There are plenty of podcasts featuring Robert Scoble, but Robert and his wife Maryam Ghaemmaghami together?! I’m a fan of Maryam. So I knew I had to listen to Thursday night’s The Chris Pirillo Show and listen to this expose on what it’s like to be married to a geek [via Scobelizer] . Chris interviewed the husband and wife at his home; it was a fun show (I’d like to hear one with Ponzi included next time for even more fun!).
I agree that the single best segment in the show may be Maryam’s insights on life in Iran, what has happened there and why she came here. She praised the generosity and hospitality of the geek community. My favorite quotes from Maryam on what life is like being married to a geek included this observation:
They don’t have time to cheat on you…The thing you have to compete with is not another woman: it’s a toy….
I wasn’t looking to marry a geek or get a geek boyfriend or not get a geek – I was happy just to get a date! Maryam had some nice words to say about changing the bad rap geeks get in the singles scene (among women especially). Next week I will have lived thirteen years with one man and his harem of computers.
I even used to call one of them, the first one, Mistress Mac but now no more. Now there are too many to name! No, what’s different now is that I’ve seen the price Ted has had to pay for me in these years, and I know I have cost him more than any machine.
Listening to the show, I had to smile a few times. Just a few. 