AngusBenton
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Kookamoor said:
Yes, but if you dream of Barney's department store, buying $700 heels and won't give a dollar to a homeless person because you "won't support" his "life choice" you may be borderline insane
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Ever broken up with someone over books?
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Yes, but if you dream of Barney's department store, buying $700 heels and won't give a dollar to a homeless person because you "won't support" his "life choice" you may be borderline insane
Kookamoor
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Ah! But now you are getting into more than just breaking up over books. Sounds like you broke up with her because she was shallow and not interested in the world outside her bubble. Now *that* is a valid decision to break up with someone!!AngusBenton said:Yes, but if you dream of Barney's department store, buying $700 heels and won't give a dollar to a homeless person because you "won't support" his "life choice" you may be borderline insane
Yes, for sure. My partner is not a reader of fiction, but he has an amazing intellect and a power for absorbing knowledge that I can only dream of.honeydevil said:
honeydevil
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Kookamoor said:
thanks that's what i was talking about, and you're right.
honeydevil
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pwilson said:
true... what can i say, maybe books are not the most important thing in my life even if i love them and have a hard time imagine i could ever throw a book away...
honeydevil
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pwilson said:Ok, maybe not the most important thing but, admit it, they're pretty close
okay i say it this way, if somebody would through my books out or destroys them, he can pack his things and better hurry to get away.
good enough?
Pigeon
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I'm in a similar boat, Kooka. My boyfriend isn't much of a reader, and yet (also luckily) he's one of the smartest guys I know. It's not that he doesn't read - he reads a book every few months or so - he just doesn't have nearly the same voracious appetite for them that I do.Kookamoor said:
Also, he occasionally comments on my ever-expanding book collection (and again, its not that he doesn't approve, just that he doesn't understand), so I've taken to not even telling him about my purchases. I just put them on the shelf and he doesn't know one way or another.
AngusBenton
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Pigeon said:I'm in a similar boat, Kooka. My boyfriend isn't much of a reader, and yet (also luckily) he's one of the smartest guys I know. It's not that he doesn't read - he reads a book every few months or so - he just doesn't have nearly the same voracious appetite for them that I do.
Also, he occasionally comments on my ever-expanding book collection (and again, its not that he doesn't approve, just that he doesn't understand), so I've taken to not even telling him about my purchases. I just put them on the shelf and he doesn't know one way or another.
He should applaud anything that gives you joy.
mehastings
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I've never been able to find a guy who likes to read as much as I do. So at least I know who gets the books...it's always me!!! I have, however, broken up with guys because they were Republicans.
I think having similar interests is important, but like some said if he/she doesn't like reading then it is important to find something esle in common. But I also think that it is important to try and take interest in what your partner likes. For instance if she likes you go mountain biking, and it's not something that you would do, it's always important to try in and take an interest in what they like. (and vise versa)
I'm lucky enough to have a boyfriend that reads as much as i do and possible more, and I love laying on the couch with the fireplace lit reading in his arms
I'm lucky enough to have a boyfriend that reads as much as i do and possible more, and I love laying on the couch with the fireplace lit reading in his arms
AngusBenton
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Usagi said:...reading in his arms
Is that what they're calling it these days?
ions
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Not sharing a common interest is grounds for dismissal. Especially if that interest is a passionate one that you want to share with someone. Some passions are satisfactory on their own others become so much more when they're shared. If you can't share the great things in life you truly enjoy...
Idril Silmaure
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I have broken up with someone because he hated reading and had probably never read a book in his life. But it wasn't only that, I guess. He also had the smallest intellect I've ever known, and was closed-minded and irritatingly uninterested in anything I had an interest in. So, yeah, it never would've worked anyway I guess.
But I don't think I'd get into a relationship again with someone who really never read; we'd just be too different.
But I don't think I'd get into a relationship again with someone who really never read; we'd just be too different.
AngusBenton
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Idril Silmaure said:
smallest "INTELLECT"?
clueless
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I think you took the right decision, Angus. I married a non-reader and now my books are in boxes in the shed, he moans about the money I spend in books and grunts when he sees me reading, which is pretty often. I don't know if a judge would admit it as a reason for a divorce, though.