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Full History - 2019 - 10 - 27 - ID#dnz297
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Should I mention my visual impairment on my dating profiles? (self.Blind)
submitted by c_dawg93
I am blind in my left eye, and I only have central vision in my right eye. Because of my visual disability, I am unable to drive, play contact sports, (fragile retina) see movies in 3D, or see well in the dark.

I’m afraid this will be a HUGE turn off for some people... I think it is... I really want to start dating... Any advice?
hariztek 2 points 3y ago
If you want to talk to other people like you join our discord they might be able to help you with the dating situation I'll message you the link
Carnegie89 1 points 3y ago
Can I get the link too? I need help with dating as well.
hariztek 1 points 3y ago
Sure
anthonybynum11 1 points 3y ago
Waddles me threee?
csloth 1 points 3y ago
I'd mention it a couple paragraphs in, because there were more important things to cover first. I found that I couldn't assume that people read profiles, so I'd also bring blindness up in conversation relatively early on. I think mentioning it served as a useful filter.
anthonybynum11 1 points 3y ago
I had to leave it out cause 9/ 10 times I don’t get a second date. Ahh nice people .....
djflex90 1 points 3y ago
Personally I’ve tried online dating and I never mentioned it. I let them find out later. It helps because I can use the first contact on the dating sight itself to let them get to know me and they can find out in person or if it comes up in normal conversation.
chrystalalex 1 points 3y ago
Bing totally blind myself, and having done this both ways, I'd say yes mention it. When I first set up a dating profile, I rather naively thought that it would be nice to have my blindness not necessarily be the first thing people noticed about me. However, I quickly came to realise that that was a mistake. I'd get messages from people, and everything would be going along just fine, til I mentioned the effen b word. At that point, I'd either just be ignored from then on, or even blocked. Like they're gonna effen catch it. 😄 It was proving to be an exercise in generating anxiety for me, and not much else. So, back to the drawing board for me. I set up another profile on the same site. This time, I mentioned that I'm blind as well. Well, the quantity of messages sure dropped, but I still got some. I just think its best to be up front at the end of the day. If people want to reject us out of hand for something that isn't our fault, that's their problem and their loss.
Carnegie89 1 points 3y ago
I usually put that information in the profile.
c_dawg93 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I put it in my profiles! Although, I didn’t mention that I am unable to drive, play contact sports, see movies in 3D, or see well in the dark... Should I include that portion in my profiles?!
Carnegie89 1 points 3y ago
I mention that I can date someone in my city as I don't drive. I'm not much into sports or going to movies, so, I don't include them. But it's completely up to you. You can try both and see what works best for you.
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