Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not a big deal. It was way more cool just because it was Meg Ryan.
I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.