[blparent] Been a while

[melissa R green]

so true.
I only know of the friends that were unsuccessful in meeting anyone.
Hmm, would be curious to know if there was a site for just singles with 
disabilities to meet each other.
Years and years ago there was a place just for people with disabilies to 
meet each other.  Of course it was done by letters and the like.
Lol!


Blessings,
Melissa Green and PJ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Been a while


The online sites have to do a decent enough job to help a few people
because if they didn't, no one would refer their friends to them and
they would lose business.
Arielle

On 7/13/13, Marla Wertman <mwertman72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good for you Melissa. All that matters is that you are happy with
> yourself.
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:40:47 -0600
> "melissa R green" <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> good points.
>> You are right on that it is different for men and women.
>> I would add that society will make a woman feel badly about herself for
>> being single.
>> that is what happened to me, and still does.
>> I choose not to feel badly about myself though.
>> But when I was in my teens and early twinties.  It really did bother me.
>> It doesn't bother me as much now.
>>
>> Blessings,
>> Melissa Green and PJ
>> facebook Melissa R Green
>> Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/melissagreen5674
>> skype: lissa5674
>> Goodreads Melissa Green
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Been a while
>>
>>
>> Online dating services make their money by keeping people in the dating
>> pool. They really aren't in the business of finding lifetime partners
>> because then people don't continue to use their sites.
>> People have a lot of societal options these days that didn't exist even
>> forty years ago. I do think, given that biology isn't on the side of
>> women,
>> (our window in which to have children is relatively short) you can get to
>> a
>> point where you do need to approach like a course of study. Go where the
>> people who want what you want are going to be. This applies to men too,
>> but
>> I think men and women want different things.
>> If anybody wants an interesting read, Lori Gotlieb goes into this quite a
>> bit. For those that don't know, she had a child as a single mother by
>> choice. She's written a lot about it, and one of the things she regrets
>> is
>> not marrying when she was younger
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
>> Silverman
>> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:01 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Been a while
>>
>> Meeting a life partner is not a simple thing. Not for blind people and
>> not
>> for sighted people either. It involves being in the same place at the
>> same
>> time as someone who you love and who loves you equally, and who wants the
>> same things in life that you want. If it were easy, online dating sites
>> would not exist or at least would not be as profitable and numerous as
>> they
>> are. I think finding a life partner is much more complicated than 
>> pursuing
>> a
>> course of study or a career, because meeting a life partner depends on
>> both
>> you and that other person. Add blindness into the equation and you will
>> find
>> that some sighted folks unfortunately won't consider you as a possible
>> partner for them, so that limits your options. I am blessed to be in a
>> wonderful relationship now, but before that I, like most people,
>> struggled
>> to find someone who I both wanted to be with and who also wanted to be
>> with
>> me. I completely agree that it is easiest to find a partner after you
>> have
>> become comfortable with yourself first.
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 7/11/13, Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S <theblindtech at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Your email was good and all, but you wrote it to the wrong person.
>> > Kate did not write this comment, Rebecca did. And I repeated, go meet
>> > someone if you want someone. It's that easy.
>> >
>> > Gabe Vega
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Jul 11, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
>> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Wow, I've seen some pretty ridiculous responses here, but this takes
>> >> the cake. What a stupid, careless thing to say. We all have a
>> >> personal journey in life, and we all encounter situations, like
>> >> meeting a life partner, in our own way in our own time. Excuse the
>> >> language, but to say, "go meet someone. It's like anything else you
>> >> want," is one of the most dumb-ass comments I've seen on here in a
>> >> while.
>> >>
>> >> Sorry, Michelle, for such an insensitive comment.
>> >>
>> >> Bridgit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Message: 8
>> >> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:36:39 -0700
>> >> From: "Michelle Creedy " <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
>> >> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Subject: Re: [blparent] Been a while
>> >> Message-ID: <01d301ce7e65$95ca41a0$c15ec4e0$@gmail.com>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>> >>
>> >> Who said I'm not trying to do that? It's not black and white always.
>> >> Not the most empathetic response I'm afraid eh?
>> >>
>> >> Michelle
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star
>> >> Gazer
>> >> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:15 AM
>> >> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> >> Subject: Re: [blparent] Been a while
>> >>
>> >> So Michelle, go meet someone. It's like anything else you want.
>> >>
>> >>
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