Dear Bookish Brooke,
I’ve been married for 3 years to a loving, outgoing man but I have a problem. Every night when I sit down to read, as soon as I open my book he starts talking to me. I know that he can see that I’m otherwise occupied, but it doesn’t seem to matter to him. Sometimes when he does this I’ll slam my book closed, roll my eyes, or outright refuse to answer him, but he’ll just keep at it! It’s VERY obvious that I’m trying to ignore him, but he just keeps calling me – ‘baby’, ‘sweetie’, ‘honey’ – on and on until I’m forced to address him. What the hell can I do? I just want to read in peace!
-Dying for a chapter
Dear Dying,
This is an egregious lapse in manners for your husband, and you’re going to have to take action stat – before you become an ill-read, angry drudge. In my opinion you have 2 options – you can either take your book, find a glass of wine and lock yourself in your bathroom and get to reading, or you can divorce the chump (still get the glass of wine though). Who needs a husband that doesn’t understand the deeply rooted need for literary nourishment. In fact, you might want to go with option to anyway just because. You can always get another man, but reading time is hard to find. Read on!
