Dating a Non-Geek

[Katie Reynolds]

First of all:

Geek

1. A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
3. A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.

Do you really want to be dating a girl who bites the heads off of live chickens?

Second - Like Michael said ... why would you want to change her? I know this one girl ... she was a drama/theatre person and she started dating someone from our team. He was the captain of the football team and our best machinist. We had a bad year in 2001, and he was thinking of not coming back. A big deciding factor in his not coming back to our team was this girl. She changed him into who she wanted him to be ... and she didn't want him on the team (there are huge discrepancies between the drama department and the tech ed department). Anyway - she turned him away from the team, and while she is happy with who he is, he is now void of personality. Not who he used to be. He pretty much stopped talking all together now... It's kind of sad.

So, no. You shouldn't change whoever this girl is. As a matter of fact, you should never change anyone. If they want to change, that's great. But don't do the changing for them.

- Katie