I'm sighted, and I'm dating a blind woman. She's been in lots of relationships before, and all of them were with sighted people.

My mom is blind (completely) and dad sighted. They’ve been married 38 years!

If you see a couple arm in arm, are they just a happy couple, or is one being guided by the other, or both.

A lot of, possibly most blind people just don't "look blind" so you may see many "mixed sight" couples and not realise it.

The big problem, I suspect, is that of potentially marrying someone who is obviously less than perfectly formed. The reality is that a lot of blind people are high achievers with fantastic qualities that make them more suitable life partners on the whole than other superficially perfect people.

The vast majority of my clients have a sighted significant other. But I should also mention, most of my clients lost their vision later in life (often 60+), so most of them have been married for decades.

The few couples I know who both have vision loss usually were born with it, and they met at a school (or a another program) for teens/young adults with vision loss.

Also blind-sighted here. Married two years, together for eight. Sorry you have to deal with such ignorance. Sister is also blind and in a comfortable relationship for 9 years with a sighted person.
The statement is clearly not true at all and offensive. Let them know there is a strong community out there that entirely disagrees.

I am sighted and I've been in a relationship with a blind person for almost 30 years. In that time I've met many other couples. Both blind-blind and blind-sighted couples are common. There is some variation in frequency based on locale; blind-blind couples seem more common in urban areas but not overwhelmingly so.

I only know 2 blind people. One is my wife. I see just fine. The other blind person I know is dating a woman who sees just fine.

I am sighted and my wife is blind. She currently sees less than 2ft in one eye and just light dark in other, slowly loosing all sight. We have been married almost 7 years. I knew what I was getting into being the only sighted one. Luckily I don’t mind doing all the driving. Her blind friend from high school is also married to a sighted person so it is not that rare.

It's not rate at all. At the blind/VI events I go to, I see many couples with one sighted and one blind. I'm sighted with a blind partner.

I am VI and my wife is sighted it actually seems rare to me for 2 blind people to marry most of the blind people I know are with a sighted SO, only two couples in our NFB chapter or blind or VI

I'm sighted, fiance is blind. We're 22. Been together for 4 years, known him since his stargardts diagnosis

If anything, blind/blind is the exception. I'm low vision and my partner is 20/20.

Practically all of the blind people I know out here in the SF Bay Area are dating or are married to sighted partners. I only know one blind person who is married to another blind person, So blind and sighted pairings seem to be the norm here. I've been dating my partner for almost 4 years, and she's sighted.

Blind and I’ve been in like 4 long term relationships, countless countless stuff that was less serious. I’ve never dated another blind person in my life.

I am sighted and married to a blind person. My husband was a preemie in the 50s when incubators were heavily oxygenated and it caused him to lose his vision. We've been together 10 years and going strong. I only know of one couple in his circle of blind friends that are both blind. It is extremely common for blind people to be married to sightlings.

I am a totally blind guy, who has been married to my sighted wife, since September 1999. We have two sighted kids. I can name at least a half dozen couples, off the top of my head, who are in similar circumstances to my own. I also know plenty of folks who are blind, and are married to blind people as well. I even know a blind dude who is married to a lady in a wheelchair.Ultimately, disability has no bearing on relationship, if a couple is a good match, it doesn’t matter. Every couple has strengths and weaknesses, even if both members of the couple are entirely able-bodied.

I'm blind and my girlfriend is sighted.

It's not rare. In fact I think I know more blind-sighted couples than blind-blind couples. What do you have to prove? If someone is against it for illogical reasons you won't be able to logically persuade them.

I'm sighted, married for 8 years to my blind wife. My wife's best friend is also blind and is also married to a sighted man.

My great uncle is totally blind a s his wife was sited. His current girlfriend is sited as well .

Another friend of mine is totally blind and has a sited wife.

I am visually impaired and I have only dated men with normal eye site so far.

Most of the blind people I know prefer dating sighted people. All of the visually impaired people I know who are married are married to a sighted person. I myself am legally blind and dating a sighted woman. I have to say that in my experience, blind-blind couples are far more rare than blind-sighted couples.

Sure it's nice in theory to have someone who understands what it's like to be visually impaired, but there are thousands of conditions and everyone has their own unique experiences so really, whether you end up dating a sighted person or a visually impaired person they probably won't fully understand the nuances of your personal situation anyway, even if they have the same condition as you.

Frankly, having a sighted partner can make your life a lot easier in some situations. Last weekend for example myself and a few other friends went to a Japanese restaurant that we had never been to before. None of us had enough vision to be able to read the menu which of course we weren't familiar with and there was a significant language barrier between ourselves and the server. They didn't have a Braille menu or an online menu so we ended up taking pictures of menu items and blowing them up on our phones and then asking what was in the dishes because the descriptions were too small. 40 minutes after getting to our table, we were finally ready to order. I'm very thankful to have a girlfriend who can read menus to me when we try new restaurants.

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I'm legally blind and I'm married to my husband who's sighted.

My SO is blind (lost vision a few years ago). I’m sighted.