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Date Like A Nerd

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.

Podcast · By Alex | Dating Anxiety Coach for Nerds · American English · Official site

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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 16, 2026

    Why Getting Dates Doesn't Get You A Relationship, the Nerd Love Story of Chris and Anna (opens the original)

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    🍷 Giving up on dating is common if you focus on getting DATES when what you actually want is a relationship. But does dating actually lead to a long-term relationship? Sometimes, yes. But throughout all my surveys, most couples actually started as friends (no, most weren't just "bad at dating"). After all, many who are good at dating end up marrying their friend 💍 👀 In this episode, Chris shares how he couldn't find someone to settle down with, even if he had no trouble getting dates or hooku...

  2. Episode · Aug 12, 2026

    From Horror Game Bait to Dating, Mariah and Corey's Nerd Love Story (opens the original)

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    🎮 If you're hoping that gaming turns into dating, you might be doing it backwards. The couples I surveyed who met through video games almost never started with romantic intent. They started as friends, full stop. And Mariah and Corey's story is no exception. 🔪 Corey wasn't trying to meet anyone. He'd just gotten off the road as a truck driver, hadn't touched a video game in three years, and only logged into Dead by Daylight because his brother wouldn't stop bugging him about it. When Mariah j...

  3. Episode · Jul 15, 2026

    She Only Fell for Him Once He Stopped Hiding His Nerd Side, Emmy and Brian's Nerd Love Story (opens the original)

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    😤 "Just Be Yourself" is the most claiché dating advice. But this episode shows you why not showing your nerd self may be keeping you from marrying your Player 2. Because you often don't know what you might be missing until you let your guard down. 🙅‍♀️ In this episode, Emmy and Brian share how they could not stand each other for 3 years, even though they shared the same social circles. She thought he was fake. He thought she was too much. Neither of them had any idea they would end up married...

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