You took me where you went shopping, you jerk! You think I care what store in that shitpit dirt mall has the latest Godzilla bootlegs? Do you call eating pizza in the same dive pizzeria every night eating out? Do I give a shit when two major comic book labels are crossing over characters, selling two editions of the same book in varied-ink chromium covers? I’m a girl, damn it! I wanna do girly things! Like fix up someone’s hair and get phone calls expressing romantic sentiments!
– Rene, Mallrats (1995)
Ok, fellas. This post is for you. Ladies, if you’d like to step back for a moment and have a good laugh at the fact that I even felt the need to write this particular post feel free.
Let’s be honest guys. Despite all of the facts and figures out there that point out how much sense it makes to lead a healthy lifestyle, if you’re on this web site looking for tips and tricks to lose weight and/or get in shape you’re most likely doing it because you’re looking for a girlfriend. There’s nothing wrong with that particular motivation. I myself dropped the biggest chunk of my weight during a period where I was single after my divorce.
Getting into a relationship is one thing. STAYING in a relationship is an entirely different subject altogether, and Rene sums up one of the challenges we (as geeks face) – remembering that girls, occasionally, like to do girly things. Even if you’re fortunate enough to land yourself a geek girl (which I have…you may envy me now), there are still going to be times when she wants to do something romantic. Her idea of romantic MAY involve singing Klingon Opera together, but it’s just as likely she may want you to bring her flowers and cuddle up with her to watch Pride and Prejudice. Hell, if you’re open to the experience you may even enjoy it (although I’m still not seeing what the big deal of “wet Colin Firth” is).
Long story short? A woman who is willing to put up with all the weird geek stuff you’re in to is a precious thing. Don’t blow it by constantly neglecting the things SHE likes to do as well (because, believe it or not, not every girl has a “dressing up like Slave Leia” fantasy).
Sometimes you just hafta take what life gives ya, ’cause life is like a mop and sometimes life gets full of dirt and crud and bugs and hairballs and stuff… you, you, you gotta clean it out. You, you, you gotta put it in here and rinse it off and start all over again and, and sometimes, sometimes life sticks to the floor so bad you know a mop, a mop, it’s not good enough, it’s not good enough. You, you gotta get down there, like, with a toothbrush, you know, and you gotta, you gotta really scrub ’cause you gotta get it off. You gotta really try to get it off. But if that doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, you can’t give up. You gotta, you gotta stand right up. You, you gotta run to a window and say, “Hey! These floors are dirty as hell, and I’m not gonna take it any more!”