deemed as by society
perhaps I should have told @thewelshman I agree with him and liked his answer in whispers oops
Not liking labels don’t make them go away.
Are you a girl who now happens to typically fall for men who are interested in computers? dungeons and dragons? star wars? That kind of stuff? Oh, you know, the stuff that falls under the “geek” category?
@Sarcasm I understand that and you are right. Just saying what I think. I know they don’t go away.
I have only had 3 real significant others, and my 3rd is now my husband. He likes computers, doesn’t know much about them. He isn’t into that stuff though. If he was though I wouldn’t have a problem with it. I like guys who are thrill seekers and like roller coasters and want to do things like skydive.
A geek will fix your computer.
A nerd will do the same and explain how they did it. The nerd doesn’t know that you don’t care how they did it.
And then the geek will bite the head off of a chicken.
@avvooooooo :: Guilty as charged. But we are handy to have around. I can fix your computer, hang drywall, change your oil, replace electrical outlets, build a lovely fence. That is hell of a lot better of a deal than dating the guy that could catch a football in high school.
@johnpowell Dude, I can change my own oil, hang the drywall, build a fence, AND cook. ;D
But I don’t fuck with electricity if I can help it and my computer skills don’t enable me to do anything truly complicated, so I concede that a geek might be useful. :)
@avvooooooo I painted my car and repaired the fender after I got hit. Can’t do drywall though.
@rangerr Have a whole bathroom to do here shortly. Once we FINALLY get the wall built the way its supposed to be… and finish re-making and revising decisions that have already been made. And when my dad stops the whole deal where I tell him what to do and he has to try to find any other way but the one I told him to do it for half an hour before doing what I told him to because its the only thing that makes sense. :P
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