dealing with one disability at a time

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Friends,
Is it possible that people here spend so much energy (mental and physical) dealing with their own kind of disability that they don't have the energy to think about dating someone with another kind of disability?

I have MS, and I think life would be easier for two people with MS together, no matter how severe, than for one with MS and the other with some other disability.

What does everyone think?
GentleMom

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Hi GentleMom,

I do wonder sometimes about this issue. I had to look at a few different aspects. Disability is a wide spectrum and maybe two people with MS would be okay together, but two people who have DID also known as Multiple Personality, would have a harder time most likely. Maybe any mental disability would more a much harder situation than physical. I also had to consider that there are some people who are not disabled who fall it love with those who are disabled (mentally or physically) and they have great lasting relationships. A relationship with an abled-bodied and a disabled-bodied person may or maynot be easier depending on the mentality of each person to care for themselves and not be overly dependent on their partner. But in reality, two able bodied and minded people who expect too much from their partner are doomed for failure anyhow, hence the 60% divorce rate in general. I think we go through so much and are stressed for so long that we sometime get tunnel vision and fail to see the full picture. We are just like everyone else. Having trouble finding a worthy partner dispite our 'shortcomings' if we can call them that.

I wish you luck in your journey.

MobileAL