Reading, as we all know is good for us because it expands our worlds, minds and perspectives. It also helps us develop a deeper flexibility to handle life’s challenges. Generally, reading is great for our mental health. But what we don't know is that, reading helps us stop all those fights with our roommate and neighbours, makes us get along well with our spouse and make you remember to call your loved ones and those that matter to us more often. Generally, it helps us improve on all our relationships.

Most book lovers tend to connect with each other upon their first meeting and it's never difficult to keep up a conversation with themselves.

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If you're looking to improve your relationships with others, to have kinder, smarter, and more fulfilling interactions with them other than just establishing an initial rapport, then you should read more often because here's how reading can help you achieve all of that.

1. Reading makes you less grumpy

Non-grumpy people don't pick fights with others easily and reading makes you more relaxed, less grouchy and grumpy as it reduces your stress level. What better way to being a better friend, neighbour, partner, sibling, child, parent than to be less grumpy?

2. Reading improves your intellectual capacity

You tend to flip through the pages of a book whose subject matter is of great interest or curiosity to you. And as you vary what interests you you’ll start gaining a wide wealth of knowledge - knowledge you can often involve in conversations with friends and colleagues. And you know, everyone likes to learn, especially when you’ve done the heavy lifting for them.

3. You'll remember birthdays more often

The process of reading actually trains your brain to record more memories. We all know how forgetting what matters a lot to people can affect the relationship. So, you want to remember people's birthday, allergies and all other stuff.

4. Reading is sexy

Ever noticed that by mere holding a book, you tend to get hit on more often than not? Reading actually does give you potential partners as you appear sexy with your face buried in a book.

So, if you find yourself looking to impress your crush, you know what to do.

5. Reading helps you become a better writer

Reading expands your vocabulary, you grammar and makes you a better writer overall. Probably wondering what this has to do with your relationships. Well, being a better writer makes you better at e-mailing, texting, and crafting clever Facebook as well as other social media comments, which is essential to nurturing long distance friendships.

6. Reading gives you perspective

Reading, of course opens you to other aspects and perspective of life. Reading about how people handled certain challenges in their lives and relationships can give you a better view into handling such.

7. Fiction helps you empathise

Reading more fictions develops people's empathy, according to a study done from the university of Buffalo. Having more empathy is vital for understanding people's character and problems and you know just what to say to them in any situation they find themselves.

Get a book today and start improving those relationships.