[blparent] Been a while

Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S theblindtech at gmail.com
Sat Jul 13 23:14:12 UTC 2013 

I thought DisaBoom was supposed to be that?

Gabe Vega 
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On Jul 13, 2013, at 2:50 PM, "melissa R green" <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:

> 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
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>>> 
>>> ----- 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
>>>> CEO
>>>> Commtech LLC
>>>> The leader of computer support, training and web development services
>>>> Web: http://commtechusa.net
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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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