[ACBS] question about dating

[keri]

you bring up a good point I forgot to mention. People can lie about who they 
are. This is online period. I met my bf online and it was much better for us 
when we met in person, he was exactly who he said he was, but be careful. 
Not everyone can be this way.
I didn't meet him off a dating site either.
keri

"Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to 
say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak 
my heart."
--Robert Sexton

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there 
is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to 
receive it."
--Ivan Panin

Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put it 
back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
To: "Discussion list for ACBS,American Council of Blind Students" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [ACBS] question about dating


> Anmol:
>
> This is a topic I've kind of bounced around, because I'm not really sure 
> how to get out my points the way I want, but here goes again. I'll start 
> off by saying I have done the LDR dating, as well as dated someone close 
> to me. Online works, but I think for the blind community in particular, 
> online dating is a sort of form of separation. A lot of the socially 
> awkward people (I'm not including everyone here) people tend to date 
> online because well, they can hook up with other socially awkward people 
> and that's that. It's a quick and easy fix for something they want, and it 
> works because they don't need to go out and meet someone.
>
> Online dating can work, but you have to be set for it. Most of the time it 
> won't, and there are a lot more problems with it as opposed to dating in 
> person. It's perfectly ok to exchange I Love you over skype with someone, 
> but until you meet that person, it's kind of pointless. You might "love" 
> that person I guess, but actually meeting them, spending time with them, 
> it's a totally different ball game. That skinny beautiful girl you thought 
> you knew could be someone totally different and you don't know about it 
> until later.
>
> That's just my two cents, anyway.
> On 3/22/2012 12:32 AM, Anmol Bhatia wrote:
>>
>> Hello to everyone,
>> I am just wondering if anyone has had any experience with online dating 
>> and if so what sites would you recommend? What experiences have you had 
>> with dating sighted people vs dating blind people? I look forward to 
>> hearing your stories.
>>
>> Anmol
>> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps 
>> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a 
>> breeze among flowers.
>> Hellen Keller
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