Excerpt from Trials of the Geeky Female
“I know not all geeky guys are the “living in mom’s basement” type. I have many male friends who are perfectly normal. My husband, Mike Awesome, is a perfect example. If anything he goes out of his way to separate himself from the perceived stereotype, mostly because he has witnessed it first hand. I can think of two incidents right off the bat as to why. Mike Awesome used to frequent anime conventions when younger. He knew one of the merchants, so he was usually working a booth in the dealers’ room in exchange for a room, con badge, and sometimes a meal. Now at this shop’s booth you could buy some adult figurines, but because the cons were usually full of children, the exposed private areas would be covered with sticky notes. The way Mike Awesome explains it, he saw a random guy notice one of the figures, but this man did not immediately approach. The man was described to me as resembling the basement-dwelling stereotype. He circled the booth, trying to act as those he is just passing by. Attempting to be casual, he picked up other figures, pretending to examine them. All the while he kept glancing to the figure with the sticky notes over her breasts. Eventually he gains the courage to approach the doll in question. Ever so delicately he lifted the paper with his finger, exposing bare toy nipple. His face lit up with excitement and terror as he uttered, “Oh, my!” At this point, Mike Awesome has become officially creeped out. He decided to offer some customer service to the gentleman and ask if he wished to buy the object, to which the man fled. That is the kind of man a girl deals with when creepy incidents occur.”
(Source: silverpixiefly.com)
