8 Reasons Your Next Boyfriend Should Be a Writer

I’m going to truly try my best to not be biased while writing this post, but I promise absolutely nothing. Writers, in my humble opinion, are catches. Sexy, smart, creative types who you would be lucky, privileged, to date. (Again, all this in my humble, unbiased opinion.)

Here are 8 reasons your next boyfriend should be a writer.

1. We’re introspective

Alas, as the commodification of first-person personal essays continues, we are forced to think about who we are and the type of person we want to be. We’re then forced to overshare these things on the interweb. That includes fun tidbits about your life too.

2. We have fabulous critical thinking skills

Contrary to popular belief, we don’t write down every little thing that pops into our heads. We think critically before we write. Because of this, we know how to argue and can have in-depth conversations about cultural issues. We’re constantly contemplating the world around us, and looking for an interesting angle to write about it.

3. We’re likely available to hang out

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Odds are, we do have some free time. Unlike most jobs, a writer isn’t sitting down writing eight hours a day in a row. (I’m sure some are, but that’s a lot of writing.) Think about when you were in high school or college and wrote a paper. You didn’t just sit down and write for eight hours straight. Because of all this, we have more free time than most folks with typical 9-5s.

4. We’ll get extra excited when we see you (because we’ve been alone all day)

Yes, of course, there are some writers who go out and work with others, but many of us write alone. That’s literally hours a day we’re not interacting with people. So when you get home from work, we’ll be pumped to see and talk to you. It’s arguably obnoxious because you want to go home and relax, and we’re rambling on about our day since we spent the last 8 hours sitting in a dark cave alone.

5. The glasses and beard look is totally in

It’s like, am I right? If you start dating a writer who isn’t serving you pretentious-hipster-writer-chic, I say drop him and find another one who is.

6. We can recommend all the good books

Looking for a good novel? Look no further than your hubby. He’ll have book recommendations on book recommendations just for you.

7. We’re financially savvy

This is a fancy way of saying we’re probably not rolling in the dough. (Just yet!) We’ve learned to save because we know when times get tough, we still enjoying eating and housing.

8. We have tough skin

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So the Internet is filled the trolls, especially now that the king troll himself, President Trump, is actually our commander-in-chief. So we’ve heard nasty thing after nasty thing from troll after troll. Because of this, we’re most likely dead inside. (Yay!)