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Date Like A Nerd

Alex | Dating Anxiety Coach for Nerds

Looking for your Player 2? Welcome to the Date Like A Nerd podcast, where your gamer skills, dice rolls, and cosplay become your greatest dating assets. This show is designed for shy, introverted nerds who want to find romance in a way that feels authentic and true to who they are.We throw out the mainstream dating rulebook and focus on real data, real stories, and real life experience from the world of nerd dating. Whether you are rolling for initiative at a D&D table, swiping right on a dating

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22:41

Cosplayers and Conventions: the Nerd Love Story of...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/04/09

🦸 One convention might not be enough to get to know someone. But as you start attending more often and keeping in touch with everyone, feelings can start to develop. In the case of cosplayers, their passion for specific characters is just one more thing for them to bond over 😍Elyse was introduced to Matt by her group of cosplayer friends. They got along well and exchanged contacts on the spot 📱 However, it took a decade for them to end up together! Times just didn't align. It took several

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18:37

Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose

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2025/03/26

🔎 Finding your community can sometimes be challenging. Even within the same hobby, different groups may be polar opposites. Even within the Argentine Tolkien Association, the online forum didn't always fit with the association 🧩 In this episode, I bring Jose back to talk about how we found a place where each of us felt we belonged 😌 Not feeling like we fit in with most people around us growing up, in the Argentine Tolkien Association, we found those who made us feel appreciated and welcomed

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32:12

From Friends with Benefits to a Nerd Wedding: the...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/03/12

🔥 Dating Apps like Tinder often get a bad rep about what people there are looking for. But even if you start something with no strings attached, if you matched with the right person... you might end up having a nerd wedding with swords and the LOTR soundtrack! 🧝‍♂️ April expected to meet a jock 💪 Someone with whom she wouldn't have much in common. Instead, she fell for a nerd. But that wasn't what they had agreed to. After all, neither of them were looking for a serious relationship. So it

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35:07

Gamify Your Dating Anxiety, with Michael Berger

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/02/26

👻 Fear of rejection can ruin your dating life in multiple ways: you won't start conversations, ask for a number, invite on a date, or show how you truly feel. Fortunately, you can get over it with gamification! 👾 Although many video games can teach you the Growth Mindset, you may not be applying it IRL... yet 💡 And that's where gamification comes in: it can give you dopamine hits similar to video games, help you stay motivated, and give you positive reinforcement even if you don't get the

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45:10

The TTRPG Group: the Nerd Love Story of Frank and Mouse

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/02/12

🎲 TTRPG groups can help you make friends and even find your life partner. They're also small enough that they shouldn't cause too much anxiety. But the trick is not to limit your interaction with the other players only to game nights. Use the group to make friends outside the paper! 📝Frank's wife is fighting stage 4 cancer. Please help them in any way you can https://gofund.me/f86c12bd 📚 Frank and Mouse became friends through their college's TTRPG group. Unfortunately, she was

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33:57

The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/01/22

🧝‍♂️ If you're into Lord of the Rings and want a partner who shares your passion, start by making friends who are also into fantasy! Vir and I found long-term relationships at our local Tolkien Association, as did most of our friends there... except for very specific people who got rejected by everyone 🙄🧓 In this episode, we reminisce about our experience meeting and dating fellow nerds with similar interests. Because while reading can be a solitary activity, it doesn't have to be a

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31:41

Introverted Nerds on Dating Apps: the Nerd Love Story...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2025/01/08

📺 Staying in watching Naruto and eating pizza might not be everyone's preference for a first date. But that doesn't have to stop you from finding a Player 2!🎖️ After serving in the military, Phillip moved to a new city full of extroverts. As an introverted nerd dealing with anxiety and starting to build a life from scratch, with no money or even a bed, Phillip was finding it challenging to date. But after some swiping, he found Darcy, a fellow introvert who even suggested staying in for

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40:10

Beat the Fear of Rejection Through Your Gamer's...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/12/23

If you want to approach people, start conversations, ask for a number, or invite them on a date, one of the most useful Skills you will need is resilience. In this interview, Dr. Daniel Kaufmann shares why many of us give up before even trying, and how video games can get us closer to achieving our goals in any aspect of our lives.Part of the Hero's Journey idea is that we as spectators can identify with the hero of a story and gain Skills and motivation to improve our lives. Video games take

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42:08

Physical Escalation from Friends to Lovers: the Nerd...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/12/09

What does a natural physical escalation look like? ✋ Physical touch varies from person to person, even within a shared culture. Some people see certain things as friendly that for others are way too intimate, or are only comfortable going slower or faster.🥋 Julian met Jose's brother learning Tae Kwon-Do. They started hanging out, and later invited Jose to join them. She didn't think much of it until almost a year later, when they started spending a lot of time together. So much time, in

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33:05

Shy meets Socially Anxious, and Going Slow, the Nerd...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/11/11

Do you need to go fast to "avoid the friend zone"? But what if you're shy? And what if they're socially anxious? Fast or slow depends on how comfortable both of you feel. Steven and Christin were close friends for several years before anything happened.Sometimes the transition from friends to something more is quick and abrupt. Other times, it can take months or years of smooth and gradual change. 🧘‍♂️🏘️ Even though they grew up in a small German village of 600 people, Steven only remembers

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37:21

Text Confession Gone Wrong, No Proper Dates, and...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/10/14

Is it a date or two friends hanging out? Do you need to clarify? Is it wrong to confess by text? What about asking to hold hands? These are some of the questions we explore in the story of Lud and Mati.🧝‍♂️ After meeting as part of a nerd group within their local Tolkien Association, Mati decided to take Lud on a date. But... she didn't know that it was a date! They spent months as friends, with him trying to know if she was interested, and her assuming that they were just friends.🎲 With

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33:10

Rejected, Friendzoned, and Not Reading the Signals:...

Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/09/16

Many have been rejected and friendzoned, but it's not often that we would do it to someone who did it to us. And yet, this is what happened to Vir. In her story, they both rolled a Nat 1 on their perception and charisma checks: Their attraction didn't align, and they couldn't read the signs. So they had to be explicit and confess liking each other... Three times!If you've wondered why someone doesn't realize that you like them, you think you're bad at "taking hints," or you think that th...

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Date Like A Nerd ·

2024/09/15

How do nerds find love? Where do they meet people to date? Does it have to be at a bar or club? How do they avoid the friend zone? Do they go for the kiss or confess verbally? How do they deal with the fear of rejection? Do they approach people on the street? Or do they attract their perfect matches?Level Up your Dating Skill with this podcast for introverted, shy, single geeks looking for a Player 2. I'm Alex Goldstein and I help shy nerds gain the Skills to find love.If you want to learn mo...

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