The question of whether to tell about my son hasn't come up, because no one has asked me out. Living in the country, I really have no place to meet someone, except online. My job is helping families get services for their children with special needs in upstate NY.


My younger son, Joe turns 15 on Monday. He has Down Syndrome, needs help with all of his ADLs including toileting, so that has been my life for the past 15 years, taking care of him and advocating for his needs, along with raising his 4 brothers and sisters by myself.Joe doesn't speak, but he communicates all the time. It was a tough choice to place him in a school last fall, but it was what he wanted, and he's in a wonderful school with lots of buddies now, so he loves it. The thing is, I'm not dating because no one has asked me. A friend said I wasn't giving off that 'vibe,' whatever that is. Any suggestions?