Re: Open countries/societies twoards relationship between Blind & sighted?
well I'm not sure about what you mean by "countries open to relationships between sighted and blind people", since unless your in a country where blind people are considered cursed by god etc, your probably going to be generally okay and not considered any weirder than a blind person doing anything.
The problem in relationship terms is the age old one of finding someone who can actually see you as a human being, and whats more a human being with whom they want a relationship.
Given the traditional, guy asks girl out structure, this is far easier if your female,firstly you don't need to worry about actually doing the asking, and secondly a lot of the stupider factors such as being able to drive, show a good job or blatant eye contact that go into the "guy asks girl" thing won't factor into the decision, this is probably whyone study I read claimed that in five out of six heterosexual marriages with one disabled and one none disabled partner, it was a disabled woman with a none disabled man.
of course, if your female your more likely to get unsavory propositions, but unless your very unlucky these are possible to turn down.
critical issue of course is where you find said partner. Given my lack of faith in the traditional guy asks girl dating structure, I'd recommend leaving singles bars and online dating aps alone, especially since such things are so apearence based which is a none started for a blind person, and just finding an activity or group where you interact with people your age and making friends of the opposite gender, university, clubs, that sort of thing.
Lastly however, bare in mind my very existence debunks the myth that relationships between blind people and sighted people are %100 impossible.
My grandma was severely visually impaired when she married my grandad and went totally blind later (and that was in the 1940's), whilst my mum, who is blind met my dad who is sighted whilst they were both working at the same hospital in the 1970's..
I will add though, that when things work out it really doesn't matter either way.
I personally never thought I'd end up with another blind person, since this website is about the most interaction I have with blind people, as blind organisations in Britain are so geared older people they're really not worth the time in going.
However, my lady and I happened to meet online, and hr lack of sight mattered not at all, neither does it in everyday life terms either, since if you can look after yourself and live independently, living with someone else is really not too hard whether they're blind or not, especially when that someone else literally your soul mate .
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