Date a Girl who Reads

I got this from Aaya, who got it from some other person. But I loved it so much I had to post it here with my own personal commentary. (Don't hate me Aaya, immitation is the most sincere form of flattery)

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. (Or in my case five, yeah I'm a life long nerd)

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. (They change daily!) 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. (Okay you cannot prove that! *friend whips out tape recorder* Damn.) 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. (THEY SMELL GOOD OKAY! I'D MAKE OUT WITH YOU IN FIVE MINUTES TOPS IF YOU SMELLED LIKE THAT!)

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. (In my case still sipping a mocha frappe even though it's empty) Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, (If only looks could kill...) as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book. (but be prepared, you could be there for a while)

Buy her another cup of coffee. (Get one for yourself, as mentioned above you'll need it.)
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. (Tolkin is a genius, but that was painful) 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. (Dorothey if her shoes are red and sparkly)

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. (my first date gave me a book instead of flowers, boy knew his target) 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 Twilightseries. (Act like Edward and you will have your get your ass dumped faster than you can say Dickens)

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. (Just know nothing takes the place of flesh and blood man, you're our real life Darcys, Romeos, and Fiyeros, but better.)

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype. (Wait until the wedding...)

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, (and it will be her favorite love story of all) 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 (Frost) 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. (Hehehehehehehehe, buckle up)

*all credit for this goes the lovely young lady who wrote this. I'll add you're name as soon as I track it down from Aaya.