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Don't Date a Girl Who Reads

http://sean.terretta.com/dont-date-a-girl-who-reads-charles-warnke

A break up letter from a guy to his girlfriend who was a reader. It's sad and wonderful. 
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Re: Don't Date a Girl Who Reads

  • I read this earlier.  It kind of broke my heart.

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  • It's so bittersweet.  =(( I love it.
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  • Wow. Just wow.
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  • Oh wow. Thank you so much for posting that!

    I think this line was my favorite: You, the girl who reads, make me want to be everything that I am not.

     


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  • This comment sums up life or at the very least why reading is so wonderful... "Jelly, I have to say I am completely offended by your comment "the girl who reads, chooses Harry potter, twilight, and 50 shades of grey. She's just as vapid as the bar skank." This is a grand overstatement on your behalf. You sit there at your computer, assuming all females are pining for something they do not have. So, you assume, we all run to books such as "Fifty Shades of Grey", Nicholas Sparks books, and "Twilight"; books that we can easily slip into the roll of the vapid female protagonist and be swept off our feet by these "perfect" men. Although this may be the case for some females, this is not the case for all. Some of us choose to read books that have meaning and are well written. Books with a strong plot and characters. Books that can take your feelings and run them through a strainer, leaving you questioning your very purpose in life. These books are worth so much more to a person than a simple fantasy about what the perfect life might be like. These books do not show how happy a girl could be if she finds the perfect man and lives the perfect life with 2.5 happy children and a house in the suburbs. These books give the reader and all too clear view of the world, humanity, and themselves. It leaves the reader with a purpose in life to do better than the average person, the break free from the societal norms. This is why I choose books like "The Book Thief", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Help", and "The Road". This is why I read. — Neesha"
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  • ajpufky said:
    This comment sums up life or at the very least why reading is so wonderful... "Jelly, I have to say I am completely offended by your comment "the girl who reads, chooses Harry potter, twilight, and 50 shades of grey. She's just as vapid as the bar skank." This is a grand overstatement on your behalf. You sit there at your computer, assuming all females are pining for something they do not have. So, you assume, we all run to books such as "Fifty Shades of Grey", Nicholas Sparks books, and "Twilight"; books that we can easily slip into the roll of the vapid female protagonist and be swept off our feet by these "perfect" men. Although this may be the case for some females, this is not the case for all. Some of us choose to read books that have meaning and are well written. Books with a strong plot and characters. Books that can take your feelings and run them through a strainer, leaving you questioning your very purpose in life. These books are worth so much more to a person than a simple fantasy about what the perfect life might be like. These books do not show how happy a girl could be if she finds the perfect man and lives the perfect life with 2.5 happy children and a house in the suburbs. These books give the reader and all too clear view of the world, humanity, and themselves. It leaves the reader with a purpose in life to do better than the average person, the break free from the societal norms. This is why I choose books like "The Book Thief", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Help", and "The Road". This is why I read. — Neesha"
    The only thing I don't like about the comment is that she never defended HP.  Putting HP on the same level as Twilight or 50SoG is just wrong.
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  • @JennaHack I agree
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  • I need to process my feelings about this article before responding.
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  • JennaHack said:
    ajpufky said:
    This comment sums up life or at the very least why reading is so wonderful... "Jelly, I have to say I am completely offended by your comment "the girl who reads, chooses Harry potter, twilight, and 50 shades of grey. She's just as vapid as the bar skank." This is a grand overstatement on your behalf. You sit there at your computer, assuming all females are pining for something they do not have. So, you assume, we all run to books such as "Fifty Shades of Grey", Nicholas Sparks books, and "Twilight"; books that we can easily slip into the roll of the vapid female protagonist and be swept off our feet by these "perfect" men. Although this may be the case for some females, this is not the case for all. Some of us choose to read books that have meaning and are well written. Books with a strong plot and characters. Books that can take your feelings and run them through a strainer, leaving you questioning your very purpose in life. These books are worth so much more to a person than a simple fantasy about what the perfect life might be like. These books do not show how happy a girl could be if she finds the perfect man and lives the perfect life with 2.5 happy children and a house in the suburbs. These books give the reader and all too clear view of the world, humanity, and themselves. It leaves the reader with a purpose in life to do better than the average person, the break free from the societal norms. This is why I choose books like "The Book Thief", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Help", and "The Road". This is why I read. — Neesha"
    The only thing I don't like about the comment is that she never defended HP.  Putting HP on the same level as Twilight or 50SoG is just wrong.

    This. But also it annoys me that she still backs up the assumption that the only reason someone would read twilight, 50SOG, Nicholas Sparks, etc is because we want to be swept off our feet and that the girls who don't read other things. I don't agree with this either. I read Nicholas Sparks, and I loved Twilight. I haven't read 50 Shades, and doubt I will because I don't think I would like it. I don't only read Twilight and Sparks. In fact I have read most of the others she mentioned. I read things I enjoy. Period. And they'd may not all be great literary works, and they don't have to be. People watch trashy tv all the time. When I read Twilight not once was I like, man I wish was Bella. In fact, I readily admit she was needy and codependent. But I just enjoyed it. Nothing more than that. For this reason, you will never really hear me trashing 50 shades, or telling people to read "real books". Because people should read what they want and shouldn't have to feel the need to defend it.

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  • Did you all read the Author's reddithttp://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1mirn5/iama_charles_warnke_and_wrote_you_should_date_an/

    Pretty interesting insight to what he was intending. Pretty interesting period. 
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    So I was thinking about this the other day when I had the following intelligent, introspective conversation via text about The Wise Man's Fear, one of the most well-written books I've ever read:

    Girl Who Reads 1: He's HAWT
    Girl Who Reads 2: He's a maaaan now.
    Girl Who Reads 1: DUDE.
    Girl Who Reads 1: Yes, yes he is.
    Me: [...spoilers removed] I DIED FOREVER.
    Girl Who Reads 1: Damn.
    Girl Who Reads 2: Damn.
    Me: DAAAAYUM.

    Obviously, we are a shining example of these "storytellers bursting with meaning."  Hahahahaha

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  • @84lauren I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying. #mascaraeverywhere
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