So I (32M) have been working at the university for a few years now. There is a tradition where I work, which is that the professor (he’s like 50) is inviting the research team out to his summer house for a couple of days. It’s a super nice house by a lake, and you wouldn’t want to miss it. Sometimes it’s just the team, sometimes his family is also at the house and this time it was his daughter Lisa, (19F) that was staying over.
I think it had been like 2-3 days, we had been having some great dinners, swimming in the lake and just spent some quality time with the team. His daughter didn’t seem to mind that we were there, but she was mostly doing her own thing. During dinner I tried to talk with her, just to be nice.
“*So.. what are you doing after summer?”* I asked while taking a sip of wine
*”I’m going to university”* She said while looking down at her plate, she was definitely a bit shy.
“*Oh really? That’s awesome! What are you going to study?”*
*”Computer science, and yes, I know it’s super nerdy”*