Geek Love

[stringslayer]

If that saying is true, then there must be something really wrong with me because I don't think people should have to change to able to make the other person their with happy.

No, I would not agree. I think there is something wrong with everyone else and you are perfectly fine

[spahkle]

I have the same problem and it didnt become a problem until after the honeymoon. You would think during the 18 months of dating she would have figured out that I had other interests that didnt include her!

My wife now refers to my computer as my mistress. At first she was very negative about it, but through my consistency has come to accept that computers are part of my life, just as much as she is. Now my computer is my mistress, and my wife supports my infidelity.

You know it's funny, they don't complain on payday.

... and this is the main reason she supports it. I wouldn't have my job or our lifestyle without it (which she has come to respect).

[HarryCaul]

I met my wife a very non-geeky way. As a kid I was a total geek. I played D&D and messed around with computers a lot. When I turned 12 I found heavy metal and decided my life's goal was to grow my hair long and play in a band. My outward appearance said "METAL DUDE!!", but I was still a geek at heart.

We met when I was playing in a metal band. She was a total metal chick straight out of "The Decline of Western Civilization Pt. II" (She was a brunette though not a bleach blonde)... Over time I accepted the fact that I wasn't going to be on MTV anytime soon so I started looking for a real job and my geek tendencies came out full force.

She accepts it. She won't give me grief about it unless I told her I'd do something, but ended up playing on the computer all night. I get my time to screw around because, as someone stated before, I bring home the paycheck so she really can't complain. She doesn't pretend to understand, but lets me vent when I get frustrated. It's a very yin-yang relationship. I dig it.

[Demon Furor]

i met a girlfriend at a lan party once. she was my "wingman" on battlefield 1942 :)