Computer nerds are more present today than ever before. There is a direct correlation to this with the steady rise in computer designing jobs that are coming into existence. So what happens when you find yourself dating said computer nerd, and you are borderline illiterate?

Well first off, you are going to have to get used to their strange sleeping schedule. These computer lovers are obsessed with their projects, and have deadlines they must fulfill. Sometimes that means working on a helmet for fourteen hours, going to bed at six in the morning, waking up at eleven, and then working for another fourteen hours on the same damn helmet. This is okay, let the computer nerd do their natural process of work. They will come back to you at some point.

Also, be prepared for the unusual amount of terms that they will throw out to you. 'Baking' is no longer a sweet treat in the oven, but rather a tedious computer program that redefines the details inputted into a computer model (see I have totally learned something). They will without thinking start talking in this foreign language involving meshes and maps, boxes and triangles, high poly and low poly. They will not stop talking until you give them a weird and confused face as a signal that you are very much computer illiterate compared to them and they need to break that down for you.

They will try to get you to join their communities for the online games that they are a part of, and you will have to smile and simply nod your head as they try to teach you how to properly take the head off of some creature. You will fail, know that now, but failing will bring laughter to you both. Honestly, it is a lot more fun than winning anyways. That is mainly because it gives them the chance to grab your hands as they try to teach you where each button is and how the keystroke is supposed to go. When they finally give up on this task, all the cuddles shall happen!

Now there will be some challenges, such as the fact that you want to go out and they have to finish up a project, they will pick the project over you... or at least you should force them to finish their project over you. Or when they are so frustrated with their computer not doing the thing they want it to do, so they plan on staying there all night until one of the two surrenders. If the computer wins, make them some food and force them to go to sleep. If they win, make them some food and force them to go to sleep.

The most important rule of dating someone who is a computer genius compared to your knowledge of how to Google something, is to remember to be patient. Patience in understanding that it will take time for the balance to be found between you and their work. At the start, they will push off work because they want to spend time with you, and then regret it later when they are crunching everything together. While you like spending time with them, it is not worth their work suffering. There will also always be the language barrier, and it will take time for them to realize that they have to switch to "normal" person level. They aren't doing this to belittle you. You just have to patient with them when they realize their mistake.

You will survive, and, hopefully, learn some new skills, and maybe even meet some pretty cool people along the way.