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Dating for Disabled People

  • 08-01-2013 01:02PM
    #1
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭


    Hey

    I have a friend who is disabled..

    and is having quite a hard time with online dating

    The disabilty is quite severe. She was born with one leg, and no hands (only arms).. and also shes only about a meter tall

    Even with all that , she can drive a car and get around by herself

    but I think being disabled gives makes online dating much harder for her (and it already sucks.. I havent tried it for years)

    I'm just wondering if theres anything I can do to help her with dating..
    or is it something that she has to work out for herself

    ps: She lives in UK so she wont read this

    hop this is correct forum.. I just have to ask somewhere


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  • #2
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    ps: She lives in UK so she wont read this

    Boards.ie isn't available in the UK? :pac:


  • #3
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    Oh and this isn't the correct forum for this, if it's a genuine question! You'll get nothing but smart answers like mine


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    There is absolutely nothing you can do to help.


  • #5
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Did you try that Google yoke?


  • #6
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,723 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Must.Resist.Urge.To.Reply.....


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  • #7
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    OP why don't you go out with her?


  • #8
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    id be honored to be ur 100,000th post


  • #9
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    What sort of car does she drive?


  • #10
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    wrong sex..


  • #11
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    I'll give her a go,


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  • #12
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    What sort of car does she drive?

    not sure, I can find out


  • #13
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Did you try that Google yoke?

    I wonder why we have a discussion forum when people give answers like this.


  • #14
    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    I'm in the UK and I'm reading this. Wouldn't have thought being disabled was a handicap in the dating scene. Lots of people are attracted to disabled people. I've got quite a thing for blind men and amputees. If I could find a gorgeous Swedish man with long blond hair, who was blind and had a leg amputated at the knee, that would be my fantasy come true.


  • #15
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    id be honored to be ur 100,000th post

    What's all that about?


  • #16
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    Deleted User wrote: »
    There is absolutely nothing you can do to help.

    maybe ur right

    I just had to ask

    i taught there could have been some way I could help


  • #17
    clusk007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭clusk007


    Op you would be far better posting something like this in the disability Forum which you can find here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=384
    After hours is full of smart asses looking to give the most politically incorrect reply to any question so definitely the wrong place for this!


  • #18
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    What's all that about?


    i saw antodeco had 99,999 posts


  • #19
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    I'm just wondering if theres anything I can do to help her with dating..
    or is it something that she has to work out for herself
    As for all other people, she'll have to keep at it until one day she finds Mr Right.



    AH answer: being able to park anywhere is a big plus. Some guys would find that attractive.


  • #20
    clusk007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭clusk007


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    maybe ur right

    I just had to ask

    i taught there could have been some way I could help

    there may be some help you can give but you're not gone to get the answer here! Get out quick, while you can...


  • #21
    wolly_holly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭wolly_holly


    clusk007 wrote: »
    Op you would be far better posting something like this in the disability Forum which you can find here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=384
    After hours is full of smart asses looking to give the most politically incorrect reply to any question so definitely the wrong place for this!

    yeah, but After Hours can also brutally honest as well


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  • #22
    clusk007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭clusk007


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    yeah, but After Hours can also brutally honest as well

    Brutal is a good word ;)


  • #23
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    wolly_holly wrote: »
    Hey

    I have a friend who is disabled..

    and is having quite a hard time with online dating

    The disabilty is quite severe. She was born with one leg, and no hands (only arms).. and also shes only about a meter tall

    Even with all that , she can drive a car and get around by herself

    but I think being disabled gives makes online dating much harder for her (and it already sucks.. I havent tried it for years)

    I'm just wondering if theres anything I can do to help her with dating..
    or is it something that she has to work out for herself

    ps: She lives in UK so she wont read this

    hop this is correct forum.. I just have to ask somewhere


    I don't believe for a second you just happened upon After Hours on an Irish discussion website while searching for "dating websites for disabled people in the UK", but how and ever anyway, here's the "hard work" done for you-


    http://www.datingresources.co.uk/disabled-dating/


    My own personal opinion if you're actually genuinely serious, is that you let her find her own dates, nobody likes being set up by their friends with somebody their friends think would be "good for them".


  • #24
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Could you suggest being a friend with disability benefits?


  • #25
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    anncoates wrote: »
    Could you suggest being a friend with disability benefits?

    Deals on wheels


  • #26
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    I weep for humanity reading some of the replies here

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #27
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    anncoates wrote: »
    Could you suggest being a friend with disability benefits?

    I shouldn't have, but I lol'ed


  • #28
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    but I think being disabled gives makes online dating much harder for her (and it already sucks.. I havent tried it for years)

    The last time I used online dating was about 8 years ago, but to be honest it had improved alot since I first used it.

    I would say so long as she is upfront and honest about her condition she will get some interest. Everyone has flaws. The only advice I can give is to use a paid site as opposed to a free one, because that way you get people serious about meeting people and not just people there for the laugh.


  • #29
    giant_midget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭giant_midget


    There is only 1 man for the job..."giggidy" :pac:


  • #30
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Any pics? one of the car as well please.


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  • #31
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,291 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    How does she drive "with one leg, and no hands (only arms)" ? :confused:
    What's her condition called?


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