Hubbs and I have never hidden our nerdiness but I am fairly new to the scene. Before meeting My Geek, I didn’t know about ComicCon, had never set foot in a comic book store, and had never seen a Star Wars movie. I was a film major with a passion for erotic fiction, R&B, and Tyler Perry plays. The closest I’d ever come to his world of geek was Jonathan Lang giving me a copy of Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy in high school (a book that undoubtedly still sits unread in my childhood bedroom). However, I can now wax poetic about what I feel was a missed opportunity in one simple line of dialogue in the Star Wars franchise.

My husband has never fit into any of the stereo­typical dad roles portrayed in the TV shows I grew up with. He isn't a Cleaver coming home with a briefcase expecting dinner to be ready. He's not a Conner only there to back up my disciplinary action. He's not a buffoon, constantly messing up and needing to bring me flowers to make up for it.