Nervosa

Secondly came a similar story with a completely different character. In this case we met a young man who... to put it quite bluntly, was a comic book geek. He wore superhero costumes on a regular basis, was the president of the comic book club at his school, and collected a veriety of comics (many of which I recognized from my own collection). He too wanted to become a ladies' man. Here's the catch- he went to an all-boys school. Where do I start? In that setting, one cannot get a solid look at the real world, but your perspective of "what's out there" is completely driven by media and pop culture. This was a really nice guy with decent social skills, but the girls he was aiming for aren't interested in nice guys. Especially if he's a geek. And MTV is not going to tell you any different! So this wanna-be supermodel lady showed up to "train him" in the ways of supposed manhood. She started off by telling him how much of a loser he was and exclaimed that it was no wonder he didn't get the girls. Bottom line- this nice guy with low self esteem who just wanted a girl to talk to gets taunted on cable TV by a supermodel. And we call this entertainment. Amazing. At any rate, this lady told the 16 y/o boy he had to A: get rid of his comics, B: burn his costumes, C: dump his comic-con buddies. Ok, the jumpsuits might be a bit much. I get that. But drop comics and friends? For the sake of a girl? No thanks! There are a lot of girls in this world and they all have unique taste. And there are girls out there with enough character to be able to see through the geek and find the kindhearted man within. And those are the girls worthwhile. Virtue is the name of the game. Fortunately, this kid realized all of this before it was too late. I got a call during the show, but returned for the grand finale. The guy was sitting with the trainer, explaining to her very politely that it wasn't worth it.