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Originally posted by Mermaid Mer:
I'm beginning to doubt there is anyone my age who loves to read as much as I always have. I want to hear from some fans of books like Fight Club. As well as classics like Great Expectations, or Crime and Punishment. I've been online for hours now just trying to find one person in the world with whom I can share an interest. It shouldn't be this difficult. I have had a long, lonely love affair with the written word. I have never met a single person (other than teachers) that could understand this about me. Books have been my only passion. Their characters my only friends. Ones which will never disappoint. But, something which has served to isolate me and encourage my antisocial tendencies. I decided, finally, to go online and search for just one person that shared this interest with me. Preferably male. Hey, a girl gets lonely. But, I've been searching for hours and haven't found a living soul with whom I can converse. Well, it is late, I guess. Give me your opinion. Am I simply daydreaming, or does a young man exist who loves to read as much as I do? Is it possible? He's beginning to seem like a mythical creature. Round whom my every fantasy revolves. I have resolved not to settle for anything less than a John Galt. And, like Dagny, I will live for the day when I would have met him. Even though I won't.