[blparent] Been a while

[Star Gazer]

No, all they do is provide an opportunity to meet people which is really a
lot of consumers want when they use them. Many advertise, but it's the
dating equavilient of eating out, you aren't feeding people forever, you are
setting things up so they keep coming back to the buffett and have their
friends join them. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 1:04 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
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
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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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