If you’re not pestering the shit out of your wife, are you even married?
My wife (perhaps unwisely) chose an intelligent (she’ll tell you otherwise, when I forget to replace the garbage bag) and funny man.
Now she spends half her day rolling her eyes, or crinkling her nose at me (she’s particularly pretty when she does that), or swatting my hand away from her bottom.
For the most part, my wife’s and my literary interests don’t overlap. She reads romance and fanfiction. Neither of those offend me, but nor do they draw me in. However, recently, I read a series that wasn’t my usual purview, but that I enjoyed. I quoted to her a particular phrase from the first book of the trilogy and she said that it sounded like her fare, then she read and enjoyed the series, subsequently asking me to read two similar novels that she enjoyed.
I did. I found them somewhat enjoyable, but felt no need to pursue their sequels.
For the most part, in terms of ordering products, I’ve managed to move away from Amazon other than with regard to books. For books, it has been challenging, so I still often buy them there. It seems that its recommendations are still attuned to what I tried based on my wife’s recommendations. I’ve now bought… And finished … At least three book series I wouldn’t have otherwise based on that.
So, while not an authority, I feel I am at least qualified to comment: “crinkling” or “crinkled her nose” is a trope I find to be something that comes up a lot but … I can’t picture it. Actually, a lot of the physical expressions that come up in those books just seem physically impossible. Sometimes, whilst reading those books, I try to imitate the expression about which I’m reading. Either I’m bad at interpreting or I’m bad at imitating, but regardless, in most cases they seem implausible if not impossible.
edit: @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net but I agree about the pestering part. So long as it’s affectionate and mutual, that’s the fun.
If you’re not pestering the shit out of your wife, are you even married? My wife (perhaps unwisely) chose an intelligent (she’ll tell you otherwise, when I forget to replace the garbage bag) and funny man. Now she spends half her day rolling her eyes, or crinkling her nose at me (she’s particularly pretty when she does that), or swatting my hand away from her bottom.
For the most part, my wife’s and my literary interests don’t overlap. She reads romance and fanfiction. Neither of those offend me, but nor do they draw me in. However, recently, I read a series that wasn’t my usual purview, but that I enjoyed. I quoted to her a particular phrase from the first book of the trilogy and she said that it sounded like her fare, then she read and enjoyed the series, subsequently asking me to read two similar novels that she enjoyed.
I did. I found them somewhat enjoyable, but felt no need to pursue their sequels.
For the most part, in terms of ordering products, I’ve managed to move away from Amazon other than with regard to books. For books, it has been challenging, so I still often buy them there. It seems that its recommendations are still attuned to what I tried based on my wife’s recommendations. I’ve now bought… And finished … At least three book series I wouldn’t have otherwise based on that.
So, while not an authority, I feel I am at least qualified to comment: “crinkling” or “crinkled her nose” is a trope I find to be something that comes up a lot but … I can’t picture it. Actually, a lot of the physical expressions that come up in those books just seem physically impossible. Sometimes, whilst reading those books, I try to imitate the expression about which I’m reading. Either I’m bad at interpreting or I’m bad at imitating, but regardless, in most cases they seem implausible if not impossible.
edit: @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net but I agree about the pestering part. So long as it’s affectionate and mutual, that’s the fun.