10 Reasons Why Books are Better than Boyfriends

In the not too distant past, I was dumped by a guy I was seeing because I didn't text him back while I was reading. While this was, indeed,  good riddance to him, I was a bit baffled by the behavior. It hardly seems that me not texting back for the couple of hours I was reading would be cause for this kind of a reaction. I came to the conclusion that it must not have been the lack of texting, but the reasons for my digital absence. Maybe he felt like he was competing with the book for my time, and maybe he felt that he was threatened.
This wasn't the first time I've seen this weird social connotation with girls and books, either. From guys who have said that they "wouldn't want a girl who hung out a bookstore all the time," to "you read an awful lot, is it cause you don't like to chill with guys? Are you a lesbian," these comments have been said, and I had no response to either absurdity. While I'm not sure what my love of reading has to do with my desirability or my sexual orientation,  there is definitely a weird Beauty and the Beast treatment with girls who read, they are, apparently, a little odd. So I would like to set the record straight and give you 10 reasons why I will always choose books over boys (or girls, ambiguity can be nice).

1. No matter what happens, books wont loose their spine.

2. A book will never wake up in the morning and tell me it doesn't love me anymore.

3. Books can always afford to take me on big locations to far off places, 

4. Books aren't needy and will understand if I have to put them down for awhile to focus on work, or boating, or need to see other books for awhile.

5. If the boyfriend is more interesting than the book, the book wont get jealous if I spend some time with the boyfriend. If the book is more interesting than the boyfriend, the boyfriend will. 

6. The book loves me unconditionally and will be happy to be read again, no matter how long its been.

7. This book makes me feel like a space pirate......(if a boy could do this, maybe I wouldn't be reading the book).

8. Books don't need me to get serious. I can take as much time as I need, and read as seriously as I want.

9. Books are cheaper than dinners out (they tend to last longer too).

10. I love books, and have all my life. I just met you, lets not jump to hasty conclusions.