Do I Have To? Or How I Learned to Stop Bitching and Love the Con

By Chris Hicks

So you’re a married geek with a spouse who may not be as geeky or excited about the idea of checking out a local sci-fi convention as you are.

Are you doomed to forever find yourself a solitary Starfire, wandering the con floor without your Nightwing?

To meet Gillian Anderson but not share that amazing experience with your better half? Don’t give up hope!

Things can change. Share this article with your partner, because this is one such story…

One of my favorite things to do every night is grab some snacks, a drink or two, and head upstairs to my man-loft and hack away into the night at some new piece of code I’m working on, or some new concept I’m trying to learn.  While I would be perfectly happy to spend the rest of my life living as a semi-recluse, with my cats and my wife, Laura, to keep me company, my better half seems to be of the opinion that people should interact with others on a regular basis as part of a healthy, well-rounded lifestyle.


This has sometimes been a bone of contention, so when she first floated the idea of going to a major geek convention--I believe it was WonderCon--my response was tepid at best.


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