I've a friend (53) who lives alone, he holds down a full time job, pays his bills, travels abroad alone and appears to be a regular bloke. He is a very open, friendly guy with many pals, but he has mild learning difficulties. He wants a partner.
His spelling and grammar is poor, so he tells me (or writes) his profile and messages and I, with prompts, "neaten" it up. He had zero replies to his msg's and no approaches so,......................I took out the reference to his difficulties. Now women contact him regularly. But as soon as he tells them, usually just as the women are pressing for a date, contact stops. It's upsetting.
He now has a date arranged with a women, she has a physical disability, she keeps asking him if he's read ALL her profile, she is obviously concerned he has missed a bit and she has obviously (IMO) suffered the same disability rejection experience as my friend.
He has told her he's dyslexic and has trouble reading and writing, this didn't bother her at all. But it's a bit more than that and can manifest itself in odd mannerisms, sometimes.
Should he go further, explain more and risk losing his date, is it unfair on the woman not to?
His spelling and grammar is poor, so he tells me (or writes) his profile and messages and I, with prompts, "neaten" it up. He had zero replies to his msg's and no approaches so,......................I took out the reference to his difficulties. Now women contact him regularly. But as soon as he tells them, usually just as the women are pressing for a date, contact stops. It's upsetting.
He now has a date arranged with a women, she has a physical disability, she keeps asking him if he's read ALL her profile, she is obviously concerned he has missed a bit and she has obviously (IMO) suffered the same disability rejection experience as my friend.
He has told her he's dyslexic and has trouble reading and writing, this didn't bother her at all. But it's a bit more than that and can manifest itself in odd mannerisms, sometimes.
Should he go further, explain more and risk losing his date, is it unfair on the woman not to?
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