Howdy Howdy Bookworms!
Y’all know I’m a sucker for audio books and celebrity memoirs… But only funny celebrities, because the amount I don’t want to read about some celebutaunt’s spiritual awakening is STAGGERING. But. Basically anyone who was a regular on Parks & Recreation
What was most interesting about Modern Romance
OF COURSE this led to a crap ton of self reflection for me, so let’s not talk about the book for a minute and talk about ME. My dating experience is extremely limited, although I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone who ever showed any interest in me, was pursued by me, or actually dated me. I have an overdeveloped fight or flight response and an underdeveloped sense of tact. Seriously, I’m SO sorry. I live in fear of the day I see my adolescent self portrayed in a book or movie. Which is ridiculous because it’s so few people. Still. I was beyond horrible at dating. BEYOND HORRIBLE. Have I mentioned that? The worst. Right here. It ended up working out in my favor though, because by the time I met the guy who’d eventually become my husband, I had virtually no old relationship baggage. I mean, it’s hard to acquire baggage when your longest relationship was 6 weeks… In other news, my husband should probably be sainted for putting up with me.
If you are feeling like an old fart because you met your spouse the old fashioned way, I think you’ll find Modern Romance
Alright, Bookworms! Spill it! Those of you in committed relationships, how did you meet your person? We’ll call it science, even though it’s just me being nosy. Those of you in the dating pool: is it as terrifying as I’m imagining?
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Sarah's Book Shelves
I’ve heard this memoir is not your average celeb memoir and that it’s pretty fascinating! Maybe something I’ll try on audio. As for digital dating, my husband is always totally fascinated talking to all the younger people in his office who’re doing the NYC dating scene…they’re all on Tinder and regularly meet people that way. We’re way more boring…met at mutual friends’ wedding (well, we actually knew each other a little before that b/c we’re from the same town, but really hit it off at the wedding).
Words For Worms
There was a whole segment on Tinder- I was blown away! I remember back when we first got AOL the #1 rule was DO NOT MEET PEOPLE FROM THE INTERNET. Well. I was also 13, so anybody I’d have been meeting probably would have been a pedophile. Still. Ingrained! (Or is it engrained? Gah! Things I will never remember!)
Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf
When I was in high school…before the “internet” haha 😉 we did local(ish) bulletin boards. Most had more than one phone line and you could chat with people in the area. We had meetups at the mall all.the.time. (Large group, with friends, and scoped things out first to make sure it wasn’t a creepy situation). I met my first boyfriend that way, and we ended up staying together for 6 years. So my rule has always been “if you meet people from the internet, use a lot of common sense and never go alone.” I have a lot of dear friends I met online! 🙂
Words For Worms
I have never heard of anything like that but it sounds kind of cool! I too have lots of internet friends, some of whom I’ve met in person. Honestly, I feel like blog friends don’t count as internet people, I wouldn’t hesitate to meet any of them IRL. Of course, the biggest fear instilled in me via teen magazines was sexual assault, and I’m fairly certain none of my blog friends are in any way interested in me romantically.
Leah @ Books Speak Volumes
I listened to this on audio after my breakup a few months ago, and it was a kind of weirdly perfect way to get a taste of contemporary dating culture before diving into it myself. And now I’m dating a man I met on Tinder, which is surprisingly fun and not terrible.
Words For Worms
It’s awesome that you met someone on Tinder! That was the one dating tool that sounded like a good idea to me. The whole business where you can’t contact the other person unless you BOTH say that it’s okay? That is genius. How many awkward encounters could be avoided if you were only approached by people you were interested in, you know? It probably would have saved me a lot of grief. I always always always ended up falling for the boys who either had girlfriends or wouldn’t have been interested in me anyway. And of course the ones who were into me typically weren’t the ones I was interested in. It all worked out in the end, thankfully, but Tinder might have been a nice thing to have around back in the day.
Heather @ Capricious Reader
I was kinda eh about this title? But then I heard Aziz on a podcast and dude? My sides started hurting from the laughing? So yeah, I’ll be listening to this one in, like, the near future?
I listened to Furiously Happy? By Jenny Lawson? Who tends to talk like this? I can’t help it. You know how us old ladies are.
Words For Worms
Oooh I should TOTALLY audio book the new Jenny Lawson!!!
Andi
I loved every bit of this post, but it was this line that put me on the floor: “I have an overdeveloped fight or flight response and an underdeveloped sense of tact.” Yes, girl. Yes.
Words For Worms
Honestly, I feel like I should write individual letters of apology to all like 10 boys who ever showed an interest in me. Needy or nuts, that’s me!
Katie @ Doing Dewey
Like my mom, I married the first guy I dated! Must be hereditary 🙂 This sounds far more interesting than another celebrity memoir to me! Social commentary involving technology and science is my jam.
Words For Worms
I married the first guy I ever seriously dated. A handful of dates was all I ever managed prior to meeting my husband. I like to think my horrendous dating life was fated in some way… You know, in the rare moments my cynicism fades enough to believe in fate.