Should Nerds Marry?

[reeeoga]

Well should they?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/15/ap/strange/main4015457.shtml

 

[N&B'smom]

Absolutely, I'm married to one.

Shelby

 

[DocOck]

Yes, they just shouldn't have children! Just kidding!

 

[Todd&Copper]

I don't know if they should or not, but they do. There is avery nerdy couple living down the street from us. I get a very "Star Trek-Monty Python-D&D" vibe from them. Oh, and they have 2 very loud beagles and put in a fortress of a fence. So they are unpopular nerds to boot.
So far, they have not reproduced with each other . . . .

 

[mysticIT]

How else would our progeny maintain our high IQ's?

 

[Breezie]

Aw, I think it's cute! But that's probably the nerd in me popping out. I know people who play WoW that were proposed to online.

If you're into that sort of thing, you'd probably think it was great! Heck, I know married couples who are in the same guild and do raids. I think it's hysterical. I hope to reach that kind of dorky-intimacy one day.

 

[sumrmist]

everyone deserves their happiness...nerds or not...

 

[paigevz]

Anyone that loves another of age mentally capable person should be able to marry them.

Here's a question though, do and should the mentally handicapped have the right to marry?

 

[Bob Slydell]

Other nerds? Sure!

Non-nerds? What happens when they breed?

 

[chris1gill]

As a software engineer married to a Physics Engineer with an Electrical Engineering degree to boot, I'm a little offended by the question.

But the answer to the question? yes, as most of us nerds raise the average national IQ when we have kids.

And personally, I think what he did was sweet.... albeit hacking into copyrighted code could get you into trouble depending...

 

[simpilotswife]

If they couldn't I would have been doomed to a very boring life.

 

[NMAmy]

I get a very "Star Trek-Monty Python-D&D" vibe from them.

Okay, hold the phone there. Monty Python is NOT nerdy.

 

[mysticIT]

Should ugly people reproduce?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Well this could quickly turn into an Elitist part 2 thread.

I am a nerd who married a non-nerd. I needed his street smarts. If we had children it would be the perfect combination of all that is needed to succeed in life.

 

[anna_chronistic]

I thought that story was super romantic. That much time and effort for a tailor-made, personalized, thoughtful proposal? Makes my heart melt!

Of course, I'm a geek who aspires to nerd-dom. The scale is dork -- geek -- nerd, and I'm solidly in the geek category, but I have hopes! And I also dream of finding my own nerd to marry someday!

 

[Breezie]

Well this could quickly turn into an Elitist part 2 thread.

Amen to that! I wasn't touching that thread with a ten foot pole!

 

[Todd&Copper]

Okay, hold the phone there. Monty Python is NOT nerdy.

Uh, yeah, people who go around quoting Monty Python are nerdy. Ask any of the cool kids.

 

[Lintasare]

Yes nerds should marry.

BTW...that is an awesome way to propose.

 

[KimR]

Well this could quickly turn into an Elitist part 2 thread.

I am a nerd who married a non-nerd. I needed his street smarts. If we had children it would be the perfect combination of all that is needed to succeed in life.

I am a nerd married to a non-nerd and our girls have the perfect combination - brains and social skills.

 

[Todd&Copper]

Other nerds? Sure!

Non-nerds? What happens when they breed?

Well, if non-nerds breed with nerds, shouldn't their kids have some chance of turning out less nerdy than the nerd parent? But maybe not as cool as the cool parent?