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Ep.34 Awkward and Shy, or Just Not That Into You? Discover the Difference!
Legolas: “Hey, Tauriel, want to be my girlfriend?”
Tauriel: “No Thanks.”
Legolas: *She’s just shy.*
This belated Holiday Week Edition of Mating Habits of the Modern Geek, join me and William as we tackle that age-old problem of determining whether that special crush is just too shy to talk to you…or they’re just not into you.
We catch up over Dragon’s Crown, Freedom Cry, and William reveals his cosplay plans for 2014!
I spin another yarn about a Dating Horror Story: Online, and William voices his complaints over chatty chicks who never want to do anything else.
It only takes us 52 minutes to get to the actual topic, where we admit that we’re all guilty of this. It’s always an awkward time when geeks who are awkward also like other awkward geeks. It’s easy to misinterpret the signs of uninterested for shyness.
So, get ready to be direct and bold, and be ready to accept the soft “No.”
William flips a table over folks who can’t deal with movie adaptations (congrats, you read a book), and I flip a table or two over people trying to fix me up with inappropriate matches for their own convenience.
NB: The book title I butchered is actually: Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis. http://iantregillis.com/ I HIGHLY recommend it.
Ep.33 – Kelley’s Relationship Triangle: “The Best Two Outta Three!”
In this episode, Michael joins me to discuss my new breakthrough solution for figuring out if someone is right for you. It’s a theory I wrote on the back of an envelope…at a friend’s house…and then drew a sad face on it…but it’s a good tool for anyone to use all the same.
Michael shares some of his worst dating experiences, and I bring up the issue I have with men flirting with me by arguing against the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse. Apparently guys out there can’t take a joke, or they’re certain they have evidence that it couldn’t happen – maybe a litte bit too certain.
We flip some tables over bullies and call-out culture, and how people often don’t get that not only are they not helping things, but sometimes they make it worse.
And the vegetarian food we couldn’t think of was tempeh!
Links From This Episode:
Project Management Iron Triangle
Ep.32 – The Wingman: “Have You Met My Friend Ted?”
Check out more Legen- wait for it – dary art from Habibson at http://habibson.deviantart.com/
Gobble Gobble, Y’all! It’s Thanksgiving!
Sean shares his famous cranberry sauce recipe that he may or may not have come from Adam Corolla, and it’s raining monkeys when I play Assassin’s Creed IV.
I give you the first installment of Dating Horror Story: Online Dating where I share some scary online dating stories that have been happening to me recently, and we discuss Wingmen, and why you may want one to help you meet new people – or you may want to share your confidence and BECOME THE BEST WINGMAN EVER.
Sometimes, there’s no better safety net than a “Conversation Buddy” to help talk you up to potential love interests.
We flip the kids’ table at your family’s Thanksgiving dinner over retail establishments staying open over the holidays; Sean’s multiple doppelgangers getting him into sticky situations, and the best $1 Million-dollar idea that Sean has ever had.
Ep.31 – All or Nothing! Ask Someone Out, Dammit!
Ep.30 – Where is Everybody? Putting Yourself in Places to Meet People
Ep. 29 – Face Your Fears: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
Ep. 29 – Face Your Fears: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
This week, William and I discuss the benefits of taking a step or two outside your comfort zone. Since nothing new happens when you don’t do anything new, turn your life into an adventure! Find other things you might be good at, and have opportunities to meet new people and/or have more things to talk about in conversations with strangers (see: Lesson 2!)
We discuss Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., learn that the young women of America look up to William, and I was completely wrong about the government shut down – whatever.
Tables don’t stay “Flipless in Austin” when we take a look at every thing you should NEVER do when trying to find your soul mate. Bastards be crazy. You can check out all that magic below:
http://www.sleeplessinaustin.com/
Homework for Lesson 3! Do something that you would normally avoid because it makes you feel vulnerable or alone, like go to a movie by yourself, eat at a restaurant alone, go to that MTG tournament, or that board game night at your local game store – not to look for mates, but to just get out there and do something!
It’s a British Invasion…
…only this time, Mating Habits is invading London!
Check out our favorite fan from across the pond, Sarah, in all her t-shirt glory!
Gratuitous Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Photo
So, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to premier in about an hour, so I wanted to squee, and post this photo as a THANK YOU to MY NEW SUBSCRIBERS!
People have been downloading the heck out of my podcast episode archives, so welcome new folks! Nothing is more entertaining than looking at which episodes people have the most interest in…y’all are some dirty people!
So, enjoy Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., stay classy, and thanks for stopping by.
Episode 28 – Meeting New People: Break the Rules and Talk to Strangers
Episode 28 – Meeting New People: Break the Rules and Talk to Strangers
We’re breaking all the rules in this episode of Mating Habits! Alpha Counter’s Sean Ryan and I discuss the tricks to having a good conversation with complete strangers in Lesson 2 of MHMG Learning Annex – Becoming comfortable conversing with others. We go back and forth about why talking to folks we don’t know is difficult and sometimes makes us look like creeps, and how Sean might have missed his calling as Sean Ryan: Marketing Rapist.
We recap Sean’s almost hot-n-heavy DragonCon experience with “The Lady in The Loft,” I go into WAY too much detail about my recent sex life, and then we flip tables over dickwolves, Nazis, and Heroes of Cosplay – typical MHMG tableflip 😉
Here are some helpful links to check out while you’re listening:
Penny Arcade says I’m doing it wrong
