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“My ideal man doesn’t exist. This, at least, is what I had to conclude after visiting alikewise.com, the much-ballyhooed new site for ‘dating by the book,’ which purports to match people based on their taste in literature.”
Ruth Franklin braves the waters of dating-by-book. Would you date someone based on their literary preferences?
August 25th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Basing attraction on literary preference is taking it too far, in my opinion, but I did recently break it off with someone who said he hadn’t read a book in at least ten years.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I’d never date someone based on their taste in literature alone, but I’d certainly NOT date someone based on the same.
August 26th, 2010 at 10:31 am
A lot of people don’t even read books, so to find someone who reads books at all is great.