Ngl. Literally crying reading this. That level of connection that I’ll never know 😭💚💚
that I’ll never know
I know this might come off as a joke, but it isn’t.
Not with that attitude!
Seriously, I don’t know your circumstances but nothing is insurmountable.
We both love to read, but have such different tastes. Can’t imagine this going well, unless it ends in an ironic pillow fight.
I love the concept, but I could never do it. Reading out loud triggers me something fierce.
I blame grade school.
How do you feel about being read to? Your spouse might enjoy being the reader. I haven’t read to mine but I loved reading aloud to our kids, especially The Wee Free Men, even though I was apparently wrong in pronouncing “Crivens!” with a long I. Pratchett books in general are great for doing the voices, because they live on the Disc, so technically you’re never butchering the accents even if your version of sounding out those vowels and consonants and apostrophes are like nothing on Earth.
I never had the energy for that.
I tried doing this for my wife but she called the experience strange. I kind of enjoyed it though.
I’ve been reading bedtime stories nightly for 23 years now and I’ve a good six or so left before I’m out.
If you want to try again in the future I would gently suggest listening to a few audio books from really good narrators. It upped my game quite a bit.
Also, even for an adult, Charlotte’s Web. Incredible story. Easily my favourite of all time to read to others and gripping from page one. Think I’ve done it seven times now. God damn I love that book so much.
