“[T]he hidden linguistic universe of companianate couples… rests entirely on one generative phrase: ‘Would you please stop doing that.” — from Against Love by Laura Kipnis
I wasn’t in a relationship but this book set the bar high in terms of expectations. It made a relationship seem like a domestic gulag where folks would rather stay at work than have to come home to their spouses and kids.
As far as work goes I was focused on learning about search crawlers and content management systems.
I would go war driving whenever I could find somebody to drive. I didn’t have a driver’s license from 1999 – 2004.
Books:
Against Love
Poetics (Aristotle)