[BlindTlk] [Blindtlk] Online Dating

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Hello Mark and everyone,

	Yup the old fashion ways are the best. Ask someone with going on 38 years of marriage behind them. Mary and I met long before online dating was conceived.

Peter Donahue



-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mark Tardif via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2022 4:21 PM
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Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [Blindtlk] Online Dating

I am certainly not looking on-line to date.  I have a girlfriend and I'm over the moon happy with her, even though it is a long-distance relationship.  There may be plenty of perfectly innocent reasons why that person doesn't have photos he's willing to share.  One reason may be that he's just not certain how to present photos on-line.  In this age, it's hard to recognize this, but there are still a lot of people who aren't terribly savvy with technology, through no fault of their own.  To judge whether you should meet them on that basis seems awfully judgmental, just my opinion.  I would be more concerned about things like, what's his work situation, what's he willing to share about past relationships, what's he looking for in a relationship?  How does he answer those questions?  Again, this is just my opinion.  And you know what they say about opinions, we all have them and they usually stink, LOL.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Reed via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2022 4:59 PM
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Cc: Jessica Reed
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [Blindtlk] Online Dating

When I clicked reply, I was initially going to say that the issue is not even that you’ve only been corresponding for a week and a half and if that was all there was I would say go for it. I met my husband 12 years ago on match.com and we’ve been happily married ever cents. The huge red flag is not that he’s asking to meet so quickly, it’s that he doesn’t have any photos. Ask him why. This is not an inappropriate question. Judging by what he tells you will judge you on whether or not he is a decent normal person.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 8:56 AM Carly Mihalakis via BlindTlk < blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Just ask him for what good it might do, that is, for me it wouldn't do.
> >:
> >
> >In my humble opinion a week and a half is to soon to meet each other. 
> >You
> >still have lots of feeling out about each other and you have to feel 
> >as if he's comfortable meeting a blind woman for the first time.
> >
> >Yes do exchange pictures with him and wait another couple of weeks 
> >before meeting.  Make sure its in a public place and do let someone 
> >know where
> you
> >are meeting.  Just a few simple rules of online dating to keep you safe.
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> >Hi all,
> >      I hope this doesn't sound crazy, but I'm stuck and in need of 
> >suggestions. I am completely blind, and have started online dating.
> Someone
> >to whom I have been talking to for a week and a half wants to meet 
> >for coffee. The problem is that he has no pictures on his profile and 
> >I don't know his last name. I am trying to play it safe. A picture 
> >says a thousand words about a person. So, my question, how can I ask 
> >him for a picture?
> >Thanks in advance for your help!
> >
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