DISQUS

Diego · 2 years ago

I'm a geek, and I can't wait to be a geek father trainig my sons to be equally and just as proud geeks.

Birdy · 2 years ago

I can't wait to have little boys to turn into lil geeks like me.


oh the promises!

KeaponLaffin · 2 years ago

Never missing a BDay/Holiday/Anniversary.
I have scripts to automatically order flowers, chocolates and jewelry for any significant event. ;) It also emails me a reminder on why said day is significant.

Knows everyone.
Now a Geek doesn't know everyTHING. But we know someone who knows. Social-Networking, it's not just for annoying kids. The car needs fixing, roof needs work, dog needs neutered? Yea, I know someone who does that.

Corollary to above:
Free services! We can trade technical expertise for mechanical/manual-labor expertise. Shhh... They don't need to know how easy it was to setup their home/business network.

Sylvester O'Farrell · 2 years ago

Birdy: I'm 80, and they didn't.

Stumble Exchange · 2 years ago

So how much exactly are the geeks paying you to say all this ;)

Criz · 2 years ago

Geek fathers will make worthy opponents when play computer games against them.

skerit · 2 years ago

Lol, nice info :P

The word "geek" sounds too negative, though ... No longer do we wear those centimeters-thick glasser, or out-of-fashion clothes, we can be hot bitches, too! :P

Dwizzit · 2 years ago

I just had my little to be geek son, and his father and I both cant wait to raise him up to be a wonderful little geek! His dad and I met at a LAN party, it was frag at first sight hehe. I just really love both my little geeks.

matt · 2 years ago

[quote comment="9"]I just had my little to be geek son, and his father and I both cant wait to raise him up to be a wonderful little geek! His dad and I met at a LAN party, it was frag at first sight hehe. I just really love both my little geeks.[/quote]
Very nice, Dwizzit, I think that's a first that I ever heard of meeting at a LAN party. Now that's true geek love...:)

William Lehman · 2 years ago

see you at ren fest. ;)

Adriana · 2 years ago

Me and my husband just had our little girl 3 months ago, and I am just waiting a few months before the intensive "What a 20 sides die is?" and "keyboard and mouse 101" traiing :)
I love being a geek, my hus loves being a geek and I dont consider that being bad. Geeks make great parents and this is why I believe why:

Geek parents always double google any opinion, so we ended up knowing and understanding everything the doctor said (or any other professional) and we have valid questions everytime we talk to them.

RedMan · 2 years ago

* I AM A GEEK*
I've been a geek forever in high school, in the military and everyone that has ever known me has either liked me for being a geek, a few have actually hated me because hey they are not a geek themselves. I have a 7 yr old daughter and a 1 1/2 yr old son. And both are more fluent on computers then a large number of adults are. Go Geeks Parents

Jason L. Froebe · 2 years ago

I come from a long line of geeks (in the past they were known as tinkerers and "those Froebe boys"). My grandfather along with his brothers built Canada's first helicopter... but guess what? It was made from bicycle parts!! The fact that they put the seat ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK is just an oversight - no where else to put it! ;-)

My wife is due with the little munchkin in December. I'm expecting FTL travel by age 3. That isn't too much to ask is it?

Amir A · 2 years ago

when i play with toys with my two year old it's like i'm a little kid again, i don't care about looking like a dork, and he loves hearing me do all the voices.

Bladynserth · 2 years ago

[quote comment="9"]I just had my little to be geek son, and his father and I both cant wait to raise him up to be a wonderful little geek! His dad and I met at a LAN party, it was frag at first sight hehe. I just really love both my little geeks.[/quote]


my hubby & i met on EQ O.o

RandomHero · 2 years ago

GEEKS FTW I want my own version 2.0

luis · 2 years ago

i'm a geek and a dad and it rocks. i much rather play with the kids and stand around with 'grown-ups' and pose. my kid's friends seem to like it as well. last winter during the denver blizzards we build the longest sled shoot ever down two adjacent streets, not a grown up in sight. i think they were all inside trying to figure out how to get to work?!? can you say SNOW DAY! i'm teaching my son and daughter to play poker and craps...watch out second grade. this winter we're building a catapult for the science fair. being a dad rocks!!!

JD · 2 years ago

You forgot one:

"Forget to teach your children how to pluralise a word because, obviously, you've never learned."

To make a word plural, add "s" or "es". It's "lazers", not "lazer's". "Dads", not "Dad's".
Why would you ever put an apostrophe there?

Megan · 2 years ago

I'm a girl, I love geeks and your ten are only partly why. Geeks are hot.

Seven · 2 years ago

By and large, the people described who subscribe to the tenets in that list above are simply very old and big children.

My observations are that geeks have a strong propensity to be as childlike (or worse, childish) as they can be educated. In response to the inevitable retort "that's better than 95% of the population that's just childish", I have to ask why not just be educated?--leave childish notions...in childhood.

Everyone knows the real fun is had as an adult, anyways.

Timmy · 2 years ago

There is nothing like the screams of kids in the crawl space beneath the house, while my wife and I stomp around in the kitchen pretending to be Balrogs

Steve · 2 years ago

I look forward to the day when my son is in school and we get a call from the teacher:

Teacher: "Your son seems to have an overactive sense of imagination. He keeps telling stories in school about how he can just talk to things in the house and they do things and talk back to him."

Us: "Um, yeah well... That really happens."

Paden · 2 years ago

Im a geek father and i agree on all counts, ive got my daughters hooked on linux and they are penguin adicts

Andrew w · 2 years ago

Sorry guys, the geek gene skips a generation, Im a geek, but my dad is a hardcore jock, but my rand father was also a geek, diferent from me because of the technology but, still was a major geek.

blackbrutha · 2 years ago

Im a geek too , and I have my first child on the way. I guess I know social networking too cuz I met my fiancee' on myspace a few years ago. Anyways Im a geek but she isnt. She is more hip than me and knows all the latest slang and dance moves , while I am a computer whiz. When the baby comes I will be there taking pics with my iPhone. I even took pics of the baby (from the ultra sound) and have it saved on my iphone. I love being a a geek and so will my future child. Cant wait till he/she gets old enough to play xbox360 (or whatever the latest console is in the next few years) with me. That should be a ton of fun.

Geek Dad · 2 years ago

Household always has all the latest techno crap. iPhone? Check. Xbox 360? Double-Check. Hacked electronics gear that does things your friend's can't? Duh!

Mary Nell Hall · 2 years ago

There are absolutely too many grammatical errors in that list of ten for me to believe that the writer is a geek.

Dick Gumshoe · 2 years ago

I don't know if I'm, considered a geek, but being a low-level programmer do make me one right? Anyways, I have a 3 YO son, and right now, I can't get him off my PC and my Nintendo DS. He was able to finish some stages in New Super Mario, but for a 3YO kid here in Philippines, I guess thats geek son enough for me. And yeah I agree on the other points. My wife gets jealous with my PC. That's about it.

matt · 2 years ago

Mary Nell Hall - heh - I never said I was an English geek ;)

Ted · 2 years ago

I am so scared that I will have a son or daughter who will be a complete jock. I'll still love them, but part of me we will be saddened that my child will never know the joy of knowing way too much about a fictional universe.

fundo · 2 years ago

m proud to be a geek. and i know that i'll be a great father too. its a nice feeling to see that your son is asking tricky questions about PCBs and ICs. jejejejeje

Dave · 2 years ago

I'm a geek and proud of it, and I love being a geek dad! My two year old already loves the computer. I'm thinking of grabbing an old laptop and installing linux on it so he can have his own little linux machine to play on. Plenty of OS educational games and things available for him.

Stewart · 2 years ago

My girlfriend loves her panties which say "403 - Authentication required". Match made in heaven!

quizzoid · 2 years ago

Seven said, "I have to ask why not just be educated?–leave childish notions…in childhood. Everyone knows the real fun is had as an adult, anyways."

If geeks find happiness in childish pursuits, I think that's awesome. After I get done with a day's worth of multitasking pandemonium, I could certainly enjoy a childish break, whether that be playing with Legos, sledding down a hill, or racing some Matchbox cars around on the floor. (Having a youngster around to participate is a plus, but not required).

If going to bars, drinking, and chasing after a partner for adult athletics makes you happy, then to each his/her own, I guess.

Have fun, be happy.

Bert JW Regeer · 2 years ago

Real Genuis is an awesome movie. I first got introduced to it by a friend of mine not too long ago, and it is one of my favourite movies. PCU, Lostboys and Tron rank up there as well :P

jim b. · 2 years ago

yeah they would make great fathers...if they could find a girl...first!

Pnut · 2 years ago

I'm a hybrid geek. Beena geek since birth, but in my late teens and early 20's became engrossed (in a geek-like way) in working out. So now I am a 6' 185lb geek in disguise!

My son is 22 mths old and already knows how to play games on the Wii, already understands how to use the keyboard and mouse (albeit not in totally the right way), and also knows how to open the DVD player, pop in his DVD and hit play.

Raising your kid "geek" is a great way to raise a child because the confidence and independence is unparalleled!

Megan · 2 years ago

My husband, Tim, is a geek and our son favorite toy since he could sit up is an old key board that Tim cleaned up and cut the cords off of. Our son loves to sit and bang on the keys. If he sits on my lap while I surf the internet he can hit the specific hot keys to either close down the internet or change the font size. Our son has also been known to change the channel on our Myth Box, a feat I am still trying to figure out, how a 14 month old can wield a remote better than I is incredible. No doubt in my mind he will be just like his daddy some day.

Wyzard · 2 years ago

I met my fiance at a D&D game. Her 2 teenage daughters thought I was a big geek until I started singing the songs they were listening to (system of a down at the time). Ok, they were right, I am I geek, but they didn't know they were too. I write this as the oldest is playing WOW and the youngest is watching Anime on YouTube.

matt · 2 years ago

D&D; - Wow - that brings back memories - I remember getting the Player's Handbook on sale at a department store and reading it cover-to-cover - hmm..Wonder if I can find that and read it to the kids ;)....

krizzy · 2 years ago

I always watching a tv shows the beauty * the geek and I'm proud to say that Geek people are excellent.. they are talented unlike other people, there's nothing to do with their own life but to discriminate others..shame for themselves ( bighead people)

Kimberly · 2 years ago

Thank God I married a geek! I couldnt live without my Myth box! Regular TV? No thanks, Id rather have a geek! My computer is never down. I never worry about cheating. I never worry about divorce. And I dont have to worry about homework with the kids. So marrying a geek is not so bad after all!

neeecole · 2 years ago

My kids will def always have all the latest videogames and systems.....and we'll beat all the games first so we can decide what's suitable for their age, and we can help them through some of the more "adult content" when they get old enough.

it's nice to know that i'll never have to worry about my kids having problems differenciating between killing in games and killing IRL.

And of course they'll always have awesome class projects with a little help!

Michael · 2 years ago

Unless your a fat geek.

Michael · 2 years ago

^ you're

TexasEllen · 2 years ago

Met my geek husband 42 years ago when some guys at the University of Texas engineering dept. put together a computer dating program. Cost $5 for 10 matches. We have raised two geek sons and are expecting our first grandchild in Nov. All of us, including my 94 year old father in law and my 84 year old mother have had computers since the late seventies.

I remember being thrilled to get a 286 machine and watching the "Centipede" race to the bottom.
So much faster than my first machine.

GITA · 2 years ago

Hey, not all geeks are nerds either, so that's another good reason to seek one out. My husband is a geek, but he's also a hottie, he's awesome at every sport he plays, and he knows how to throw a great party, too. Oh, and he really is a great Dad. I think he's a keeper.

playa · 2 years ago

Hi, all,
My name is playa and I'm a geek ;)

Ellen · 2 years ago

Cheers to the geek fathers who mention their geek daughters, and shame on the geeks like Diego and Birdy only looking forward to raising sons. I pity them and any daughters they have and treat as second class.

The gorgeous geek I married would never treat children unfairly or unkindly.

Lukie · 2 years ago

I'm just a teenager and I'm already pretty geeky (as my friends and family love to mention continuously) but I really hope to continue my geekiness and not succumb to the temptation of being one of the "cool kids"; I shudder at the thought actually.
If I ever have kids I'd do everything in my power to make sure they're as geeky as me ^_^
I'm so glad my sister sent this site to me . . . though I wonder how she found it because she is considerably less geeky than myself.

Jacqueline Ratliff · 2 years ago

I am a pagan,goth,polyamorous,geek,rennie chick and i am dating a geek guy and i love him with all my heart.I wouldn't want to date a jock or some good looking idiot.

Garry Conn · 2 years ago

Hey man,

Just wanted to say that I found this post after pushing that "Geeky SU Stumble!" button... Awesome post! I have gave it a thumbs up.

Best Regards,
Garry Conn

heather evans · 2 years ago

what happens if your a geek... but also a GIRL >.

dan · 2 years ago

I recently listened to a podcast--perhaps the best and geekiest (called RADIOLAB), which said that the less aggressive male baboons actually fathered a lot more babies because the chicks liked spending time with them when they weren't in heat.

Of course, when they're horny, they still go after the "Alpha-betas," not the Lambda, Lambda, Lambdas.

But, the rest of the time--Gilbert and Wormser have got it made.

BillinDetroit · 1 year ago

When my kids (now grown and knee-deep in geekiness) were growing up, I could admit to having set fire to a 100 year old barn and a classic automobile with an errant Estes rocket.

They also had a Dad who knew the XT computer inside and out ... and hopped it up with additional ram, math co-processor and souped up CPU. One of the first Dads on the block with a real HD (40 meg!) and a color monitor.

Now Dad blogs and has commissioned Son #1 to write some software for me.

Yeah, having a geeky Dad isn't all bad. ;-)

Rhyclosyweesee · 1 year ago

well done, man

Lala · 1 year ago

That's cute. My boyfriend is a geek, so now I know what I'm headed for ;-)

EZ Computers · 1 year ago

Hahaha, very good :)

Tony · 10 months ago

You are obviously not much of a geek because YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE APOSTROPHES. Or, to help you better understand, I guess I should say YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE APOSTRPHE'S. Just what are those laser's possessing, anyway? Jesus Christ please don't have any more children.

Akrid · 9 months ago

I'm a teenager, but I always worry about these things like mad. I try hard to retain what I'm thinking for future use. I feel bad saying it, but I would be a touch sad if my children didnt grow up to be geeks. And like Lukie said, I hate the thought of falling into a clique and losing myself in the process, thereby losing potentially losing all emotional sensitivities in the process.

also, Tony, stfu.

Tony · 9 months ago

just putting it out there

geeksruleforever · 3 months ago

If I Stumble any harder, I'll fall and never get up. Autobots, roll out!

poorblogger · 3 months ago

Hm.. I will become geek to be a good father...

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