I'm an engin...
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That's the problem... fighting against that stigma. My goal now is to avoid the topic of "So what do you do?"

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I can usually dodge that stigma by telling them I am part of the Elections Dept. and I get to help and see the behind-the-scenes of an election, which is pretty interesting.

Completely deflects the IT nerdiness they usually come up with.

I always get the "Oh, your a computer guy. Can you help me fix my computer?"

For the fun factor, I try to tell people I try to outwit hackers. It's not nearly as interesting as it sounds (like watching log alerts), but it excites some people.

For the, "can you fix my computer," people, I actually tell them I work on servers and networking gear, and am really bad about desktops anymore. Which is more and more the truth since I grew into IT with XP and while I know it inside and out, I'm far less deep into Vista/7/8. I also haven't been on a desktop team in 7 years.

For the, "I need website help..." I am a little less clear on what I do. I know how to code, but I don't code on our dev team and don't really design much (unpracticed with images/graphics). I do, however, support the dev team, know many developers, and do host sites...so...it's hard to convince normal people that I can't (or don't) want to help them.

My immediate response is "Oh, you have Linux?!"

I met this girl working at a restaurant over the weekend. She was fairly talkative and a bit fun so I got her number. Let's say it's a small world, but somehow we got in the conversation where she asked me if I knew how to fix laptops (MacBook). I'm not much of an Apple guy, so I managed to dodged that.

Yesterday I randomly invited her out for some tennis in this great windy weather, but she had to work. She asked me to come to her work place (another job) for some 1 hour sale. I should've dodged this one, but I was nice enough to come by and get stuff for my mom in the process.

This morning I asked her about random stuff, and somehow got into the conversation about her phone running out of memory and needed expansion.

Help me get unstuck in this mode. Well, at least this beats wasting my time with an ex. :icon14:

My buddy's gf has a cute sister. I didn't ask for her number. In fact, she was a bit miffed when she saw me getting the waitress's number :trollface:. This girl is constantly glued to her phone taking selfies. Like her older sis, she shows signs of lazy butt syndrome - hates running and exercising.

What's that? Some form of STD? :icon18:

digi- your post is all over the place! :icon17: ;) congrats on the new potential girl. :D

Haha! No way. A bit too young for me, but entertaining nonetheless. She's actually a relative of one of my friend's wife (big family here). He thinks we're hitting it off and would vouch for me.

My single buds and I are in the middle of talking about looking around for single young professionals.

Visit Thailand. This is why I have been there since 2007. I haven't cooked a meal for myself since I stepped foot in Bangkok in March 2007. The only thing I really miss is my Z.
But the women are absolutely lovely.

But I've heard stories... :ughdance:

Fixing laptops, going to buy things from her work instead of going out, upgrading memory on phones? Sounds like you're playing the nice guy and are at the top of the list to be friend zoned.

The best wing man is not actually a man, but rather a wing woman. I'd try to turn her into that, which will either yield you A) An awesome wing woman or B) Flip her jealousy switch... either way win/win

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Yeah there are woMEN. Same as anywhere I suppose. It's a very tolerant society here. In many ways much better than the mindset in western society.
I do like it here but sometimes I need a "time out" and take a flight back to the USA. Did I mention the ladies are lovely ? lol:tiphat:

Makes more sense. I've run into girls like these before (several). Like we barely know each other and she goes off asking these sort of things. I'm probably going to back off slowly... no real intent on dating her anyhow (too youngish). I've only known her since Saturday night haha. Oh the intent of wing woman would be nice... gotta make some connections. :)

Just get out there and be yourself. Like Chuck said it is a numbers game, you'll strike-out with a lot of girls, but one of them will like your offbeat humor or stupid joke and you two will hit it off. Also just do trial and error. If something works keep doing it, if something doesn't try something else. Just repeat that until you have a "method" and then use and abuse it. One thing I don't recommend is to try and be something you're not unless you are just trying to get laid. If you are looking for a relationship and you get into one pretending to be something you're not, then in the long run it will go bad anyway and you will just have wasted your time. Also if you are nervous about trying things out close to where you live and getting embarrassed go to another town near you and work on your game. A buddy of mine at work used to drive to bars in Ft. Worth to try stupid pickup tactics out that he was too embarrassed to try at local spots and now he gets more *** than anyone I have ever seen, because he experimented with some ridiculous things knowing he would most likely never see the people again.

Also regarding the aquarium thing posted earlier, definitely consider that. They are great conversation pieces, especially the high-tech planted ones. People see the saltwater ones all the time in malls and wherever, and they are always more interested in my planted tanks that look just as good, but have a more exotic feel.

This is tough! I notice phone calls isn't really the thing to do anymore, so it's all about texting and messaging.