My wife’s Valentine’s Day present to me this year now hangs above a drawing I gave to her for Valentine’s Day two years ago.
I thought about arguing that I’m more geeky than nerdy, but 1) I realized I shouldn’t nitpick a Valentine’s Day present, and 2) I remembered how I get about grammar. Plus, “talk geeky to me” doesn’t carry the same pun value.
I totally love my wife.
Standing in the Shallows 
Case in point. This was our first conversation upon waking up this morning:
Mr. Shallows: I thought of a pickup line last night.
Mrs. Shallows: Do you think up pickup lines often?
Mr. Shallows: No.
Mrs. Shallows: Ok, tell me.
Mr. Shallows: I have a preposition for you.
(Mrs. Shallows, already laughing)
Us!
Mrs. Shallows: You are such a nerd.
Except “us” is a pronoun, not a preposition. Now that I’m fully awake, I don’t know why I mixed those up. I should have said, “I have a preposition for you: like.” But that’s not as romantic.
Cheesiness is endearing… Made me smile 🙂