They say opposites attract, and that’s never
truer than when a lifelong bookworm and an avowed nonreader lock eyes on each
other. It happens unexpectedly and all too often. You finally meet someone who
is in every way compatible with you, only to discover that they. Don’t. Read.
You panic silently, call all your literary
friends, and bemoan your misfortune of falling for a bookless wonder, a nixer
of novels, a literature-less Lothario/Lolita. You debate whether or not this
fact is a deal breaker, but at the back of your mind you know—you still really
kinda like them. Is Cupid just setting you up for failure, or could this be
that crazy little thing called love?
Bookworms, give your book-spurning suitors a fighting chance.
Don’t focus on the things you can’t share with a
nonreader, focus on the new, exciting positives! To help convince you, here
are the 18 unexpected perks of dating a
nonreader:
1. More space for your growing book
collection, because they don’t have any.
2. Your opinions about books are always right.
3. You can freely tell them the entire story
of the book you’re reading, spoilers and all, because they probably aren’t
going to read it.
4. They never judge any of the books you’re
reading, even your guilty pleasure beach reads.
5. You’re never obligated to read books they’ve recommended to
you instead of the books you
actually want
to read.
6. They think you’re super smart because you
read so much.
7. They encourage you to blog about books so
you have an outlet to talk about your literary adventures and opinions (true
story).
8. They never stay up all night reading like
you do, so they can be counted on to wake you up when you sleep through your
alarm.
9. They never judge you for the books you haven’t read.
10. They make sure you get fresh air by
forcing you to put down the book and get out of the house.
11. They never borrow your books and forget to
return them, or return them in poor condition.
12.All your literary friends like them because
they don’t engage in pretentious literary one-upmanship.
13. They know a lot about other things like
engineering, cooking, music, wilderness survival, how to change a lightbulb…
14. They won’t judge you for thinking that the
movie version of the book was actually pretty good.
15. They’re never late meeting you because
they got wrapped up in a novel and lost track of time.
16. They do all the driving, so you can read
at your leisure in the passenger seat.
17. They never mess up the order of
the books on your shelves.
18. They’re willing to learn about literature
from you.
Above all, by dating a nonreader, you open yourself up to
new experiences and life lessons you might otherwise never discover. So if your
heart is telling you “yes,” but your brain is telling you that you have too
little in common to make it work, remember what The Princess Bride taught
us: “Love is many things, none of them logical.”
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