Cute girl, geeky guy
How does that work? How does it ever work?
I was walking home from work the other day contemplating this, but with no great degree of concentration; more of a passing interest than one of life's indeterminable problems.
This particular instance was a bit different than them actually being involved with eachother.
A guy in front of me is walking home with a girl. The girl is attractive. The guy is not.
It was almost a reflex that involved me examining the behaviour of both these people in order to determine the root cause of their relationship.
The guy doesn't exude confidence, and barely speaks. His eyes are either looking down at his feet, or whoever he's just about to bump into. Never at her. The girl is mostly staring into space, and performing the feat most commonly referred to as small talk. She's quite good at maintaining a level of conversation considering the guy is contributing nothing.
His coat is thick and duffled, and his bag is strapped circulation-trappingly close to his back.
The girl is casually dressed, but in a fashionable sense, with a hint of makeup.
Ten minutes of walking behind them brings me to the conclusion that they're probably college mates, or have known eachother for a long time, and the girl doesn't see him as anything other than a friend.
He's probably annoyed that she's got a boyfriend that "doesn't appreciate her", and would love to sweep her off her feet, but is not sure about how to do it.
Welcome to the world of the awkward geek.
He'd make a good action figure.
I was walking home from work the other day contemplating this, but with no great degree of concentration; more of a passing interest than one of life's indeterminable problems.
This particular instance was a bit different than them actually being involved with eachother.
A guy in front of me is walking home with a girl. The girl is attractive. The guy is not.
It was almost a reflex that involved me examining the behaviour of both these people in order to determine the root cause of their relationship.
The guy doesn't exude confidence, and barely speaks. His eyes are either looking down at his feet, or whoever he's just about to bump into. Never at her. The girl is mostly staring into space, and performing the feat most commonly referred to as small talk. She's quite good at maintaining a level of conversation considering the guy is contributing nothing.
His coat is thick and duffled, and his bag is strapped circulation-trappingly close to his back.
The girl is casually dressed, but in a fashionable sense, with a hint of makeup.
Ten minutes of walking behind them brings me to the conclusion that they're probably college mates, or have known eachother for a long time, and the girl doesn't see him as anything other than a friend.
He's probably annoyed that she's got a boyfriend that "doesn't appreciate her", and would love to sweep her off her feet, but is not sure about how to do it.
Welcome to the world of the awkward geek.
He'd make a good action figure.
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