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ShiroTheCrow t1_iy4o5cl wrote

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How does that work? Do you read to each other? Stay on the same page ‘till you’re both ready to turn it? Each have your own book? Listen to the audiobook together?

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elchignacio t1_iy4tjqg wrote

I started reading novels out loud to my wife in the evenings about five years ago and haven’t looked back. We’ve read quite a few books in that time.

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juxtoppose t1_iy57lgr wrote

That is really weird if your wife isn’t blind, but kind of cool.

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elchignacio t1_iy5870y wrote

It’s only weird if you make it weird. Society at large used to be run on verbal storytelling. It’s only been very recently that humanity as a whole has gotten away from being mostly verbal storytellers. We do this instead of watching TV and have discovered it’s far more intimate.

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juxtoppose t1_iy58wic wrote

Absolutely, it’s just not something that occurred to me, didn’t mean to sound like I was criticising, I should have said unusual, though it may not be.

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elchignacio t1_iy59e68 wrote

No worries. You did say it’s kind of cool, which it is. I highly recommend reading out loud to your SO if they’re open to it.

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