A GIRL YOU SHOULD DATE - Date a girl who reads...

betenoire · 12-16-2011, 02:28 PM

ButchEire · 12-16-2011, 02:31 PM

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.

12-16-2011, 02:38 PM

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!

ButchEire · 12-16-2011, 02:41 PM

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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Originally Posted by Incubus

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!

pinkgeek · 12-16-2011, 02:48 PM

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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Originally Posted by ButchEire

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.

theoddz · 12-16-2011, 02:49 PM

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.

~Theo~

pinkgeek · 12-16-2011, 03:07 PM

I agree! I so agree. How lovely to be back to reading. Technology is a splendid thing.

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Originally Posted by theoddz

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.

~Theo~

1QuirkyKiwi · 12-16-2011, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ButchEire

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incubus

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!

I too have mild dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia and like my Spina Bifida, I've learned to adapt my life around these and whilst I do appreciate reading isn't for everyone, I'd like to believe this thread is for those of us who enjoy reading.

Maybe we can discuss books that we've read?

pinkgeek · 12-16-2011, 03:08 PM

I was just thinking a separate thread for favorite books..

I'll throw one up now..

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Originally Posted by 1QuirkyKiwi

I too have mild dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia and like my Spina Bifida, I've learned to adapt my life around these and whilst I do appreciate reading isn't for everyone, I'd like to believe this thread is for those of us who enjoy reading.

Maybe we can discuss books that we've read?

foxyshaman · 12-16-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkgeek

I was just thinking a separate thread for favorite books..

I'll throw one up now..

Not sure if you already threw up another thread, but there is already one dedicated to books one has on the go. I would attach a link, but I didn't.

1QuirkyKiwi · 12-16-2011, 03:14 PM

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….

pinkgeek · 12-16-2011, 03:42 PM

Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1QuirkyKiwi

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….

1QuirkyKiwi · 12-16-2011, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkgeek

Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..

....Or snuggled in bed with hot tea, cats and stolen kisses....

....Sitting or laying together in the garden, under a tree or a park/beach with ice cold drinks and a picnic....

Rockinonahigh · 12-17-2011, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1QuirkyKiwi

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….

Well said mam,well said..tyvm.

Rockinonahigh · 12-17-2011, 02:11 AM

One of the local colleges hear on the first weekend of September has a huge book sale going on,the books are prices fron.10 to $1.00 each.I love to go and fnd the old books that have much to give and may well be collectors quility for my small libary,ive been looking for leather bound compleat colection of the arabian knights,I found some last year but couldnt get them from the owner who had them in an open cardbord box in her garage going to waist...poor books.

Amber2010 · 12-16-2011, 02:54 PM

I love it when you read the book I did and we discuss it. It is such a great feeling.

Quintease · 12-23-2011, 11:58 AM

This is me!!!

I have so many books my hubby started throwing them out, then when I cried, he bought me a Kindle

Now he brings me home magazines and ignores the small pile of books which is growing on my desk. He loves me, particularly as I buy him books too!

Venus007 · 12-23-2011, 12:04 PM

Journal of the AHIMA
Coding Edge
New England Journal of Medicine
Neurology and Pain Management Coding Alert
Journal of the American Academy of Pain Management
Reminiscence
Journal Nature
Science
New Yorker

I wish I could subscribe to many of these, but some subscriptions are like $1500 a year, instead I read them at the library every month

1QuirkyKiwi · 12-23-2011, 05:09 PM

Mana
RSN Guild mag
Country Bumpkin
Sunday Time/Telegraph (depending which the local Dairy has on Sunday morning)
NZ Herald

~baby~doll~ · 10-09-2013, 08:29 AM

Such a wonderful post. i loved it and smiled and giggled as i read. Thanks for sharing.

i liked to read in my youth but only developed my true love after picking up a book in the late 60's. The cover was tattered and the pages folded over. i was attracted to the title at first. When i began reading i became immersed in Laura and Beebo Brinker the lead character in Ann Bannon's series. This book is called I Am a Woman. (i still have the copy) i fell in love with books as i read this over night. i sought out the rest of Ann's books over the next several weeks and found many others i still love on the way.

12-16-2011, 02:28 PM	#1
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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	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!

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