Oh, I meant to tell you this. Remember Chris? The scientist Chris ( not the aggressive kisser/fan of mozzarella stick flavored chips Chris) ? Well, if you do, you will remember being totally confused, as I was, by his behavior. His seeming interest followed by... no follow up. Well, I met both Chrises through my friend Betty. And Betty just told me something interesting that she found out a few months ago.... Apparently, Betty ran into Chris and feigned ignorance of our date, casually asking "Oh, did you ever go out with my friend?" Chris replied something along the lines of "Oh yeah, we got dinner. She's really awesome. But, you know, she's really smart and intellectual and into politics. And after work, I just wanna, you know, relax." The irony, of course, is that this was my politics-light self. My appropriate for a smart yet uncurious scientist who does not stray from the right brain (pardon the false binary). If I hadn't toned it down, I wonder, would his head have exploded?
It's kind of cool to get this info. Of course, it helps that I wasn't madly in love with him or even very into him. I'm unclear whether this falls under the "men are intimidated by smart women" cliche, or whether he's just kind of boring... Thoughts?
Of course, Dr. Christine B. Whelan would argue that smart men dig smart women. Hmmmmm. I don't know
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