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Here are just a few of the things men have said about the prospect of dating a woman like me and what I would like to say to them in return. You expect me to believe the same guys who will spend hours planning and checking and re-checking their Fantasy Football lineup are lazy? Sure, you could probably get a date with any blonde beauty, but does she have a kick-ass sense of humor? Can she name all 50 states in the U.
Might I refer you to a professional? OK, so I can be intimidating in my wheelchair, which is slightly larger than I am. Really, not so scary. When I was 17, I made a list in my journal of traits I wanted my future husband to possess.
On top of the list were caring, sensitive and a guy with a Chandler Bing sense of humor. Will I have to life a celibate life, or at least upgrade my cable porn package?
You can say the word. First, thank you so much. Before you, I had never seen the light of day before. My father died six years ago. There are obviously things that needed the introduction in the beginning. She slowly educated me on things like her catheter issues, wheelchair issues, general, spinal cord injury issues, sex, etc.
From the very beginning to present day I have enjoyed every single minute with her. Just as people have to take a shower every day, so does Ali, but just in a different way. I suppose this may scare off some men who want to date women who are able-bodied or conform to societal norms, etc. Ali is unique in every way possible. She has a spinal cord injury, but it is not who she is.
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She has never let it take over her identity. Two years ago I decided to move back home to work in the family business from a job I loved, which left little time for social interactions to turn meaningful. So, after a few weeks of settling in, I was sitting at the desk I had just set up in my office, stirring a spoon of honey into my morning coffee when this surreal feeling hit me.
One of the things I promised myself this time around in life was to not set any trivial relationship expectations. I find expectations often lead to disappointments, which I had experienced in the past.
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So, I chose first to establish my own set of relationship goals and boundaries that are important to me. So, after taking some time of gathering my thoughts and putting myself back out on the market, we found each other. Without looking it up and asking, I only had a basic idea of what that meant. Most of the people I know had the same issue as it turns out.
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It allowed us to have meaningful conversations in other areas life. Most of my friends and family had questions, but for one reason or another, they were patient to ask. However, for a hand full of friends who are certainly not modest in their curiosity, their uncertainty of my new relationship was completely unbearable for them to handle, and I had to yield answers to a slew of questions. The predominant one first was Sex. I have to admit, after having this question asked so many times, it begs one to ponder whether the school system should add this to part of the Sex Ed curriculum….
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My perspective of dating or starting a relationship of any kind, be it personal, business partner, agent, etc. I have seen a range of relationships from fruitful, loving, and prosperous to irate, where the people attest how there are worse things than being alone. For any of these to happen, you have to become involved, and involvement means time. You have to be willing make time and give time if you want to engulf in the experience and understand the direction of the relationship.
So, to answer to the question above… Put yourself out there to give romance a chance. Spinal Cord Injury Sexuality.
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