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I personally get two responses to being a "Lady Geek"
Response a): Guy Geeks think you are awesome-tastic/fall head over heels in love with you because you are so damn awesome
My fiance did this. We were playing an X-Men game together and I was rattling off something about, oh I dunno, Wolverine probably, and he just turned to me, gazed at me with a little light in his eye, sighed happily and said "You're so cool."
D'awww!
I've gone into the local game-shop and had very long conversations with the cooler workers who obviously love their jobs and gaming and will take any opportunity to just chat about what they enjoy. They then seem quite enamoured by the fact a GIRL would have a discussion about whether or not its cool to kill the Little Sisters in Bioshock or something
(The only downside is when you meet guys, get talking about comics etc, they think you're into them and then you drop the bombshell that you're engaged and happy, and they get frustrated
This keeps happening to me...)
Reaction b: Guy Geeks will treat you like a dizzy bimbo and act as though you are absolutely not worth their time, even if they are supposed to be working.
Sadly I have had this happen, and it tends to be the type who don't seem to be very social, and rather elitist. They just sort of sneer down their noses at you for daring to like a certain game/comic book character/ prefer watching certain animes in dubs as opposed to subs etc. Its worse if you're a girl, but I imagine anyone they percieve as not being geeky enough to be in their select group will get this. This has resulted in me taking my business elsewhere- it maybe just a teensy bit more expensive at shop b than at shop a, but at least in shop b they don't treat me like a moron just because I have mammaries.
That second guy was an absolute ass! I hope his wife suddenly develops an interest in Top Gear and can't stop rabbiting on about supercars so he'll be forced to divorce her :P The first guy was obviously just as much of a dinosaur, but at least he had the grace to try and be somewhat polite about it (even if it was still rude). That one was more amusing though. Perhaps "Attitude tax" might be a way of wording it on the receipt? :P
Response a): Guy Geeks think you are awesome-tastic/fall head over heels in love with you because you are so damn awesome
My fiance did this. We were playing an X-Men game together and I was rattling off something about, oh I dunno, Wolverine probably, and he just turned to me, gazed at me with a little light in his eye, sighed happily and said "You're so cool."D'awww!
I've gone into the local game-shop and had very long conversations with the cooler workers who obviously love their jobs and gaming and will take any opportunity to just chat about what they enjoy. They then seem quite enamoured by the fact a GIRL would have a discussion about whether or not its cool to kill the Little Sisters in Bioshock or something
(The only downside is when you meet guys, get talking about comics etc, they think you're into them and then you drop the bombshell that you're engaged and happy, and they get frustrated
This keeps happening to me...)Reaction b: Guy Geeks will treat you like a dizzy bimbo and act as though you are absolutely not worth their time, even if they are supposed to be working.
Sadly I have had this happen, and it tends to be the type who don't seem to be very social, and rather elitist. They just sort of sneer down their noses at you for daring to like a certain game/comic book character/ prefer watching certain animes in dubs as opposed to subs etc. Its worse if you're a girl, but I imagine anyone they percieve as not being geeky enough to be in their select group will get this. This has resulted in me taking my business elsewhere- it maybe just a teensy bit more expensive at shop b than at shop a, but at least in shop b they don't treat me like a moron just because I have mammaries.
That second guy was an absolute ass! I hope his wife suddenly develops an interest in Top Gear and can't stop rabbiting on about supercars so he'll be forced to divorce her :P The first guy was obviously just as much of a dinosaur, but at least he had the grace to try and be somewhat polite about it (even if it was still rude). That one was more amusing though. Perhaps "Attitude tax" might be a way of wording it on the receipt? :P
) *lifts her shirt and shakes them* looks, teh 
I was a tomboy as a kid, and got into computers and electronic gadgets at a young age even though I didn't really know how they worked. Hubby got me into a lot of sci-fi and I love horror movies and action flicks. I love hanging out with guy friends, too, though I'm glad I have more female friends these days as well.
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