Dating a blind woman

I Would Not Date a Blind Person

In a conversation with a guy I met recently amidst the craziness of the first week of freshman year, one question continued to reemerge. As he would later explain to me, his surprise had more to do with the fact that a person with a disability was in a relationship rather than the fact that I, as a person, had been able to experience what a large number of young people our age have already experienced. These kinds of reactions are not new to me. In such a visual world where the very random conversations people talk about at Annenberg start with a smile or an exchange of glances, I sometimes have a hard time facing people, putting myself out there and trying to be seen. In my town, exposure to the realities of people with disabilities was always pretty low. The fact that people saw my disability as an insurmountable barrier rather than seeing it for what it is — one more difference that in the grand scheme of things that does nothing more than bring a new perspective to life — seemed normal to me. When I came to Harvard, however, I thought things would be different.

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She is also blind. It means I always look like Beyonce. So how do you find dating? Plus dating is kind of unnatural, you know? I like spilling sauce down myself and not caring.

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Maybe it's their eyes and the way they sparkle in the light. Maybe it's their smile and how it makes the corners of their eyes crinkle in just the right way. All you know is that with just one look, something is a little bit different. Just as Ed Sheeran says, everything has changed. For people who see, so much of what is felt in those first few moments comes from the way a person looks. But what if we couldn't see them?

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What To Expect When Dating A Blind Woman

I first read this brief article reprinted below when I was seventeen and in high school. Like many teens I often thought about dating and, of course, the related physical activities. Although I had always been told I could fall in love and marry someone if I wanted to, I was also beginning to wonder if my blindness would hold me back from this goal. Many sighted guys seemed to look right past me as a possible partner.

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