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Are You in a Geek Relationship?

Sat, 11/15/2008 - 1:05pm by geeksugar
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"So you're not a computer geek," Jim told Pam on this week's episode of The Office. It was kind of sad to hear, knowing Jim is geeky himself, but I know they can get through this.

It also made me grateful that I myself am in a mutual geek relationship — we drool over new tech announcements together and scheme about what our next home tech purchase together will be.

We're a total geek couple (though not as dorky as Screech Powers and Violet Bickerstaff, there). It's as perfect as it can get for me.

But what about you? Is one of you the geek in your relationship, or are you both geeks?

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  • miriverite's picture
    miriverite
    1

    Pity I no significant other to speak of, haha. If I did, however, I would assume it'd be the first option - I'd love a guy who can fawn over the latest technology with me Eye-wink

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • devils's picture
    devils
    4

    I'm lame and don't have a boyfriend Sad
    I would like to have more of a geeky kind, so I can speak geek with 'im.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Roux5582's picture
    Roux5582
    5

    I'm in a NONE EXISTENT relationship.
    I need a man, geek or not!

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • psychobabble's picture
    psychobabble
    6

    Yep, my husband and I are both geeks! We have different areas of geek-ness though, but it's all geek none the less! Smiling

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • KayEff's picture
    KayEff
    8

    My geeky relationship ended recently. We were different types of geeks though. He was more of a DIY, building/modding things geek (the espresso maker was going to have an LCD screen installed); whereas I'm more into video games, sci-fi TV, and that sort of thing.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • freakshow's picture
    freakshow
    9

    Yes, I'm in a geeky relationship. He swears that he's the geekier one, but I have plenty of super geek-out moments.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • adorKablefae's picture
    adorKablefae
    10

    Boy bought me a hard drive for christmas. And built me a new computer for my birthday. Does it get geekier? Well, actually, I'm sure it does, but my point is that YES. We're Geeks.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Mesayme's picture
    Mesayme
    11

    I divorced an engineer because we had nothing but children in common. I appreciate computer geeks; I just prefer nonelectrical interests.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • julieulie's picture
    julieulie
    12

    Aside from Playstation, my husband could care less about technology, and I hate Playstation because it's all he ever wants to do, and ever since I beat him at Madden, he won't let me play. Is Playstation grounds for divorce? So, he complains that I'm too technologically-advanced for him, and I complain that he's too attached to his Playstation!

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • KadBunny's picture
    KadBunny
    13

    heehee yes. Smiling Video game geeks. He knows a loot about computers though.. which is perfect for me. Sad to say I'm technically challenged.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Cris1192's picture
    Cris1192
    14

    Is that Tori Spelling??

    I'm the only geek in my relationship, my bf is more into music and mixing tables than technology and he doesn't even have an Ipod and doesn't care if his computer is a Mac or a PC or even a linux as long as it has speakers, how we got togheter is a mistery to me.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • macgirl's picture
    macgirl
    15

    ahem, Screech Powers and Violet Bickerstaff are nerds, not geeks. Eye-wink

    My husband is an Apple Senior Systems Engineer and I am an Apple Systems Engineer. He does servers and I do everything else. We love video games (2 xbox's for system link gaming, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP, you name it..). We're also car geeks which is another breed altogether. I'm almost normal, I swear.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • ChicBookFiend's picture
    ChicBookFiend
    16

    My ex was a big geek in every possible sense. Looks-wise, he was a cross between Henry from Ugly Betty and Bill Gates (more the former than the latter, thank God) and he was the one who got me into texting. The one thing we differed from was that I'm a Mac and he was a PC. But I suppose that no one is perfect. Smiling

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • lemonbars's picture
    lemonbars
    17

    My boyfriend and I are both geeks but in different ways. He's more into computer & video games & a film geek. I'm more of a computer geek... I keep up with all the cool new websites and applications (& tell him about them - actually introduced him to Hulu on our second date and he was blown away, haha). I also always know about all the latest gadgets & phones coming out. Up until last month, he had a very simple phone that could simply make calls and text - now he's upgraded to a slider phone that has a camera AND can play music and thinks it's the coolest thing (meanwhile, I got my first smartphone in 2004 and haven't looked back since).

    And finally, I'm a Mac and he's a PC. Sticking out tongue

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • starangel82's picture
    starangel82
    18

    I am not dating now, but my ex and I were a geek couple. We loved gaming. He was also more of a computer geek where I was more of an internet geek. That being said, I think we all have a little geek in us. Some of us just wear it loud and proud!

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • macgirl's picture
    macgirl
    20

    starangel82, not that there's anything wrong with being a nerd, they are just not geeks Eye-wink I just wanted to clarify before all the nerds started flaming me.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Firey's picture
    Firey
    22

    My guy and I are undercover geeks. We play it cool on the outside, but once we come home... the party clothes come off and we revert to our Star Wars-loving, anime-watching, video game-playing, computer-building techie selves. Smiling

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • macgirl's picture
    macgirl
    23

    Firey- embrace your Geek! Don't hide it, it's not a dirty word any longer Smiling

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Sasseefrass's picture
    Sasseefrass
    24

    I would have it no other way! I don't know how I'd define my particular brand of geekness. I'm the household's primary gamer, and love to tinker with my computer but am not what I'd consider competent at it. My husband's the home's primary traditional computer guy/electronics/music gear/gear of any kind geek. We're both sci-fi and anime nerds. I've turned him into a console gamer with our recent xbox 360 purchase. We now have two so we don't have to fight over the console. ;P

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • havok636's picture
    havok636
    25

    we play fallout 3 and compare notes on how different are games are.
    that's how geeky we are Sticking out tongue

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • dyskrasia's picture
    dyskrasia
    26

    Uh, we used to write each other notes in binary and hex codes. Does that count? hehe

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • sparklestar's picture
    sparklestar
    27

    Yes, we are both a pair of geeks. We were just a second ago reading our feeds and migrating our WoW characters to new servers.

    He is a nice mix of geek and normal though. He's now gone to go find his tool box and I can hear the tape measure! If he was TOTAL geek then it might be an issue but he's also a nice manly man too. Laughing out loud

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Shadowdamage's picture
    Shadowdamage
    28

    Yes.

    I will put it this way: we met playing World of Warcraft. (We play Warhammer now though we both were WoW "veterans" of 3 years.) We have a Wii as well, he's frighteningly good at Mario Smash Bros, though lately we have been on WAR more often.

    His uni studies are online programming, my employment is online advertising/graphic design/flash programming. We surf side-by-side over morning coffee, both have iPods, named our home network "lolwtfgiefinternetz" and are loyal "Angry Video Game Nerd" fans.

    Laughing out loud

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • stardust3900's picture
    stardust3900
    29

    We are both geeks.

    To put it simply, we have started checking the backs of every game we buy to make sure there is a co-op mode. If there isn't it goes back on the shelf.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Deviantee's picture
    Deviantee
    30

    My boyfriend and I are both geek and I enjoy that in so many ways. It only reveals that technology, video games and all that surrounds it really takes a big place in both of our lifestyles and also reveals that we have something important in common Smiling.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • bluepuppybites's picture
    bluepuppybites
    31

    My husband is such a geek! He builds our computers, writes the programs, plays video games and rebuilds cars. But I love him for all of that. The geekist thing that I do is read books.

    7 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Catlike Thief's picture
    Catlike Thief
    32

    My boyfriend and I are geeks together for sure! We met working at EB Games together and spend every night playing video games. I couldnt be happier Laughing out loud

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • Drewsfan's picture
    Drewsfan
    33

    I'm definitely the geek in this relationship. I've tried to mold him, but he remains a gearhead.

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • GirlOverboard's picture
    GirlOverboard
    35

    We are both definitely geeky. As we speak, he is playing Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 while I'm looking up Black Friday deals for external hard drives and a new wireless network card. After I'm done making this post, I'll be bringing in laundry for him to fold while I play Final Fantasy 3 (6). A few weekends ago, we dressed up and participated in a Zombie Walk and some months ago we went to a (21+) zombie prom in Portland.

    We have our geeky differences - I enjoy horror movies way more and my gaming tends to lean more towards the old school type. He's fond of downloading technology when possible (roms and torrenting TV shows) while I'm a collector of old consoles and DVDs.

    We're both hoping that our future children will be equally as geeky. Smiling

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • mochick's picture
    mochick
    36

    my boyfriend is into the arts (film, writing, drawing, etc. most of which are not my areas of expertise.)
    i'm the major geek in the relationship (being the math/science whiz, which he isn't). he enjoys gadgets, but knows little to nothing about how they work, but he's very tolerant of me drooling over new technology all the time, and he LOVES the fact that i know how to fix both of our computers whenever they act up.

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • vitisva's picture
    vitisva
    37

    I'm a different sort of geek than the husband but he does seem to have some geekish habits and tendencies

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • VialRocker's picture
    VialRocker
    38

    My husband and I together span every possibility of geek-dom. We're both into tech and science, but he's definitely more science-savvy, and I'm more tech-savvy and grammar-savvy.

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • katydid's picture
    katydid
    39

    On my 2nd date with my husband, the entire night was talking about electronics. We both love gadgets, and usually love to spend part of our free time together at electonic stores. The majority of magazines & books we have are computer related as well.

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • colormesticky's picture
    colormesticky
    40

    We're different breeds of geek and he's a bigger one than me, but yes. We're quite a pair.

    7 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • jennatar's picture
    jennatar
    41

    My first love was actually defiantly anti-geek, and thought it was SO CUTE that I was a dork. In retrospect, it really was a sort of abrasive personality clash. Now that I think about it, I'm much happier with my nerdier boyfriend. He isn't as excited by gadgets and tech as I am, but we both play video games and we built a computer together.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • RubberDogTurds's picture
    RubberDogTurds
    43

    we are both geeks in practically all the same ways and i love it! Both hardcore gamers, love the same kinds of music, love concerts and dorky outings like Medieval Times and arcades, love the same scifi, action, and comedy movies. It's SO great sharing all the same hobbies and interests with your boyfriend because i can't imagine wanting to be best friends with anyone else more!

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment

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