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From: sanders@menlo70.UUCP (Rex Sanders)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: re: dating a hacker
Message-ID: <171@menlo70.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 01:46:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 25 01:46:03 1983
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  For about 2 years, I (dated/lived with/etc) a junior hacker.
We both worked on a Multics beast, and had great fun sending
mail & messages back and forth.  After work, we had *many*
long conversations about computers - she learned a lot from
me, and I learned a few things in return.  However, we also
spent a lot of time talking about and doing other things.
Talking about computers seemed to go in waves, usually
linked to when we were doing something particularly interesting
or difficult.
  I'm still not sure why we broke up about 1 1/2 years ago, but
sometimes I suspect it was because I got into a heavy hacking
period for about 6 months and meaningful communication nearly
ceased.  I still miss her.
  Now I find it a little difficult to go out with women that
don't know anything about computers and/or don't care.
However, this means I have to pay *lots* of attention to them
when we are together, rather than drifting off into talk of
the latest hack or bug discovery.  I think this is better,
but I still miss those other conversations.

-- Rex