She sounds like a decent lass Oisin. Keep working on it.
Perhaps Mr. Stamp would consider introducing the, "I convinced my partner P11 aren't mad geeks" Award.
And just to be really macho and all self conscious

.....I got 2 weeks detention in Secondary school for a bullying offence. But it was a "regionally balanced" offence as I picked on everyone, not just "geeks". FACT.
Please note: no lectures on bullying. I come from an era, where political correctness didn't exist, especially in Dail Eireann.