Geek Love

Lauren and I watched the first two episodes of TLC's new show "Geek Love" yesterday. It was great. This guy runs a speed-dating event at Comic-Con. Genius idea. Talk about people who have similar unique interests!

So much of the process is awkward and stressful, as dating can be for anyone, but especially for some of the Comic-Con types. Many of the participants have been on one or two dates ever. One of the girls had never dated at all. But as soon as you get two Star Wars-obsessed people together, they are off and running with conversation.

Then you get to go along on the first date (cuz we all want a TLC camera crew along on a first date). Most of them went well!

The only downside of meeting someone at a convention is that many people have flown in from out-of-town and don't live near each other. So they are, of course, continuing their relationships online.

Time Magazine wonders if we're laughing at the participants and not with them. We were definitely laughing with them. And we were so excited when we saw a match during the speed-dating scenes.

Good show!