The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen with a nerdy, male best friend

I prefer guys to girls any day of the week.

I find girls are shallow, bratty, too talkative, and disloyal. I know this not only because I am one, but because I have had negative experiences with girls exhibiting some or all of these qualities. As I've said, I do love acting, so until mid-8th grade I could giggle and take stupid pictures in the bathroom as good as the next one, but it all just seemed so fake. This was proven when I got a boyfriend that year. He wasn't just a boyfriend, he was a nerd. That's right, he liked calculators. I met him in my Latin class, to give you an idea. Oooh. I began sitting with him more during lunch, and my "biffles" weren't having it. So, we grew apart. 2 out of the 4 girls I was hanging out with don't even acknowledge me in the hallways anymore. However, by growing farther from them I grew closer to my boyfriend, and started hanging out with him and his friends during lunch instead. I had written them off as nerds before like my friends, and they certainly were, but they were much more fun to hang out with than I would have expected. They were good listeners, great at helping with school (although some were too arrogant, a couple were really helpful and patient with me, and continue to be. Two helped me get through math last year with a B+!) and they were genuinely nice people. They were too smart to be into any kind of drugs and their label was too unapplealing for them to be caught up with girls (except Sal of course. That's the codename I'm giving my boyfriend for these posts ;)). I was shunned by them at first, of course, because of my cooties, also possibly a defense mechanism. Howevs, once they saw I wasn't being repelled, and was more intrigued by their homework-completing calculator programs than disgusted, and could actually hold my own in a debate about the Constitution, they warmed up to me. I got close to one in particular, Fred. He was a rather sad case at that point, hopelessly immature and creating horribly complex plans to win over a girl who probably didn't know his name, but he was a nice kid. The more I hung out with that group, the closer I got to Fred. Granted, I started picking up more "that's what she said" jokes too, but still :D.
Fred and I would IM a lot, he'd tell me about his latest scheme to get the attention of his current crush, I'd tell him it would fail, it would fail, he'd think up a new plan or find a new girl, rinse, repeat. I'd then go to him with my latest frustrations with Sal, he'd help explain them or just calm me down...he was a good problem-solver. And now, more than a year later, he is far more mature (still making innuendos, but that's par for the course with nerds), has a girlfriend of 2 months (I can barely stand her, she's psycho to me, but they're really fond of each other), and is truely the only person I know I can really talk about anything with and it's never awkward. He asks me the most bizzarre questions about girls, I sigh and answer them, and vice versa. He's always there for me.
Unlike Sal. I was on vacation last week, then the day i got back he had family arrive to stay for a week. He's had almost zero time to call me, I haven't seen him in 10 days, and it was frustrating the bazooka outta me. I invited one of my more tolerable girlfriends to go to the mall, she was busy. So i called Fred. He's been wanting to learn basketball so he could play with his girlfriend. I've been playing for a while so I invited him over so i could teach him some basics. He's the first guy other than Sal I've ever had over my house by himself. My mom was there, of course, but you get the idea.

And you know what? It was awesome.

We played for a little while until it got too hot. Then we went to a small lake a short walk from my house and stood in the water while minnows nibbled our toes. Then we did some archery with the target I have (or, in Fred's case, the ground behind the target...) then came inside and he played me the latest songs he's learned on guitar while i sang along. All the while we talked about our significant others, he asked more bizzarre questions, etc. There wasn't a single awkward silence. It was just really easy and relaxed being with him, and he cheered me up about not seeing Sal. He's the best friend I've ever had. And before you go insinuating, no, there is no romantic interest whatsoever. We both have our own boyfriend and girlfriend respectively, and I consider him like a brother.

So the moral here is that nerds are people too. Not just people, amazing, kind, trustworthy people. So before you go reapplying eyeliner and gossiping about how they'll never get dates, reconsider. They're a lot cheaper than private tutors and you might just make a new friend.

As Bill Gates said, "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."


♪: "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" by Jason Mraz