Nerds have been long been fodder for film and television – everyone loves an underdog. But Geekdom’s popularity meter is getting a boost from modern incarnations like Glee, a phenomenon that has everyone from band camp rejects to hipsters proclaiming “I’m a Gleek!”
The Sexy Nerd is a millennial twist on the classic archetype – a contradiction in terms that both confounds and charms women. Sometimes he’s the jock who embraces his inner nerd by joining show choir. Other times he’s the math genius whose natural magnetism makes numbers hot. Whatever his story, he’s a guy who attracts you first on an intellectual level, then evokes a latent-response physical attraction that shocks you.
How to spot him:
· He possesses the lanky, bespectacled magnetism of Galen Weston Jr. – it shouldn’t work, but somehow, it does.
· He’s awkward and inept in social settings, but proves to be a skilled and inventive lover when you get him alone.
· He’s an enthusiast – mixing nerdy interests like gaming and geo-caching with manlier pursuits like extreme sports.
Sometimes your intellectual crush or bad timing can push The Sexy Nerd into the Friend Zone before visceral attraction kicks in. At worst, you end up with a friend for life. But if the stars align, you’ll have a lover worth dating – and loving – for a lifetime.
I once dated The Sexy Nerd, albeit for a season. Initially, he came off as a bit of a player – he owned a sports car (which he took to car shows, bless him) and looked like a sun-kissed surfer boy. But the light that came into his eyes as we uncovered our mutual love of Discovery Channel programming and Nat Geo documentaries made me view him in a different light.
Over time, the initial flame of attraction warmed to the steady glow of friendship, fuelled by the discovery that we were too much alike. That’s when he felt comfortable enough to reveal the deeper facets of his inner nerd to me, like the scaled model of The Titantic he’d been painstakingly building and hand-painting for years. Yes, years. That kind of focus and commitment is sexy, even if the model building is painfully nerdy.
Yes, The Sexy Nerd is an intriguing study of contrasts.
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