Why Does My Reading Make People Mad?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Why Does My Reading Make People Mad?

Because you're an inconsiderate bitch for reminding them how lazy they are, and making them feel guilty about making excuses why they can't.

They try to engage you in conversation because they pity anyone so lonely and depressed that they have to resort to reading, not just a magazine, but a real book.

"Don't you have anything else to do?", is a tipoff that they feel reading a book is an act of desperation, to be resorted to only in cases of life threatening boredom.

You make me so mad, you, you, you bookworm you.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Because you're an inconsiderate bitch for reminding them how lazy they are, and making them feel guilty about making excuses why they can't.

They try to engage you in conversation because they pity anyone so lonely and depressed that they have to resort to reading, not just a magazine, but a real book.

"Don't you have anything else to do?", is a tipoff that they feel reading a book is an act of desperation, to be resorted to only in cases of life threatening boredom.

You make me so mad, you, you, you bookworm you.

We have a winner. :p

[Shawnee123]

My husband dislikes when I read. He says it's "antisocial."

Juni, with all due respect: what the hell doesn't he give you a rash of shit about? Seriously, how dare you read with short hair. Sorry, that just rubs me the wrong way.

If I am in public, say, in a waiting room, reading a book seems to attract everyone and make them desperate to talk to me. "What are you reading? What's that about? Oh, I never can find time to read. I like mysteries, don't you? Blah blah blah blah."

Oh I hate that. Usually if someone says "what are you reading" I reply "a book" and show them the front cover if they're really interested in the title. "What's it about" causes me to bite my tongue to not say "something you probably wouldn't understand." I've never understood people who wait and just sit there, staring into space. Give me a pamphlet or something!