What It's Like To Be The Only Book Lover Among Your Friends

By Arslan Athar | 27 Oct, 2016

As a book lover in Pakistan you’re probably among the very small minority who still appreciate the written word, the shuffle of the papers and that smell, oh that smell! Also, that experience of transportation to worlds far and wide via books is so epic that you really want to share it with someone, but what do you do when all your friends roll their eyes at the sight of a kitaab.

These are the struggles you face when you’re a lonely lonely book worm:

 

Your friends don’t understand what being hooked on a book means

Friend: Hey let’s all go out

You: Actually the book I’m reading just got super super interesting, one of the characters, Adam….

Friend: So that’s a no!

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Books > Movie versions of books

Your friends don’t see how the movie industry ruins the story narrated in novel form when it turns it into a movie. They can’t see how all your expectations and hopes for the movie were crushed by Hollywood producers. They don’t get your pain.

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You can’t share the joy a book gave you with them and that makes you sad 

You: OMG! This book is amazing. The way the writer tells this story will leave you speechless!

Friend: Eh! I’ll just wait for the movie.

You: Movie?! *simultaneous cringing and heart break*

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They will never go with you to a bookstore

You’re always willing to be their shopping partner but they’ll never be yours. Book shopping is exactly like shopping for clothes, you need another opinion, you also need someone to show you books you may not have noticed before. Hayee but they’ll never do that for you! (You still love them to pieces though)

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‘You spent how much on those books?’

Okay yes, it is a little excessive how much you spent on books on a monthly basis. But do you ever question how much they spend on video games/ clothes and ‘other things’, NOOO! So mind your own business, thank you very much.

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Birthday presents for non-book lovers are a pain for you

Your idea of a perfect birthday present is very different than your friends’. So when it comes around to birthday season you’re pretty much lost and don’t know what to buy them. You stand there clueless and all you can think about is the next chapter of the book you’re on.

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‘Itni mota kitaab? Kaisay khatam karo ge’

Although you laugh off this highly disrespectful comment, you are internally sending this person laanats.

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‘Just give me like a quick summary’

Really? You expect me to condense pages and pages of beautifully written literature into a 5 minute summary. Hahahaha NO.

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‘Don’t get why people still obsess over Harry Potter!’

How could someone utter such words! Harry Potter defines everything good in your life. Actually it defines your entire childhood and awkward teen years. How dare this person just waltz in and say THAT. Moments like this make you wonder why you’re friends with them.

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They don’t understand how you can get emotional reading a book

The thing is, it isn’t *just* a book. A book takes you and your life and places it in a truly unique experience and world. It’s an experience that induces much emotion. ‘After all this time? Always!’ *shudders* How does someone NOT get a little emotional?

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They don’t get the concept of ‘the right spot’

You can’t just read anywhere, anyhow. You have to find yourself the perfect place and the perfect position. Upside down, sideways and plain weird. For some one watching you it can get a little disturbing to watch but once you find *that* place, you’ll be happy beyond words.

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Your friends are your life and you love them beyond words but you’d adore them a little more if they read books. Oh well, you can only hope that your book nerdy-ness converts them towards the light.

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