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elchignacio t1_iy4tjqg wrote

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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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