Like…Ever…
It could be a blessing or it can be like a punishment, but when you have a passion for writing and your spouse reads NOTHING that you write…its…awkward.
My partner recently received the entire boxed set of the Jack Reacher (Lee Child) series as well as a really cool book about the origin of his favorite hockey team (Montreal Canadiens). He hasn’t even opened them!
He likes to tell everyone we know that “Christina is such a talented writer”, however, he has NEVER read any of my work. Its both frustrating and strange to me…
Reading is something that has always been a huge part of my life. Even while I was pregnant, I read stories to my unborn daughter. I read to her the first week of her life and all through her childhood. She was reading chapter books before kindergarten and was an honor student all through her school years. She also graduated from University with a Psych degree, and I KNOW that much of her intelligence came from her exposure to books.
My partner is very intelliegent, even without being “book smart”, I have to admit. He is ridiculously smart with money and numbers and with anything mechanical. But, he never reads…Not instructions, not books, not Newspapers…NOTHING. Its very bizarre…and its a major comonent of our relationship that we do not have in common.
