Disability Dating and Singles Dating with Disabilities
Have you heard about those disability dating sites that exist to help disabled singles the chance to meet other singles with similar issues?
Some people use disability dating sites because they feel it is harder for them to find a date on a regular dating site. I know of several Christian singles who have physical disabilities, and they with disability dating services. The main reason they use online disability dating is because they feel “normal” singles in the church and those on mainstream matchmaking websites look down on them once they discover they have a disability.
What are your thoughts about disability dating? Personally, something deep in my soul is repulsed by the idea of disability dating. Oh, it has nothing to do with the dear folks who use them. I feel sad that we as human beings categorize some folks as disabled and others as not. After all, aren’t we ALL a little disabled in different ways due to the Fall?
Bible Verse of Day
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God [sees] not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
1Samuel 16:7
How then should we treat and judge each other, and how should this verse effect our dating selections? Wow…that’s a tough one.
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I have considered applying to “normal” Christian websites, I sent a picture to one but that was before I was in a wheelchair most of the time. I thought that no one would really want a person with a certain handicap to spend time with. I don’t know if this is true. I am 48 years old have been divorced for 20 years. I am very out of touch with the worldly dating scene.
dear terri,i’m in a very similar situation. 7 years ago i was diagnosed with chronic osteo and rheumatoid arthritis of the spine and hips. i use two cuff canes for mobility. after years of being a carpenter and avid outdoorsman it’s taken me this long just to get up the nerve to respond to your message.or any message for that matter. love shouldn’t come from physical appearances but from the heart and soul. i am a 51yr old,never married. i thought there would be plenty of time in my life to eventually be involved with a woman, but with my disabilities i’m not sure anymore. god bless
I feel I need to check one of those sites, not because I am embarassed to tell people about my disablities, But that, I can’t socialize like “normal” people(Due to nerve disorder).By the way do you know a good Christian site? Thanks.
I don’t know if there is any for this category, but it landed me here. So I am leaving my email. I am protestant, Christian. I have mental disability, Shizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I take meds and keep stable with that. Please look at my website for my full story. I think people with disabilities get a bum rap from most people. But that’s just what I think. I pray you all find good partners.
I’m a Christian who uses a wheelchair and I have been doing the rounds of dating sites for almost a year with no joy (if anything complete anguish). On secular sites I have found that people avoid you because you are open about your faith and because you have a disability. On disability sites you are avoided for just being a Christian And on Christian sites, its even more depressing, I have had suggestions that I need healing, prayer. or whatever! And I have found for the most part that My sisters in Christ are essentially just as rude in their responses, but couch it in Christian language …
I am literally at the end of my tether and have given up online dating all together, simply because I can’t take it any more!
Humour aside. I genuinely feel damaged by the whole experience.
So if you are looking for 40ish guy who uses a wheelchair, Loves Jesus and is slightly emotionally damaged … Get In Touch!
Hello Melissa and anyone else,
My brother is a Christian. He also has schizophrenia and is on medication. He has been looking for a Christian girl to date. He lives in western new york. We just put some of his Christian
songs on itunes. Please let me know how to get in contact with people on this site.
my name is betty i am lone don;t have friends i go work every day .i just need some to write i am not talk and i go church on we have good serving .
Frank,
i have a disability myself i’m christian i have social aniexty being around lots of people. i’m looking for a friend and hopefully more
It is good to see a Christian website dealing with this issue.
To all with a disability interested in dating: I understand all your pain. I have felt alone for a very long time with my disability. You survive something that others do not and you are left with scars and deal with the aftermath that comes. I even lost my husband through it all. I now find myself alone and having a real problem with persons that are Normal. I can no longer walk like others, Have to plan my day on where I’m at and is there a bathroom available. I find myself without the strength that I once had of burning the candle. I am at a lost with these christians that say they would love someone no matter what the problem.
I am a 35-year-old Christian man with a physical disability. Throughout my life, I have dated (I prefer the term “courted”) exclusively able-bodied women, but that has only been a matter of circumstance. I am certainly open to dating a woman with a disability, as long as she shares my faith (Christian and theologically Reformed),
My problem is, because of my disability, I am unable to drive and have faced difficulty in finding and keeping a job that would allow me to support a wife and family. The churches where I have been a member have taught that it is the responsibility of a husband to support his wife and children. I agree with this teaching, but what is a man in my situation to do? I do not have the gift of celibacy, I long for emotional and physical companionship, and yet, my disability causes great difficulty for me, when it comes to being a “provider.”
The leaders of my church are advising me not to even initiate a courtship with any woman until I can provide for her. I want to do what is right, Biblically speaking, but my situation seems like a “gray area,” in some ways. What does anyone else think?
i am 54 yrs old and would like to start dating but i have copd and have to wear oxygen 24/7 and cant find anyone who can look past this im a very caring person with 9 grandchildren who dont live with me but love me unconditionally
Disabled should not mean the end of our life.Lord willing one day I hope and pray that someone will accept us wheelchairs and all. We are all people with potential. we laugh and cry like the rest of the world. At 56 ,I’m not dead, I just want someone who can love and accept me wheelchair and all. Blessings and best wishes to all.
I (like -> ?barbara on April 10th, 2009 8:34 am ) would like to start dating but have C.O.P.D. I am a young (still active) 67yo romantic, loving man. I would like to hear back from a woman that would like to get to know a man with a Warm, Passionate, Giving Spirit and Heart.
charlesjr15@live.com