I wonder if I'm the only lucky one.
When my wife and I were courting, we talked about a lot of things. One day, I cautiously let slip that: "I don't really watch TV, maybe an hour or two per month. I like reading a lot better."
She told me later she thought that was a really good sign and it was one thing that gave her some real faith in me.
The other thing was that my nails were clean & trimmed.
I challenged her on that one: "I have a desk job, and nails get in the way of typing. What if I were a mechanic? You would have turned and ran, even though I'm a good guy." She told me: "No, my dad was a mechanic, and his hands were always clean." We went back and forth, and she told me her mom made her dad scrub like crazy until there was no more dirt or grease under his nails.
Anyone who has worked on cars knows that is no easy trick. It is a painful trick.
What's your story about reading in relation to your mate? Did they think it was cool, or did they really not care?
Edit: I have a neighbor who is kind of a friend, but he has the potty humor of a 4th grader, and he is 36. He proudly says he doesn't read. He is such a dim bulb sometimes, it amazes me. I think it was because I grew up in a reading family.