Could you ever really love someone that is in a wheelchair? (48)
Not sure if I could love someone as I've never met anyone in the romantic sense who is disabled. However, I have been challenged recently whilst looking after a family member who is restricted in the main to a wheelchair. It is extremely difficult in every sense of the word.
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Imonwheels: Just wondering if I'm holding onto false hope...
Yes, because the person sitting in it is more important than what they are sitting on.
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Imonwheels: Just wondering if I'm holding onto false hope...
If he has a good attitude and a sense of humor, I could love him. That's because I would love his heart and the way he thinks.
Christopher Reeve was in a wheelchair not only because of his legs but his whole body had been affected by the accident he had when he fell off the horse.
A reporter asked him one day if he and his wife were still intimate. It was a personal question that shouldn't have been asked but Chris responded by saying they learned new ways of doing it.
It wasn't just about intimacy with them. They loved each other very deeply.
Stay with a positive attitude, keep laughing and that attitude will attract the right person.
Good luck in the new year
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There`s more to a preson then just legs so yes!
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Does he have a life insurance? 
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Just because they're in a wheelchair doesn't make them any less loveable.
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Imonwheels: Just wondering if I'm holding onto false hope...
Judging by the above statement, I'd say your disability right this minute is an emotional one.
You might need the wheels to get about, but you're not socially obliged any longer to cripple yourself because of that.
Don't wonder about whether it's going to happen. Work out how you're going to do it.
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jac379: Judging by the above statement, I'd say your disability right this minute is an emotional one.
You might need the wheels to get about, but you're not socially obliged any longer to cripple yourself because of that.
Don't wonder about whether it's going to happen. Work out how you're going to do it.
You might need the wheels to get about, but you're not socially obliged any longer to cripple yourself because of that.
Don't wonder about whether it's going to happen. Work out how you're going to do it.
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jac379: Judging by the above statement, I'd say your disability right this minute is an emotional one.
You might need the wheels to get about, but you're not socially obliged any longer to cripple yourself because of that.
Don't wonder about whether it's going to happen. Work out how you're going to do it.
You might need the wheels to get about, but you're not socially obliged any longer to cripple yourself because of that.
Don't wonder about whether it's going to happen. Work out how you're going to do it.
Having to depend on a wheelchair is always emotionally debilitating. I know this from having family members with mobility problems and caring for them from time to time. It doesn't get any better with time either, a reluctant acceptance at best.
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Pom_Pom: Does he have a life insurance?
Pom.Shame on you.
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Ana13: Having to depend on a wheelchair is always emotionally debilitating. I know this from having family members with mobility problems and caring for them from time to time. It doesn't get any better with time either, a reluctant acceptance at best.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Ccincy: Pom.Shame on you.
Just checking...
I wonder how the weather is over there?
I remember how John Cazale said he always wanted to visit that beautiful country of WYOMING!
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Pom_Pom: Does he have a life insurance?
lol
Oh you bad girl...lol...just kidding
as far as the question. I try not to close doors but rather keep them open...as much as I can anyway
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Brigantia: Yes, because the person sitting in it is more important than what they are sitting on.
You are absolutely spot on! Happy New Year!!!
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Yes, I'm sure that I can. A wheelchair is no more of an obstacle, than anything else in life.
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A physical disability most people can probably overlook but mental and emotional that puts people in a different light because most do not want to deal with people and their emotional hangups and since they are not always clearly seen or understood they do not want to waste their time guessing what kind of hangups people have. A healthy mind and heart we all want but, it's the hardest to cure. Broken legs or arms or we can fix sometimes backs we can't. Blindness nobody has come up with a quality cure aside from Jesus Christ. Glasses only go just so far. If a person is an emotional cripple and stays in that state of mind out of choice then it's best to leave them be until they are ready to be healed. They do not have emotional wheelchairs as of yet until they do we are left to cope with whatever is dealt to us. Emotional roller coasters they seem to be common and everyone seems to like to the ride!!
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Imonwheels: Could you ever really love someone that is in a wheelchair?...
Could you?
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Ziusudra: If a person is an emotional cripple and stays in that state of mind out of choice then it's best to leave them be until they are ready to be healed.
Are you suggesting mental illness is a matter of choice? That the mentally ill can simply choose to be cured? I don't think you could ever have been effected by it if that is what you think.
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Ziusudra: A physical disability most people can probably overlook but mental and emotional that puts people in a different light because most do not want to deal with people and their emotional hangups and since they are not always clearly seen or understood they do not want to waste their time guessing what kind of hangups people have. A healthy mind and heart we all want but, it's the hardest to cure. Broken legs or arms or we can fix sometimes backs we can't. Blindness nobody has come up with a quality cure aside from Jesus Christ. Glasses only go just so far. If a person is an emotional cripple and stays in that state of mind out of choice then it's best to leave them be until they are ready to be healed. They do not have emotional wheelchairs as of yet until they do we are left to cope with whatever is dealt to us. Emotional roller coasters they seem to be common and everyone seems to like to the ride!!
I agree with you, mental disability is more serious than physical disability. A lot depends on the physical disability too - was it caused by illness like spina bifida, stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy or a car accident etc. How advanced it is.
Maybe the person can stand but can't walk, maybe they can walk some but because of imbalance and falls sit in a wheelchair. Not everyone in a wheelchair is paralysed. Some just have weak leg muscles so can't take steps.
I have met a woman who because of surgery to remove a tumour from her spine was in a wheelchair for 5 years and now walks as a result of physiotherapy and exercises. Another who was also in a wheelchair for 6 years as a result of some strange illness and also walks now as a result of physio, exercises, determination etc, was in rehab hodpital for a year. My colleague at my regular job had a car accident at age 16, became paralysed from the waist down and can't walk, does most things by himself, drives a modified car (gave me a ride once), uses a wheelchair to move around in the office and at home, got married, had a child with his wife through IVF.
I know these situations because I also do volunteer work one day a week for an agency that deals with people with disabilities. So being a wheelchair is not the end of the world.
I would rather date someone in a wheelchair and nonabusive than someone abusive and not in a wheelchair.
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Having a mental illness and being an "emotional cripple" are two different things!
Maybe I misunderstood your post, but you seem to be lumping both groups into one. Apologies if I misunderstood you.
You never know what is around the corner, and mental illness can affect each and everyone one of us - often later in life. Someone who I loved who developed Parkinson's or Alzeimers after being strong as an ox both mentally and physically all their lives would certainly not be discarged. I would love them all the more.
Maybe I misunderstood your post, but you seem to be lumping both groups into one. Apologies if I misunderstood you.
You never know what is around the corner, and mental illness can affect each and everyone one of us - often later in life. Someone who I loved who developed Parkinson's or Alzeimers after being strong as an ox both mentally and physically all their lives would certainly not be discarged. I would love them all the more.
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Of course, why not ? I like the people for their personality, not their legs !
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Ziusudra: A physical disability most people can probably overlook but mental and emotional that puts people in a different light because most do not want to deal with people and their emotional hangups and since they are not always clearly seen or understood they do not want to waste their time guessing what kind of hangups people have. A healthy mind and heart we all want but, it's the hardest to cure. Broken legs or arms or we can fix sometimes backs we can't. Blindness nobody has come up with a quality cure aside from Jesus Christ. Glasses only go just so far. If a person is an emotional cripple and stays in that state of mind out of choice then it's best to leave them be until they are ready to be healed. They do not have emotional wheelchairs as of yet until they do we are left to cope with whatever is dealt to us. Emotional roller coasters they seem to be common and everyone seems to like to the ride!!
Having a mental illness and being an "emotional cripple" are two different things!
Maybe I misunderstood your post, but you seem to be lumping both groups into one. Apologies if I misunderstood you.
You never know what is around the corner, and mental illness can affect each and everyone one of us - often later in life. Someone who I loved who developed Parkinson's or Alzeimers after being strong as an ox both mentally and physically all their lives would certainly not be discarged. I would love them all the more.
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Of course I could
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unlaoised: Yes..and a lift home
yikes n fast witted,mom was blind,they would givem passes for parking,stste said they couldnt drive,but state gave in/to partners,etc.rip mom./2009.------ This poll is Archived ------
reb56: yikes n fast witted,mom was blind,they would givem passes for parking,stste said they couldnt drive,but state gave in/to partners,etc.rip mom./2009.
That makes sense, reb. There's a local guy in a wheelchair and one evening I asked him for a lift home on his lap. The look on his face was priceless
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unlaoised: That makes sense, reb. There's a local guy in a wheelchair and one evening I asked him for a lift home on his lap. The look on his face was priceless
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If you truely love someone, it shouldn't matter in the slightest, whether they are confined to a wheel chair or not.. Love, is the joining of two souls, not just 2 bodies (real love anyway)
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