Comments on: E-books, Pushkin and the dating bar http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:24:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-747823 David Rothman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:03:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/#comment-747823 Thanks, Ficbot. Sounds as if you have a pretty balanced approach. And best of luck finding The One! - David Thanks, Ficbot. Sounds as if you have a pretty balanced approach. And best of luck finding The One! – David

]]> By: ficbot http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-747787 ficbot Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:50:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/#comment-747787 Hi David. Most of the guys I date are too into the 'analyzing the date as potential future wife/mother' mode to talk about books---that's the peril of dating in this on-line age when you can apply your filters from the get-go :) I go through phases where I date a lot then take a break and date nobody. I just finished a relationship with a guy who had some control issues, and trust me, what he read or didn't read was the least of the problems :) I can say from past experience that while I never would cut a guy out based just on reading, it has been more fun when we share similar tastes. Both my parents have a lot of fun reading something then passing it to their mate to read so they can talk about it after. That's something I enjoy too and while I am sure that if I was in love with a non-reader, it would not b a huge thing, I definitely do put a love of books in the 'nice to have' category. Hi David. Most of the guys I date are too into the ‘analyzing the date as potential future wife/mother’ mode to talk about books—that’s the peril of dating in this on-line age when you can apply your filters from the get-go :) I go through phases where I date a lot then take a break and date nobody. I just finished a relationship with a guy who had some control issues, and trust me, what he read or didn’t read was the least of the problems :)

I can say from past experience that while I never would cut a guy out based just on reading, it has been more fun when we share similar tastes. Both my parents have a lot of fun reading something then passing it to their mate to read so they can talk about it after. That’s something I enjoy too and while I am sure that if I was in love with a non-reader, it would not b a huge thing, I definitely do put a love of books in the ‘nice to have’ category.

]]> By: Garson O'Toole http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-747342 Garson O'Toole Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:42:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/#comment-747342 One commentator in the New York Times article complains that John Irving is “way too middlebrow”. Another commentator believes that reading “Proust” by Samuel Beckett is ostentatiously upperbrow. And all of the commentators would probably look askance at a lowbrow. This article is remarkably insightful. Clearly, a relationship with a reader who is an upper, lower, or middlebrow would be unfulfilling and transitory. I once felt that way; however, one day a lovely, bright, and sensuous woman that satisfied my exacting specifications entered my life. She had no brows at all. Our relationship was achingly beautiful for a time. But it ended because she was always reaching for her eyebrow pencil to apply an ersatz brow and comply with the aesthetic demands of a foolish world. One commentator in the New York Times article complains that John Irving is “way too middlebrow”. Another commentator believes that reading “Proust” by Samuel Beckett is ostentatiously upperbrow. And all of the commentators would probably look askance at a lowbrow. This article is remarkably insightful. Clearly, a relationship with a reader who is an upper, lower, or middlebrow would be unfulfilling and transitory.

I once felt that way; however, one day a lovely, bright, and sensuous woman that satisfied my exacting specifications entered my life. She had no brows at all. Our relationship was achingly beautiful for a time. But it ended because she was always reaching for her eyebrow pencil to apply an ersatz brow and comply with the aesthetic demands of a foolish world.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-747235 David Rothman Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:10:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/#comment-747235 I think it would be fun for Ficbot, who IS of dating age, to give us her take on all this if she's around right now. - David I think it would be fun for Ficbot, who IS of dating age, to give us her take on all this if she’s around right now. – David

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-747214 Mike Cane Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:53:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/30/e-books-pushkin-and-the-dating-bar/#comment-747214 The Future War of the Sexes: She: What books do you read? I don't see your library. He: It's in here [PDA/iPhone/eInk]. She: Oh, let me see. He: What? You want to TOUCH my [PDA/iPhone/eInk]?!!? The Future War of the Sexes:

She: What books do you read? I don’t see your library.

He: It’s in here [PDA/iPhone/eInk].

She: Oh, let me see.

He: What? You want to TOUCH my [PDA/iPhone/eInk]?!!?

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