Readers Get More Dates?

According to eHarmony, the dating site, listing reading as a hobby on your dating profile makes you more appealing to the opposite sex.  According to their data, men who list reading as an interest receive 19 per cent more messages, and women three per cent more.  It also said that bookworms are found to be “more intellectually curious than most and find it easier to form open and trusting relationships with others.” 

Of course what you read can make a difference:  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/book-readers-best-lovers-bilbiophiles-hunger-games-sex-attractive-richard-branson-men-women-a7708091.html?cmpid=facebook-post. 

And there is a caveat.  Rosie J. Spinks in "To Date a Reader" warns, "Perhaps it’s because reading is such an obvious hobby that it’s so difficult to separate those who read from readers when it comes to dating" (https://www.bookwitty.com/text/to-date-a-reader/573ef2c5acd0d0353bea3c96).  

So reading improves one’s romantic life, adds to one’s life expectancy (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/08/book-readers-live-longer.html), improves mental health (https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/04/the-benefits-of-reading.html), and improves emotional intelligence (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/08/literary-fiction-and-emotional.html)!