I hooked up with my husband my first year of college, so I’ve never tried to pick up men, but I’d say between being ignored all night or being hit on by one jerk, I guess I’d take the jerk, as long as he was reasonably nice about taking no for an answer.
I wasn’t being nosy. The cat was eating and I had nothing better to do, so being a great reader and interested in books, I looked at the bookshelves. I didn’t touch anything or look at anything that wasn’t on display in the living room. You made it sound like I was opening drawers and checking out their underwear. And if you checked out our shelves, which you’d be welcome to do if you came to our house, you’d see mysteries, science fiction & fantasy, biology, ecology, wildlife management, astronomy, meteorology, general science, British and American and classical Greek history, art, travel, some of our old kids books, novels, reference books, my husband’s NASA collection, plays, poetry, classical Greek literature, our Great Books from college (literature, philosophy, math, languages, etc.), humor, and I don’t know what all. So an entire wall of books dedicated to one subject, and nothing else, blew my mind.
All those words are important to drama, and those men were among the first dramatists. Knowing where your civilization came from is important if you want to be a well-rounded intelligent person. I’m a catsitter, and I like to glance over a client’s bookshelves to see what they’re interested in. In one house, every single book was about the Bible or some aspect of Christianity. Is that all they can talk about…? What a one-sided life.
Whenever you see a “Do not…” label, you know that some idiot did that and then sued the company because of the results, because they didn’t warn them not to do it. Either people 50 years ago had more sense, or frivolous lawsuits didn’t go anywhere and more recently they’ve succeeded.
No problem, we all have bad days. Enjoy your books. We donate some of ours too.