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yssman

03-06-2008, 07:07 AM

siraim

03-06-2008, 08:56 AM

I snuck a Diggnation on my gf a while back and she enjoyed that and I've been dropping hints about TRS for a few weeks. When I get home this weekend, I'm going to attempt to get her to watch an episode. I figure it's time, considering she's taken my TRS hoodie. =)

She's a closet geek. She poked around BBS's when she was younger, plays games from time to time, stole my PSP after she noticed me playing Puzzle Quest.. so easing her into TRS should be easy. :)

cooljammer00

03-06-2008, 01:03 PM

what's a quasi-GF?

either she is or she isn't man.

deegraww

03-06-2008, 01:24 PM

Me personally i'm not going to try to trick a girl into liking things I like. She is either going to like it or not. Also if I wanted to date myself I would stay single. Having different things in common is a good thing. But that's just me.

mr-smith

03-06-2008, 05:39 PM

what's a quasi-GF?

either she is or she isn't man.

Isn't that a girlfriend with a big hump on her back??? Sorry, couldn't help it... had to make the comment.

Seriously though, sometimes you just have to ask them to at least try it.. Make sure they have an open mind and enjoy it with them. If they really like you, then they will at least attempt to see what you like, and they may like it as well. If that doesn't work, then, as Alex has stated many times... just make sure she accepts that you are a geek, and she is OK with you doing your geek things.

diane

03-06-2008, 09:57 PM

A small discussion arose in the Episode #50 thread of getting one's girlfriend/boyfriend into things like The Totally Rad Show, or Diggnation, or whatever and it dawned on me...

Is anyone else attempting to do the same?

Its been a bit of an uphill battle with my "quasi-GF" as I occasionally call her. Shes definitely one of those girly-girl types, and I've had a helluva time just getting her to partake in some of the more "simple" things like a casual viewing of Star Wars or LOTR. I'm trying to get her into comics, and I'm DESPERATELY trying to get her to do a cosplay thing with me when The Dark Knight opens.

Tips, tricks, and otherwise entertaining stories would be appreciated. Photos would be great too, if you're willing to show her/him off.

Okay, a couple of things. From a non-geek perspective, Stars Wars is boring and looks bad. Now understand this is coming from a woman who named her son Anakin, so please don't kill me. If you want to get her into more of the Sci Fi aspect, there are two ways, horror and romance. Lake House is fantasy (technically most of romance is, but I won't go there right now) and of course horror is. The Ring, Skeleton Key, Cloverfield, pick your type. Don't try to push the classics on her. It won't work. Go to new movies in those genres, as dates, and then afterwards go to dinner and discuss if she liked it. Find out what about the movies she likes. And then start to stear towards more sci-fi movies that have those elements she likes. It seems to me you want her to enjoy what you like for the same reasons you like them, it doesn't work that way.

As for the cos-play, well, honestly, it is dorky. Conventions, Halloween, I am all with you, but I have to go with her on this one, its a bloody movie. And you are not going to find a woman more dedicated to Batman than me. That said, this is how you do it. Throw a party. A costume party. Do it for the midnight release, and offer to help her with her costume, since she will be helping to host it. Recommend Poison Ivy. She would look good based on your pick in that outfit, plus it is sexy and the least weird. I am talking the animated or comic version, not the horrible movie version. And then let HER pick what you are going to be for Halloween. Go with it, no matter what. Do not argue, do not complain. If she wants to be the sexy cop and you play the robber, do it. If she wants to play nurse and you be a huge preggers woman, do it.

Relationships are about give and take, and if you want her to try what you like you need to be willing to do what she likes.

tsmith15

03-06-2008, 10:18 PM

Your girlfriend would look oodles more attractive as Poison Ivy than Uma Thurman did.

Also, everything diane said seems logical but I'd just like to mention that around these parts every girl, boy, man, and woman have seen and enjoyed Star Wars.

patch

03-06-2008, 11:20 PM

Also, everything diane said seems logical

HA! HAHAHAHAHA! Dammit tsmith15 you are really funny! *falls to the floor and continues laughing*

diane

03-07-2008, 12:09 AM

HA! HAHAHAHAHA! Dammit tsmith15 you are really funny! *falls to the floor and continues laughing*

you know, little bro, I can totally beat you up, so don't start.

patch

03-07-2008, 12:12 AM

you know, little bro, I can totally beat you up, so don't start.

No you can't. *has two swords, a battle axe and around five knives within' three feet of him at the moment.*

diane

03-07-2008, 12:15 AM

Super Momma Powers Activate! Immediately causing all sharp objects to be wrapped in bubble wrap and all drawers with sharp objects to have mysterious child safety locks appear on them.

patch

03-07-2008, 12:18 AM

Super Momma Powers Activate! Immediately causing all sharp objects to be wrapped in bubble wrap and all drawers with sharp objects to have mysterious child safety locks appear on them.

Have I ever told you that I don't clip my fingernails that often? *waves his almost half-inch thumbnail at her*

diane

03-07-2008, 12:19 AM

Have I ever told you that I don't clip my fingernails that often? *waves his almost half-inch thumbnail at her*

That's just gross.

patch

03-07-2008, 12:24 AM

That's just gross.

...Yeah... I know... I get lazy some times.

siraim

03-07-2008, 12:46 AM

Super Momma Powers Activate! Immediately causing all sharp objects to be wrapped in bubble wrap and all drawers with sharp objects to have mysterious child safety locks appear on them.

I must not have the Munchkin expansion yet that contains this card.. maybe Munchkin 6: Mums the Word....

diane

03-07-2008, 12:58 AM

I must not have the Munchkin expansion yet that contains this card.. maybe Munchkin 6: Mums the Word....

That was good.

patch

03-07-2008, 03:07 AM

I must not have the Munchkin expansion yet that contains this card.. maybe Munchkin 6: Mums the Word....

You sir, get a gold star.

yssman

03-07-2008, 04:59 AM

Thanks for the advice!

I'm really not all that worried about it, I really do love her the way she is. I'd like to have her enjoy my stuff as much as I enjoy hers (our tastes are pretty similar, she just isn't as "hardcore" as I), but like you said, its the compromises that we've gotta do. We were supposed to go see Cloverfield together opening weekend, but just as we were going to leave, I had to go into work.

...Damn work...

As for this whole quasi-GF thing?

Its just a name I've given to our relationship. We're such good friends that we're practically dating, but neither of us really want to be official with anyone, so we aren't. If that makes sense...

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So, anyone else have similar tales with their significant other(s)? I can't be the only dude on here in a relationship...

siraim

03-07-2008, 07:19 AM

So, anyone else have similar tales with their significant other(s)? I can't be the only dude on here in a relationship...

if I respond and say that I'm slowing introducing my gf to the wonder that is TRS, will I eventually end up making a munchkin joke again?

You're not alone.. I can remember threads being littered in the past with stories of folks watching TRS together and what not. Apparently, it's just not something folks want to congregate and chat about.

And.. just to respond regarding wanting to date myself.. i'm an ass and would hate to date me. I love that my gf has different desires, needs and wants and has incredibly different motivations than I do. Of course, as I type that, I realize I'm a huge dork at 2am EST as I just describes the Sims. Anyway.. the differences make the relationship work and complementing each other makes the relationship work. Finding those things that can bring shared experiences is a wonderful thing too.

That being said.. I'm getting my PSP back this weekend when I get home.. I miss SMB3.