On road trips, I started telling my kids stories to make the trips more fun. They are big kids now but the tradition prevails which is now some serious work for me (I have to basically write an essay before each trip so I remember enough details to not butcher the stories) but I love it and love that they love it.

My wife, instantly falls asleep when I start the stories... it's like a super power at this point. I am certain if I ever get in trouble with her, I can just start a story and she'll be deep asleep in 30 seconds allowing me to escape hehehehehe

I sleep in the couch for her. It's romantic. Her body is able to detect murmurs in the hearts of ants trying to steal scraps from the kitchen floor. In fact she detected most earthquakes after the 70's several hours before the most sensitive instruments. My job is to romantically lay here immobile between the time darkness falls and the the time the sun shows up again and until noon on weekends of I can help it.

It's impossible so she's always pissed at me for waking her up.

I'm really glad that's there's still happy people in this world that can share a little of their happiness. This was awesome! Good way to start a day. Probably the high point...

Just occurred to me - are there streamers who read books aloud for their audience? Like a live audiobook?

Can confirm - my husband and I started reading to each other years ago. It’s not all the time, maybe a couple of books a year, but always on holiday - it’s an awesome way to be together rather than each stuck into your own book world.

Would recommend!

FOLLOWING THE ‘EMPEROR’S’ death and the fall of their ancient, centralised government, the insurgents had fled into the mountain massifs of the southern hemisphere, and occupied a fastness in a range of peaks, called the Whisperheads in the local language.

I desperately want to read to to someone every night. That's like ugh.. my dream

How does one acquire a wife? Asking for a friend of a friend

My wife read to me when we were going to sleep. We both enjoyed it, but she'd get more energized and excited about the story as she read while I'd slowly fall asleep. Opposite effects.

She was only annoyed that she'd sometimes say "are you awake?" and I'd answer yes, so she'd keep reading. But I was absolutely asleep.

10/10 recommend couples reading to each other.

I'm not crying you're crying

I used to do this for my girlfriend over the phone when she couldn't sleep. It started as reading short stories to her but eventually I realized it was much less about the stories I was reading and more about hearing me speak so I started reading my physics textbook or history I was interested in. Honestly I learned a lot, can't thank her enough.

She never made it through a short story before passing out anyway lol