I changed my GF's attitude in a slightly different way...
My first GF had little to no knowledge about Anime. We had to break up because of life reasons, specifically because I was moving out of the country. But it was really bad on her end, so she came to me for advice via social networking. I could chat, but it was a little hard to talk to her by text alone, and she wasn't entirely convinced by what I was saying. So I decided to share one of my hobbies with her. Anime? Well where she lives, internet is bad and also expensive. Also, she thought of anime as "mere cartoons." So what was my alternative? Manga.
"I want you to read this book," I told her. I used the album feature on the social networking site to show her chapters of the manga. She thought that it was just a comic book for kids, but I encouraged her to read it. So she began reading more. I even taught her to read from right to left, top to bottom :). Whenever she finished a chapter, she would give me feedback on what she read, and I would upload the next chapter for her afterwards. I didn't upload the entire manga, just chapter by chapter to get her to beg for more. When she was about to reach the story's climax, I uploaded all the chapters for her to read and finish it, and then I went to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning and checked my site, I received from her the longest letter I have ever seen. It was filled with her feelings, saying that she was sorry, she was crying, that she misunderstood what I was trying to say, and that she was thankful. We may not be together, but at least she has someone that she can rely on to be there for her.
Now, she would regularly ask me to send her manga to read. One time she asked me about anime, and I mentioned Death Note. She said she actually watched the live-action film of it, but didn't know there was an anime for it. So she bought a DVD of the anime, watched it, liked it, and I finally convinced her that anime "aren't just simply cartoons."
TL;DR: If you can't convince him/her, don't force it. If they don't like what you like, then it might not work out in the long run. That's why it's called COMPATABILITY! |