{"id":1402942,"date":"2018-08-02T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1402942"},"modified":"2018-07-31T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:05:59","slug":"17-ways-to-tell-youre-dating-a-ravenclaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/17-ways-to-tell-youre-dating-a-ravenclaw\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Ways to Tell You&#8217;re Dating a Ravenclaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/chochangravenclawMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People who are dating Ravenclaws have to put up with a lot. I know this because I myself am a Ravenclaw, and a handful. Are you dating a Ravenclaw? You might be and you don&#8217;t even know it, except that&#8217;s a lie\u2014if you were dating a Ravenclaw, you&#8217;d totally know it. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. They will hardly ever text you first.<\/strong> In fact, you will always text them slightly more than they text you. This is not your fault. It&#8217;s not something you&#8217;re doing wrong; it&#8217;s not something you could be doing better. They are fickle, and forgetful. It is simply their nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. They&#8217;re not good with pop culture.<\/strong> It just isn&#8217;t their thing. Ask them to identify a celebrity, and their best guess will be \u201cMaybe a Hemsworth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. You probably met at a library,<\/strong> coffee shop, academic lecture, or 2 PM showing of <i>Ruby Sparks<\/i> at your local state theater where the two of you were the only ones in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Secretly, they believe there <i>is<\/i> such a thing as a dumb question,<\/strong> so tread carefully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. They are obsessive.<\/strong> They will latch onto whatever book, movie, or TV show is currently of interest to them, and you will have to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. It&#8217;s easier to divert a river from its natural course<\/strong> than to suggest to a Ravenclaw that they \u201cgo to bed early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. When forced to attend a party, get-together, or any other type of social gathering,<\/strong> they will be wracked with anxiety until they find the dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Their favorite season is autumn,<\/strong> also known as \u201ccurling up under an electric blanket even though it&#8217;s not actually that cold out yet, but whatever\u201d weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. They are prone to Wikipedia binge-reads.<\/strong> Give them fifteen minutes of uninterrupted Internet time, and they will have somehow jumped from The War of 1812 to the buttered cat paradox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. They can memorize things<\/strong> like the periodic table of the elements or the lyrics to \u201cWe Didn&#8217;t Start the Fire,\u201d but Netflix passwords? Birthdays? Anniversaries? They often don&#8217;t have the headspace for it. They try, and they usually fail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Ravenclaws have \u201ca usual\u201d<\/strong> at their favorite restaurant, and they rarely care to stray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. If they are not sitting at the front of the classroom,<\/strong> taking avid notes, they are sitting in back where they can doodle without fear of retribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Relatedly, they will always be either extremely late or stupidly early.<\/strong> Ravenclaws have no interest in the middle ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. They have cold hands.<\/strong> Every single one of them. This makes holding hands with a Ravenclaw somewhat alarming. So when you are walking together down the street and their hand slips into yours, be ready for the ice-cold grasp of death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. For your birthday,<\/strong> you will be getting books that made them think of you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. Speaking of books, they will visibly flinch when you dog-ear the pages.<\/strong> Either that or they will go out of their way to tell you that they don&#8217;t care <i>one whit<\/i> whether or not you dog-ear the pages. This is a hot-button issue, and they have an opinion about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. They are very specific about what they like on their pizza.<\/strong> If they say they will have whatever you&#8217;re having, just know they are lying through their teeth. But if they are willing to eat black olives and pineapple for you, that must mean they really, really like you. So, a good sign. I can say for a fact that whatever you guys have is real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who are dating Ravenclaws have to put up with a lot. I know this because I myself am a Ravenclaw, and a handful. Are you dating a Ravenclaw? 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