Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

There's something about lists like this that bother me. I know it shouldn't -- it's meant to be light and humorous. I think what bothers me is that the person she describes is really, godawful boring.<p>The line that stands out for me: "If you want to understand your boyfriend, understand computers. It’s not that difficult."<p>I...I just don't know. I'm an engineer at an early-stage startup and computers are a big part of my life, but I certainly hope they're not the best way for my girlfriend to understand me.<p>I'm not ribbing the article. It's cute. But when I read it I cringe and maybe worry a little bit that I actually <i>am</i> like that.<p>I'd also feel terrible if I treated my girlfriend like that.

Ah yes, "the zone".<p>Whenever I start living with / working with / dating someone I always make sure to warn them about "the zone". I've been known to completely tune out everything around me to the point that it takes someone waving their hands in front of my face to get my attention.<p>I try to tell people it's nothing personal, and I'm not consciously ignoring them, but I don't know if they believe me. The worst is when I realize 5 minutes later that someone was trying to get my attention and gave up.

Or... "why you should never date someone who writes blog posts named 'why you should never be a startup girlfriend'"

I guess someone needs to write an article for the 1% of people who fall into the "startup boyfriend" category.<p>I appreciate men who understand computers, use Macs (or, well, I'm platform agnostic but prefer !windows), know what twitter is, and will wait in line with me to get a new iPhone. :)

Buried for innaccurate title. She concludes that she actually enjoys being a startup girlfriend.<p>Oh wait this isn't digg. Up arrowed.

For those of us that are single...<p>Does a single girl out there EXIST that could understand even a few of these items? Particularly the one about weekends?<p>I've scoured my campus and I have yet to find one.<p>If(oneExists) { letMeKnow(); } else { sigh++; }

&#62; "You will have to appreciate the time and effort it took to run a search engine optimization campaign on the website he made you for your birthday, and how important that is to him. He shows his affection differently than other guys do sometimes."<p>That's funny.

Many of these points are nullified when you find a girlfriend that is also in the startup world. Share the pains and joys together!

All I know is that <i>Startup Girlfriend</i> is going to be in the title of my next product.

"~Own a Mac or be willing to admit that you should."<p>Who codes on a Mac?

Why you should never be a girlfriend: relationships usually end painfully