[Blindtlk] Online Dating

[Sherry Gomes]

Some years ago, I signed up on one of the well-known online dating sites. I
had a membership for about a year. On my profile, I had it very clearly
stated that I am blind. I can't remember my exact words, but I did state
that I had a guide dog, and my picture was a shot of me and my dog in
harness walking on the GDB campus. I was working there at the time. Anyway,
this site had a pretty involved process, in which one aspect was a series of
questions you could choose from to ask potential matches. Two questions I
always chose were how do you feel about pets, and how would you feel about
your partner having friends of the opposite sex? I obviously had guide dogs,
and I also have cats sometimes. My best friend is a guy. Both those things
are nonnegotiable. You'd be surprised how many people those two questions
eliminated. I did get as far as phone conversations with a couple guys, but
it never went beyond that. the experience was fun in a way but frustrating
too. If I'd gotten as far as wanting to meet someone in person, I'd have met
them in a public place and would have had a sighted person I trusted be
there in the background to observe. I did have people look at the potentials
profiles and pictures.

Sherry



-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
via blindtlk
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 11:54 AM
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Cc: Judy Jones
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Online Dating

Yes, you could very innocently mention in conversation, for instance, 
something about a braille display, or a cane, and let him ask the question? 
That would be one way to introduce the blindness topic.  Have you ever had 
the topic of officially introducing yourselves and talking about yourselves?

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 10:58 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List ; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Carly Mihalakis
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Online Dating

Of course, be forthright about your blindness. if you guys end up
meeting, you might not  want his  shock to color his experience of you?
  If you have additional curiosities about meeting people from
phone/  On-line dating services, don't hesitate to ask.
Car


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