4getmenot is offline 4getmenot Post #1  June 8,2009, 7:50am

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He is just making sure that you know some of the situation of what he is in, so that there are no surprises when and if you meet. And it could be that it's going to be a long and intensive therapy he is going to have to endure before, or if, he can walk again. Children are possible ( ever heard of Rick Hansen ) , he doesn't sound like he's limited to the wheelchair and if he was given a good prognosis, he probably can walk again, and I wouldn't be too surprised to hear that he wants to ride again. Depending on if he doesn't let anything or anyone get in his way, just his basic attitude towards life, tells you a lot about him and what he is willing to do and what he has already accomplished..

I am interested to know more though, to what extent are his injuries??? He doesn't have any nerve damage does he?? It has nothing to do with a spinal cord injury or what exactly happened to put him where he is now?? I would ask , and only if your interested in getting to know him better, about the accident. How bad was it??
 
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Being honest, it would be very difficult for me to date a woman who needs a wheelchair. If I were to be in a situation where I would need a wheelchair I would continue to try dating, but would not be surprised if I had few interested women.
 
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I am of two minds ... I have spoken or gone on a date with two women in a wheelchair ... One broke her back during gymnastics, now she does swimming for excercise and I enjoyed meeting her and talking to her, but she poofed ... Second one, I think the person would have been a borderline person to begin with and the +/- system did not work out in her favor ...

Someone with a great personality, inteligent and attractive in a wheelchair is a great prospect for a date ... Someone with an ok personality, ok inteligence and ok attractiveness in a wheelchair is a better option for someone less shallow than I.
 
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Interesting question.
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As a nurse I have had the opportunity of meeting several women who were confined to wheelchairs. In all cases I got to know they pretty well. Had I not been married I would have asked them out and not given their conditions a second thought. They were all intelligent women who were quite interesting.

Years ago Playboy did a pictorial using a girl named Ellen who was wheelchair bound. As I remember this girl was educated and quite attractive. She did not come across that life was holding her back.
 
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Very interesting question...
To be honest, I have absolutely no idea whether I would be interested in dating someone in a wheelchair. I know that on a couple of occasions I've found myself attracted to someone I've never actually met in person (kindness, intellect and a good sense of humor do a lot for me), so I would like to think that I wouldn't reject a person based on physical disability alone, but I can't be certain of that.

But I'm certain that I would respond. I have never "closed" anyone I was in communication with (in real life or online) without the courtesy of a reply.
 
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