Why Star Trek Is Responsible For My Family - By Jon Poret

My family is probably one of the nerdiest families you will ever meet. My family is so nerdy that my parent's first date was a Star trek convention. This may sound weird to some of you, but it's true. Both of my parents were (and still are) die hard fans of the Star Trek series, and some of the spin off series's.

Part of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation

It all started when my parents were both at Johns Hopkins university, where my mom, who had just come from Denmark to study, met my dad, who offered to show my mom and her friend around. My dad also took a class with my mom, and TA'd in another. They became friends quickly, and a year after that original meeting, went to a star trek convention together, which started their relationship.

Soon after they got married, they had my sister, and 3 years later me, which became my family. Well, after adding a few cats.

My sister and I are also huge nerds. My sister plays the viola, and obsesses over webtoons, mostly unordinary. To be fair, I also obsess over it, but not as badly as her. Okay, maybe i do stay up until midnight on Wednesday nights waiting for it to update. She also obsesses over Attack On Titan and Tokyo Ghoul, keeping up with them while studying some technical sciency muumbo jumbo at MIT.

I, on the other hand, am a different type of nerd. I obsess over rubik's cubes, music, video games, and Simpsons trivia. My nerdy obsession with cubing has led to me even going to speedcubing competitions, although I never made it past the first round.

Overall, my family is pretty nerdy, but nothing takes the cake like a Star Trek convention starting my parent's relationship.