A Guide to Nerd Guys Meeting and Dating Women: How to buy this stuff.
Ok I know I promised to get into where to meet women, but I realized I skipped over this very important step in the self improvement process; now that I know what to wear, where do I go to find it?
Naturally, I am inclined to hope you find everything you need at my site such as this very cool Yeti Kong t shirt from the video game t shirt section, but I know that as much as I would like to cater to your needs, this is one area where you are going to have to go elsewhere.
First of all, as much as a fan of online shopping as I am, you are going to have to actually go to a store and (horrors!) shop. You must try everything on to make sure it fits, and really should be looking for outfits rather than items. You can’t do that on a web site (of course, if you are looking for a specific t-shirt, you can’t go wrong with a quality web site such as mine). In other words, you have to get out of the house.
I will, for simplicities sake, recommend a major moderately high end department store such as Macy’s or Bloomingdale’s. They will have more or less everything you could possibly need in a wide range of sizes. I also have a great appreciation of their excellent customer service. Stay away from low end stuff (anything that ends in -Mart) and the really high end (Neiman Marcus, etc) as they will ruin your wallet fast and seem to have an attitude of better-than-thou that always intimidates me into never wanting to even talk to the employees. A smaller boutique is OK, but stay away from stores that cater to a specific demographic (surf and skate stores, motorcycle shops, Hot Topic, etc) as you will find it easy to get pulled off target, if you know what I mean. Spend too long in a skate shop and you will forget about looking good and come to the conclusion that the way to get laid is to try to look like Bam Margera. Trust me, looking like a poser in any way will get you nowhere.
The other important thing about shopping is you have to bring a shopping partner. If you are not inclined to shop, you will very quickly become bored and buy the first three things you see without trying on anything. DO NOT BRING ONE OF YOUR NERD FRIENDS! This will end with the two of you getting bored and cutting out to the nearest comic book store and getting into an argument about how the Thing goes to the bathroom. You need to bring a woman to help you shop (or a gay man). She should be both hot and fashionable. I am sure at some point in the recent past you have gotten a “let’s be friend’s” speech from some girl who thinks she is way too good for you. Time to cash that chip in. Besides, girls love make overs for guys. They like to think of you as a dress up doll and then tell all their friends how they turned you around. Trust me on this. Use the line “Hey, ‘friend’, I really need to improve my wardrobe and look, but I don’t know what I am doing. Can you go shopping with me and help me out” and she will commit an unprecedented amount of time to you.
This shopping buddy will (hopefully) keep you interested and on focus, as well as giving critical feedback and advice. You will find that all the effort you have put towards computers, video games, comic books, and other cool things women have spent on clothing. While this can make them seem a little lame, it also makes them (in general) freakishly good at picking clothes and outfits. Since she will want to claim credit for your life turnaround she will kill herself to find the right stuff.
If, for whatever reason, you are incapable of finding a shopping buddy (living in a shack in the woods, possess abominable halitosis, just that awkward, etc) you can take advantage of the personal shopper program all these stores have in place. I had a girl help me out at Bloomingdale’s a couple years ago and she was phenomenally good. They are generally experts in clothes, and usually pretty hot, so it can be a lot of fun. The one thing I would say is know when to say no. They are always really good at finding “one more thing” that you apparently need to make the outfit perfect. Other than that, they are great and most store offer their services free of charge. Just call the store and ask for the personal shopper service to make an appointment.
That’s pretty much it. Set a budget and try to stay into it, but otherwise spend as much as you can. You will appreciate it immensely.
By the way, after messing up from the last post I am not going to give previews anymore. Just count on me to come up with something relevant each day.
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