Do Not Fall in Love with a Smart, Introverted Man
You overlook him at first.
He flies under the radar compared to other men. You’re not that attracted — he’s irritatingly intellectual, a total nerd, somewhat of a killjoy.
But you reconnect later. Maybe it’s days later, maybe it’s a year.
He reaches out because of something interesting you wrote. It’s your writing, it’s always your writing that draws them in.
He’s not your usual type, so you have no plans to fall in love.
You discover: he’s interesting, he’s fascinating, he might very well be a genius. When he talks about data sets, somehow it’s poetry to your ears. His hobbies are unexpected and wide-ranging: philosophy, fishing, tango.
He was a terrible student in high school, yet highly accomplished outside of it. Maybe he traveled across Europe for chess tournaments, or around the U.S. for tennis championships, or spent long hours sketching art in a black sketch book.
There was one teacher in particular that believed in him, and that made all the difference.
He’s extraordinarily successful, astonishingly well-connected. If he was bored in school, he’s been challenged like no other in his career. He has driven an original idea or ambition to completion, with a discipline and…
