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> started 2 person lockdown book club with my oneitis from undergrad

what books do I pick to make her fall in love?
what do I say about them?

Teach me your ways, /lit/

>> No.15206282

>>15206223

What? Why are you asking this question? It’s obvious that you have chemistry if she agreed to such a silly, affectionate thing in the first place. If you’re not totally obnoxious I’m sure you’ll be fine, go humble brag somewhere else.

>> No.15206307

>>15206223
You know her and what she likes more than we do.

>> No.15206322

>>15206223
If she suggests a book, do that and enjoy it

>> No.15206323

>>15206223
120 Days of Sodom

>> No.15206326

If she agreed to this she probably likes you so make a move before she thinks you're not interested

>> No.15206362

>>15206223

Read Harry Potter. Chicks dig Harry Potter.

Tell her Voldemort is Trump, it will make you look sophisticated

>> No.15206410

>>15206323
This lmao.

>>15206223
Why bother with the foreplay? If she agreed to this obviously bullshit move, she's into it. Just seal the deal before she gets bored, don't fuck around endlessly trying for some retarded Hollywood moment. It's not that difficult. And ffs, no writing her poetry or some other cringey bs.

>> No.15206515

>>15206282
>>15206326
>>15206410

Ok, situation maybe needs some clarification:

> 2014
> start undergrad
> be total robot who looks like shit
> popular girl in your first year english class takes pity on you and you become friends
> autistically try to ask her out
> she refuses, politely
> Still totally crushed out on her, but appreciate having a friend
> write all our essays together and stuff
> we both decide to take another english class together the following year
> keep doing this throughout undergrad
> she gets in a long term relationship with someone else
> I hook up with one of her friends
> we never really discuss relationship stuff ever again
> 2020
> both graduated but still keep in touch a bit. Both single now
> I've gotten my life together a bit, starting my phd in the fall and look way better than I did as a teenager, she works some high paying banker job
> corona hits
> ask her if she wants to pick some books to read together for old times sake
> she agrees
> feelings come rushing back

Worried about trying to make a move especially because she already rejected me, but that's ages ago now. Also don't want to jeopardize a really long and important friendship.

>> No.15206528

>>15206515
tl;dr

if she's your oneitis and you like her that much make a move or die forever an impotent friend

>> No.15206537

Read Love in the Time of Cholera if you want to make your intentions really obvious.

>> No.15206555

>>15206515
Ask her to read American Psycho

>> No.15206628

>>15206515
How is it a friendship if you want to fuck her? Do you covertly want shit from your male friends?

>> No.15206642

>>15206628

>men can be friends with women and not want to fuck

begone thot

>> No.15206670

>>15206515
You should make your feelings known. If she rejects you and you really are good friends, you have closure and can pursue other women. If the relationship doesn't last it, fuck her.

>> No.15206781

>>15206670
This, without the rudness tho

>> No.15206862

>>15206642
No, the point I'm trying to make is they cannot be friends at all because you don't want to fuck your friends. Read between the lines, my point is he has nothing worth saving except the dream that might get shattered and that he might as well tell her. He is deluding himself into thinking he is her friend at all.

>> No.15206866

>>15206223
Finnegans Wake.

>> No.15207163

>>15206862
if you never fucked your friends ,you're one miserable lad

>> No.15207168

>>15207163
no homo

>> No.15207173

Just be yourself

>> No.15207394

>>15207163
All my friends are diseased

>> No.15207451

>>15206515
Flowers For Algernon

>> No.15207500

>>15206223
Sex and Character

>> No.15207574

>>15206223

It's really impossible for us to give you advice without knowing the situation.

It COULD be she is open to a romantic relationship.

But it also could be she isn't.

We can't know.

For what it's worth, if you have your life more together now, she might well find you more attractive romantically. The idea that women fall for "who you are" regardless of circumstances is sort of bullshit. Yeah, sometimes you get the prom queen falling for some Diogenes figure but pragmatism is more important than popular fiction would have you believe.

>What books do I pick to make her fall in love?
I'm not sure if you're joking about this. If you're not, there's no hope for you. You don't make a woman fall in love with you by picking the right books and saying the right things about them. If she's disposed to fall in love with you she'll read the telephone directory with you. If she isn't, you could be the next Harold Bloom and Cormac McCarthy rolled into one and she won't care.

Just pick a book you think you'll both enjoy. You're reading the book to be together, you're not being together to read the book.

>> No.15207747

FUCK OFF THIS IS A LITERATURE BOARD

>> No.15207752

>>15206223
SONIC HEROOOOOOOEESSSS!!!
SONIC HEROOOOOOOEESSSS!!!

>> No.15207767

>>15206223
>normal people

Had to read this for college and it is absolutely shite, fuck Sally Rooney and the asslickers she has in the media.

>> No.15207811

Animorphs

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>>15207173

>> No.15208236

>>15206515

Give her a Toni Morrison or Virginia Woolf novel and tell her how you feel. You’re too old to be beating around the bush.

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15208331

>>15206223

scare her into settling for you

either way the book itself is pretty pertinent at the moment

>> No.15208580

>>15206515
2 important things, OP, you faglord
>she rejected you fucking 5-6 years ago. things change
>if you don't make a move, there's a real possibility you're going to regret it, and it will haunt you even as you lay on your deathbed
Besides, like all the other anons have said - she agreed to spend the fucking quarantine with you. What more do you want? A runway of roses going directly into her pucci? You're wasting precious time. Read a book with her and start making moves. Not too fast, not too slow. You're not a retard, you'll figure it out.
One more thing: be genuine bro. don't act a fool so she doesn't feel weirded out by you.

>> No.15209592

>>15206515
>total robot
>hook up with one of her friends
Like pottery

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15210102

>>15206223
Wait a second, you aren't actually looking for book recs. You just want to boast it over like a blogpost

>> No.15210142

>>15206223
Quit over thinking. Use non direct body language to flirt. Be sexual around her without being creepy. Do not bore her. This is how you fuck women. You think talking about a book will get you in her pants?

>> No.15210178

>>15206515

So you've known this girl for 6 years but you have no idea what book she might find romantic.
Bet you're a 'nice guy'

>> No.15210303

>>15206515
You're living a special, platonic friendship, yet you're willing to ruin it because your heart is going doki doki? You should rethink this.

>> No.15210377 [DELETED] 

>>15206862
I'm so tired of this weird prude bullshit. You're either repressing your desires or all of your friends are physically repulsive to you if you don't want to fuck your friends even a little bit. My friends are hot and I love them, of course sometimes we want to fuck.
It's not like every time I see Caroline I only invited her out to try and get in her pants, but we had a really good conversation over an early dinner and I never knew how cute her laugh is when she's trying not to smile with her mouth full. It's still not like I'm only thinking about fucking her, but I definitely feel something in my stomach when I'm looking at her now as we're walking to the river. We're talking about obnoxious coworkers and the sun is low and intense as it flashes across her face between buildings lighting her blue eyes up against the orange glare. We stand by the river for a while, watching the shadows grow and the waves churn behind water taxis. We decide it's now the perfect time to leave if we're going to be fashionably late to Eric's party so we hop on the train, quietly talking as we rattle across the bridge, crammed close together between the crowd of rush hour commuters. At the party it all switches off and I'm once again not thinking of her as someone I want to fuck. After all, there's probably someone new I can meet here. But that lasts only until I feel some thin arms hug me from behind and her head's pressed against my back as she complains of losing me in the party and getting her ear talked off by an obnoxious photographer, also they're out of beer downstairs. "Let's go grab a six pack then," and we're alone again walking to the corner store and walking back from the corner store and she offers one of her cigarettes and we sit on the steps of the building smoking and we crack a beer to share and we look at each other and for just that little bit we're not just friends, just for right now. Her apartment is just a short walk so let's just go, say goodbye to nobody.

>> No.15210410

>>15206515
>Worried about trying to make a move especially because she already rejected me, but that's ages ago now. Also don't want to jeopardize a really long and important friendship.
If you're actually friends, one weird sexual advance wouldn't ruin it. As long as you both have an okay sense of humor you can just laugh it off. The only thing is that you have to be able to shut it off after that. Once you say you have feelings for her, if she declines you, then you have to be able to close that off and forget it. It can be cute when a friend has a crush on you, but it can also be tedious if they don't drop it. If you go for it, accept that the romantic fantasy in your head either lives or you're going to have to smother it without hesitation.

>> No.15210415

>>15210377
cringe

>> No.15210429

>>15206515
>she gets in a long term relationship with someone else
if she still is with that person i wouldn't. otherwise i would

>> No.15210444

>>15206515
>she gets with in a long term relationship with someone else
IT ENDED HERE WHY CAN’T YOU GET IT

>> No.15210467

>>15210429
>>15210444

He said they’re both single now.

>> No.15210477

>>15210467
Once polluted always polluted

>> No.15211492

>>15206515
>dont want to jeopardize an important friendship
You were only friends because you wanted to fuck. It is impossible for you to jeopardize anything of value here

>> No.15211534

Why have mods not deleted this thinly-veiled non-literature blogpost.

>> No.15211544

>>15206515
Show her Kaczynski and Camatte and Ellul.

>> No.15211570

>>15206515
Just chiming in with my opinion--don't confess. You're not even in the same city. You won't be able to meet and shit regularly. You don't have a chance. For girls, attraction builds through repeated social interactions with present company. It doesn't happen over text. Trust me. I was in the exact same situation as you.
>>15211534
repeating this

>> No.15211654

>>15206628
Have you not read Symposium? Alcibiades wants to fuck Socrates but they're Platonic friends.

>> No.15211690

>>15206223
>oneitis

Just ask to date