[Blindtlk] Blindness and Singleness

[shelly christner]

i have noticed that as well from a blind girls perspective.  I have only found three guys with vision that did not care about my blindness.  If you wanna chat send me an email offlizt. I can always use more friends. 

 shelly christner Sent from my iPhone  

On Sep 7, 2013, at 15:43, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> You're giving up too soon.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jason
> Terryn
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 1:22 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Blindness and Singleness
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am desperately in need of some advice. I am a totally blind Christian man
> in my early twenties and I am single. It's been my experience that it's
> extremely difficult for me to get dates. The few girls who do go out with
> me never turn out to be serious about me. After several years of being
> summarily rejected time without number and spending countless exhausting
> hours overthinking my approach, I'm beginning to wonder if it is actually
> something I'm doing (should I change my approach) or if its just a fact of
> being blind and I need to accept it gracefully.
> 
> Has anyone else had this experience. I'm honestly unsure if I'm being
> rejected because I am blind, or because there is something undesirable
> about me. Could it be that blindness isa dealbreaker for most girls?
> 
> I feel like, despite my blindness I have a lot to offer. I am steady,
> reliable, I have a job, I am tall and physically fit, I have a lot of
> different skills and interests. On the whole, I feel that I'm a fairly
> well-rounded individual and reasonably well-intergrated in society. Also
> it's not like I'm trying to get the most beautiful or desirable girls out
> there. I just want ONE nice, pleasant girl who will like and accept me that
> I can spend time with, and ultimately someone to marry. I don't feel like
> thats asking too much.
> 
> so if it is my blindness that is scaring girls off is there anything at all
> that I could do to offset this reaction? Could it be that I'm not
> presenting myself as confident enough or that they have some false
> stereotypes in their mind that I need to overcome? Am I just giving up too
> soon or is this really an almost hopeless situation?
> 
> This has all been extremely frustrating to me. Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jason
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