17 May
2012
17 May
'12
3:19 p.m.
On 5/17/12 10:55 AM, "Christian Kennedy" <chris at mainecoon.com> wrote:
On 17 May 2012, at 6:33 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Many years ago, my (girlfriend -> wife) gave me gentle grief about hacking
on Linux until the wee hours. Through some odd pathways, that led to a
twelve-year stint at Microsoft and a comfortable income. A few years
later, she gave me gentle grief about these big old computers I was
filling the basement with. Through some odd pathways, that led to my
current position at the Living Computer Museum, and I can still pay the
mortgage and fill the fridge. She jokes that every "weird" hobby I take
up seems to turn into a career. She still gives me grief, mostly gentle -
and next month is 22 years of marriage.
Does she understand it? Not really, but I guess she realizes I'm a
package deal - and evidently what else I brought to the party has been
good enough to keep her (mostly) happy. --Ian
True, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder what percentage of those women
who
self-select as geeks, etc., fall into the "I can just do away with
those bad
habits [sic] of his" category.
My (somewhat large) sample set suggests that a significant fraction of
self-identified geek women still suffer from the "in time I can steer him
away from his 'hobbies'" fallacy. Fortunately it's not universal; the
only issue that Jen and I have is the shared complaint of how it would be
nice if one of these days one of us would find an interest that doesn't
involve lots of space, money and really heavy/dangerous/requires
appropriate blessing from various governmental entities stuff.
--
Dr. Christian Kennedy
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