No, wait, I guess I should say that, if I was already unhappy with somebody, I might factor the rotten reading taste in. Not that I could think somebody was lovely and sexy but he reads junk, so, hasta.(unless we're talking "Turner Diaries" or something. Racists are deal-breakers) I do sometimes use things like that to decide who to date, though.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2008 9:48:29 am PDT #8378 of 10001
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Dana - Mar 31, 2008 9:48:29 am PDT #8379 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It's like I don't even know you anymore.
Non-fiction is boring! I want explosions! Magic! British detectives!
Sean K - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:34 am PDT #8380 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Non-fiction is boring! I want explosions! Magic! British detectives!
Let's just be friends.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:38 am PDT #8381 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My sort of ex was horrified that I read the Stephanie Plum books. He felt slightly better when I explained I buy them from the bargain bin. :)
shrift - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:53 am PDT #8382 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Sometimes reading preferences reveal a deep philosphical difference and they've been a canary in a coal mine for me.
I read a lot and majored in English, but even so, there are loads of books that I haven't actually read. I think I'd be pretty angry if someone judged me unworthy.
Breaking up with someone because they've never heard of Pushkin? Ugh. I do not truck with that kind of elitism.
Unless you happen to be a Pushkin scholar and have told your significant other all about Pushkin, only to have your SO turn around and say, "Who is this Pushkin fellow?" Then I think perhaps that there are grounds.
Laga - Mar 31, 2008 9:50:20 am PDT #8383 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I suppose if I found out my lover thought The Celestine Prophecy was the best book ever written I might consider breaking it off with them.
Trudy Booth - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:30 am PDT #8384 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Would you break up with someone who read something too lowbrow?
Only if they never ever stopped talking about it.
Sean K - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:32 am PDT #8385 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think I'd draw the line at thinking the Left Behind books are the pinnacle of literature, but outside of that I'd like to think I'm open minded.
meara - Mar 31, 2008 9:52:27 am PDT #8386 of 10001
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Considering the trashy romances and scifi I read, I don't think I'd have a leg to stand on. I'd just be thrilled if I was dating someone who liked to read!!
flea - Mar 31, 2008 9:53:16 am PDT #8387 of 10001
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mr. flea probably reads two books a year. Plus a lot of Scientific Americans and some New Yorkers (and, of course, tons of kiddie books.)
I pretty much read nonfiction and mysteries and romance, and have done for maybe 10 years. I have to read Suite Francaise for book club for next month, and I'm kind of afraid.