{"id":8335,"date":"2011-12-14T18:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:19:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:19:45","slug":"please-read-this-if-you-love-books-and-smart-women-you-might-cry-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=8335","title":{"rendered":"Please read this: If you love books and smart women, you might cry, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Woman-reading-book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8336\" title=\"Woman reading book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Woman-reading-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Woman-reading-book.jpg 458w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Woman-reading-book-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was younger, I had a number of quick ways to spot women who were potential romantic matches for me. Of all the things on my list, though, perhaps none was more obvious than a love of reading.<\/p>\n<p>Women who are obsessed with books &#8212; especially what I consider <em>good<\/em> books &#8212; have always made me weak at the knees. They tend to be smart, insightful and deep, especially if they&#8217;re reading books of substance instead of simply infantile pulp all the time. There&#8217;s something about a woman like this that attracts me like few things can. Yes, a beautiful face is a alluring, but a beautiful face without a beautiful mind is ultimately a bore. I&#8217;ve found no quicker guide to finding a beautiful mind that watching whether she reads.<\/p>\n<p>I ran across <a href=\"http:\/\/nonamerah.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/03\/869\/\" target=\"_blank\">this essay about dating a woman who reads earlier today<\/a>, and I beg you to read it if you have any understanding of what I&#8217;ve meant so far. For me, it was very emotional. One particular woman&#8217;s name seemed to be written all over the page for me. You will probably see someone else from your own life. Maybe it will make you cry, too.<\/p>\n<p>And when you&#8217;re finished with that, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-5DQfB0tVI\" target=\"_blank\">listen to this song<\/a>. It&#8217;s advice for the man who needs to &#8220;learn important things.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was younger, I had a number of quick ways to spot women who were potential romantic matches for me. Of all the things on my list, though, perhaps none was more obvious than a love of reading. Women who are obsessed with books &#8212; especially what I consider good books &#8212; have always <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=8335\" class=\"more-link\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x9iR-2ar","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8335"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32623,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions\/32623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}