A GIRL YOU SHOULD DATE - Date a girl who reads...
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow. She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book. Buy her another cup of coffee. Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice. It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does. She has to give it a shot somehow. Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world. Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two. Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series. If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype. You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots. Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads. Or better yet, date a girl who writes. – Rosemarie Urquico – Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/ |
I buy my girl books that we can both read and share over the distance seperating us. It's another way for us to share and be in the same space.
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When I’m reading, by all means massage my feet, massage my head….snuggle up to me and hold me, but….DO NOT talk to me, you WILL get ‘the look’ and a 'sigh' because of the interruption, lol!
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I loved this and shared it on FB with my special girl... Thanks for sharing it here:)
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hahahahahaa @ "Except the Twilight series." and i'd wait at least 24 hours after Cat In The Hat to introduce Aslan. but spawn hasn't picked up Seuss since he was 4...well you know what he reads :)
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wonderful post, miss pinky.... and on this note...
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You are all so welcome! I'm the girl who reads.. Always have been. So much so that I cried when I read this post.. I mourn the ending of my favorite books and I'll slow down to savor them longer.. I carry a purse large enough for a 400 page hardbound book..
and I'm glad I'm not the only one.. :) Quote:
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I know!! (He's getting a trip to Barnes and Noble for Christmas with Auntie Pink..)
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Jess - thanks for sharing this. I recently read an article about the difference between educating women and men in developing countries and this video expresses it perfectly.
Money spent educating a women goes infinitely farther than that which is spent on men.. A woman will educate, care for and lift up her entire community when given the opportunity.. (Fact not supposition....) Quote:
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My father is the one who gave me my love of books. I remember being teased on the bus for reading above my grade level. (only to find out later the worst teaser/bully, she couldn't read). I constantly have at least three books on the go. I very rarely read fiction. Terry Windling and Ellen Datlow can change my mind on that tho'.
Reading and writing are my passions. |
Uh, i'd be more inclined to stick with the former and i'm the one who writes.
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My cousin downloaded the Kindle PC app for my laptop….I cannot get on with it….it doesn’t feel the same when reading! I love to feel the weight of a book in my hands as I read….to feel the texture of the paper….to smell the book whether new or old. ….I’m the same with newspapers, lol! I will remain a traditionalist in this way (and a few others, lol!) and will not go willingly into the 21st century with eReaders....*Stamps foot in stubbornness, then sits down and pulls out a paperback book for a quick -ish read* LOL! |
I have Kindle on my iphone and it's great for reading in restaurants. My friends think I'm checking work email and low and behold I'm reading a book. :) Yeah I'm -that- girl.
Kiwi - on a PC digital books aren't my thing. I used to travel with half my luggage full of books, now I load my phone and save my back. You are right though, there is NOTHING like the feel of a real book. I also collect antique books. :) Quote:
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I read, I love women that do.
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I always get books from the Library and if I like them, then I’ll buy them to re-read, again in the future. My Scottish cousin bought me the complete Hercule poirrot short stories for my birthday last year….I’d read a story once a week so I could savour the book, lol! I take a book into a restaurant or café and read. If I take my hand embroidery, I frequently get asked to show what I’m stitching and then a conversation starts up….I’m happy to chat, but, sometimes I just want my own time a space, especially at lunchtime when I’m feeling frazzled and I want to sit quietly eating my lunch, lol! I will still carry a handful of books in my luggage as well as my hand embroidery, lol! |
Thanks for posting this Pinkers.
A girl who doesn't read is a girl I wouldn't date. |
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You know, there are those of us who simply cannot read, due to a learning disability. This does not imply however that we are at an intellectual disadvantage. I have a master's degree and yet I cannot read. Just another viewpoint.
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A someone diagnosed dyslexic, dyscalculic and dyspraxic I do read or I listen to audio books.
I think if you don't have something positive to contribute then don't! |
Ah, I hadn't realized that only positive contributions were allowed. I was simply stating something that hadn't been pointed out previously, in order to engage in the conversation.
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ButchEire - I appreciate your point. I really do. My love of words isn't meant to exclude anyone. I can imagine having a partner who doesn't read because of a disability, but then I'm the girl who would read aloud to them to share my world.
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I've always been seriously nearsighted and have required eyeglasses/contact lenses since I was 10. When I turned 40, I noticed that I was losing my ability to read things close up. This really put the brakes on a lot of the former enjoyment I had of reading. I tried a few pairs of those "cheater" reading glasses they sell at the drug store/WalMart (GASP)/etc., but I was always losing them or trying to hunt them down, so I ended up just not reading much.
Then came the Kindle and I got back to reading again!!! I've been reading like a fiend ever since and I really realize now how much I missed that for a few years. I can make the print as large as I want with the Kindle and I'm even planning on giving my mother a Kindle for Christmas this year, because she is having problems with her eyes now, too. She's nearly 90 years old, and has always been both a voracious reader and a published author (she's a retired Teacher with a Master's degree in Education/Learning Disabilities), and she raised both my sister and me to both be able to read and write well. The Kindle will bring the joy of reading back to her, too, so it's going to be a really special gift that I'm going to be so very pleased to give her. Oh, and for you Ladies out there.........you all should also date us boys/bois/fellows/men who read, too. We're good catches, also. :winky::thumbsup: ~Theo~ :bouquet: |
I love it when you read the book I did and we discuss it. It is such a great feeling. :)
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For every girl who reads there is a butch that dose the same,I see them in book stores and garage sales,as they shop they only have eyes for the books and are in another world.Its a world that brings many feelings that thrill and then bring sadness only to inrich life with never ending change that keeps all bookies comeing back for more. |
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Maybe we can discuss books that we've read? |
I agree! I so agree. How lovely to be back to reading. Technology is a splendid thing.
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I was just thinking a separate thread for favorite books.. :) I'll throw one up now..
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I agree with Theoddz and Rockingonahigh….it REALLY twists my knickers when my partner reads as well! We don’t have to read together, I can be hand embroidering, designing new projects, making clothes, etc. There’s a seductive, sensuousness about reading together, being read too, and reading too the one you’re in love with….
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I absolutely dig this! Yes, this is my type of woman for sure...why? Because I love to read, and love books that's why. Thanks for posting it pinkgeek.
Looked at Murakumi's new book today, the first paragraph alright I'll be reading all 900-something pages of it...slowly. Greco Quote:
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Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..
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....Sitting or laying together in the garden, under a tree or a park/beach with ice cold drinks and a picnic....:) |
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Love of Books
My Love and I use to do this all the time, and its one of the activities I miss the most...reading to each other, to her...Greco
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I love reading aloud. And telling stories.
As a parent it was my joy to entertain my kids with stories.... so I had to come up with many different voices, accents, expressions, oh and used puppets... I still tell stories at different events, even with puppets. I love to research old myths and legends to retell to adults. My story telling, I assure you, is not for children anymore!! When I read to my lovers, it is with voices and expressions. Trying to engage the imagination and the senses. I also enjoy reading together. My favorite time EVER is lying in a tent while it is raining outside. Listening to the rain, snuggling deeper into the sleeping bag, snackies and a hot cup of coffee. (in my uber large Tim Hortons Mug I might add!!) |
Its funny the books you cherish.. I was 17.....in a small bookstore in Provincetown, Mass, I saw a book on a shelf. The butch on the cover was in tight jeans, a white tee a black leather jacket with slicked back hair. I opened it and my eyes fell upon the lines,.".....she could feel the wetness of Mercedes' panties against the back of her knuckles...". It was called The Swashbuckler...It was the moment I knew without a doubt I was femme.....Love that book !!!
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Brilliant Honey - I love this!
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I think you are on to something.. I'm equal parts tea and coffee drinker..
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