Photo: Brimley
After reading Kathy’s great post, I thought I’d add a few more suggestions from my GeekDad experience. Many of these pertain to my own GeekDad husband, Michael, who’s got gamer/gadget/RPG leanings.
- His idea of pillow talk is asking you to roll for initiative.
- He’s done computer repair for everyone in your family. And they all think he’s a genius.
- He still cries watching The Lord of the Rings.
- Upon the birth of your first child, he raised his fists and said, “W00t!”
- You get IMs or DMs from him while he’s across the room/upstairs/next to you.
- Immediately after your child is born, he uses it as an excuse for buying more LEGO.
- When your two-year-old stumbles upon a Dungeon Master’s Guide, he says, “Daddy!”
- He asks for complete and utter silence when Alton Brown is on TV.
- He’s reading Dragonlance, again, “just to refresh his memory.”
- He’s constantly coming up with new iPhone app ideas, even though he may not own one.
- You can’t remember who squealed louder last Christmas when the grandparents got your kid a Wii.
- There is at least one sword hanging in your house—maybe even a mace or some throwing stars.
- He knows what caltrops are.
- You can’t pass by a Best Buy or Apple Store without him pleading at you with puppy eyes.
- He is conspicuously absent on Free Comic Book Day, Free RPG Day or the opening of any Star Wars/Star Trek films.
- He seriously considered, and/or purchased, an array of odd doohickeys to monitor your child in utero.
- He put together a playlist for your child before they were even born, starting it off with “Birdhouse in Your Soul”.
- You’ve been stood up for a raid.
- You felt like a widow when Fallout 3 came out.
- He will never sing in front of people… unless it’s playing Rock Band or for your kid.
