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Ask Dr. NerdLove: An Old-Fashioned Kinda Guy

by Dr. NerdLove on April 18, 2012 in Ask Dr. NerdLove, Dating, Fashion with 43 Comments

Ya gotta help me, Doc. 

It seems I have run into a problem. I’m a late comer to the dating scene. I started out having my “girlfriends” set me up with some of their friends. To me, I feel like we really hit it off. But when my “girlfriends” fill me in. it always seems to come down to the same thing.

Apparently, I come off as one of those guys who think going old school is a good way to get into a girl’s pants.

Let me explain. Despite the fact that I just recently turned 21, on paper I sound like an old man. I’m the kind of guy who listens and enjoys Frank Sinatra along with the rest of the Rat Pack. I wear collared shirts and I never leave the house without my trademarked fedora. My movie collection includes classics like Singing in the Rain and The Godfather. I’m also the guy who nurses a glass of scotch while my friends are downing shots and pints. I also think a good way for a guy’s night is sitting around a table with drinks and playing poker. When on a date, I’m polite as I can be. I push the lady’s chair in and out, and pay for everything.

In short, I put the “old” in Old Spice.

So what do I do? While I’m willing to admit that when I think suave men,  I get pictures of Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr., etc. I’m not using it as hook. Its just happens to be me. I mean its not like I’m a person who does all this ironically ( Hipsters, cough*) 

What can you prescribe Doc?

An “Older” Man

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Find Your Archetype

by Dr. NerdLove on February 6, 2012 in Acceptable Geekiness, Fashion with 23 Comments
L to R from top: Samuel L. Jackson, Dolph Ludgren, Vin Diesel, and Tom Morello

Let’s take a moment to do a thought experiment.

Look in the mirror. Now back to me. Now back to the mirror.  Now back to me.1

Tell me what the first thing that comes to mind that describes who you see. Don’t think about it, just one word off the top of your head that describes the type of person you see in the mirror.

Keep that word in mind. We’ll be coming back to it in a little while.

Now tell me: what image comes to mind as soon as you hear the word “nerd”?

Probably something like this:

... only, y'know, without the hot chick.

 

What about “geek”? Something along the same lines, no? Not exactly something to set hearts to racing and loins on fire, now is it?

Nerds, meet your God...

Mr. Wheaton disagrees with you, sir.

A little infuriating, isn’t it? In this day and age, when geek culture is in it’s ascendency, the general concept of “geek” or “nerd” is sold to the public as one of social awkwardness, a personality that seems to have been compiled from a checklist of Asperger’s Syndrome symptoms, slovenly habits, poorly-fitting clothes and a complete and utter lack of sex appeal. You say you’re a geek  - or worse, look like one and people immediately flash to these negative impressions built up for years via popular culture.

That’s stereotyping for you; wrapping up a wide and various culture within a few stock ideas of how we look and act.

Clearly, if you want to have any success in dating, you’ll have to hide the fact that you’re a geek, right? The stereotype of the geek is just too much to overcome.

Nope.

In fact, it’s time to make stereotypes work for you.

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Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever

by Dr. NerdLove on January 2, 2012 in Fashion, Lifestyle, The Basics with 7 Comments
"Damn right it was!"

2011 is officially over, and I imagine there’re more than a few of you who’re glad to see the back of it.

So now that we’ve all recovered from our hangovers, it’s time to take a bleary look around the tattered remains of our lives and/or living-rooms and take stock.

Not pictured - the goat.

"Oh God, I think someone puked in my brain..."

 

Now, I’m not a big fan of New Years resolutions.

In fact, I think they’re pretty worthless. Everybody makes ‘em when the future is bright and shiny and full of endless potential, but within two months, more than 80% of you will have forgotten all about them.

But this year? Yeah, this year can be different. Because if this is the year you want to turn your love life around and start being the person you’ve always wanted to be… well, for once you’ve got a plan.

It isn’t going to be easy.

It sure as hell isn’t going to be quick.

But if you’re willing to make the effort, you can make 2012 the year you’ll never want to forget.

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Get That Cool Haircut

by Dr. NerdLove on November 7, 2011 in Fashion, Style with 10 Comments
Chris Hemsworth and his godlike hair

Men are obsessed with hair. Where it’s growing, how much you have, how to disguise how little you may have, how to get rid of it when it’s showing up in places it really shouldn’t. People spend literally thousands of dollars per year trying either to grow hair in places where it’s falling out or to remove it from places where they wish it wasn’t.

Yet for all of the attention spent on growing hair or getting rid of it, when it comes to hair cuts and style, guys get lazy. How many of you have had the same hairstyle for years? How many times have you gone to the barber and just asked for “the usual”?

The truth of the matter is, most guys don’t really understand the basics of hair – what type of hair they have, what styles work best for them or even how to find a barber or stylist who knows what they’re doing. Considering the impact a proper hair cut can have both for your look and how people perceive you, it seems silly to treat hair as something of an afterthought. So if you’ve been wishing you could get a better, cooler style but don’t know how, now’s the time to start learning.

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Shop Like A Girl

by Dr. NerdLove on September 2, 2011 in Fashion, Lifestyle with 4 Comments
"Do these jeans say 'clubbing', or do they say 'third date crumpled on the floor by the bed"?

So, we’ve been talking about fashion a bit here, and perhaps you’re starting to think to yourself that it’s time to update the ol’ wardrobe. Time to start tossing everything to Goodwill and start over fresh, right?

And just like that… well, I’m afraid you’ve made your first mistake, my friend.

At the risk of sounding like the set up to a bad stand-up routine… you’re shopping like a guy. And to be perfectly frank when it doesn’t come to things that aren’t typical nerd guy interests (comics, books, games) guys have this tendency to be… well, not the most efficient of shoppers. We tend to have two settings; either we have absolutely no idea what we’re looking for and tend to stand around looking like a socially awkward puppy and grabbing things in a state of minor panic or we go into full Terminator mode, looking for one thing and one thing only.

"Give me your 34 waist, 32 inseam vintage wash Levi's 505s. Now."

As a result, you either end up with a closet full of stuff you don’t really like or  you end up with guys wearing the same clothes they’ve owned for the last 10 years; neither of which works terribly well when you’re trying to upgrade your style.

So it’s time  to quit shopping like a dude.

Start shopping like a girl.
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