Could you date someone who doesn't read?
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Re: Could you date someone who doesn't read?
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I'm pretty confident that a long-term relationship would be possible with a non-reader, since after all reading can be treated like another hobby. Partners have different interests and they don't necessarily have to affect the relationship.
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I have been out with people that don't read and people that do.
What i have found, as my own experience, is that all the men in my life have had a fondness for particular types of books, generally non fiction, whereas I love on the whole most genres.
I like listening to what my man has read in the past, like he is retelling a story of a story to me, and I like that
Rather than me desperately wanting to read what he has, I like listening to him what he has read. And vice versa, he does me too.
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To start with I think your question is very biased to begin with. I am a vivid reader but it isn't my only hobby/interest. And it's not the only way I connect with someone.
My husband and his mother aren't big readers due to reading/learning difficulties. My husband is also a long haul truck driver with little time to read. As a result he listens to audiobooks.
I read the actual books and my husband listens to them. The reason we don't have any discussions about books is we read totally different types of books.
Since we don't connect over our reading choices, we connect with other topics.
The way some of the other people responded made it sound like they had to be reading the same books to have a good relationship.
Even if my husband didn't listen to/read books, we still still have many other ways to communicate effectively. The fact that we will have been married for 30 years in 2019, I think makes my point.
The most important thing in life is being willing to keep learning, being open to new ideas and knowing you can learn/teach others without ever picking up a book.
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