It's tricky because "disability" is a broad concept that can encompass just about anything. I think there's a psychological aspect to being dependent on someone -- and emotional dependence can follow financial, social or medical dependence. This contributes to attachment and closeness, encouraging time spent together, while discouraging relationship dissolution.
As for the woman you dated, I'm afraid it has more to do with the type of disability than its severity. Say, you're with a deaf person, and you learned sign language; they can't just strike a casual conversation with some stranger in the waiting room, and anyone else who wanted to be with them would have to spend time and energy to learn sign language themselves, if they were willing to. If you're with someone who needs your physical assistance to get out of the house, you know they won't be going out whenever they like without your knowledge. Sometimes the barriers are not physical but mental, e.g. selective mutism.
That's one difference. The woman I dated, and still, now, see once in a while, although her body is physically a mess, and she's disabled, is a very proud, tough-girl, very independent even though physically dependent often. If I had a dollar for every time she told me "I can do it", no matter what it was, I'd pay off my house.
She doesn't like being dependent, however, has help from family and a visiting nurse, as well as me at a moment's notice. The fact she's still an amazing beauty, without really trying, is testament to her, and, I guess, good genes. She can be a huge flirt, maybe it affirms that she hasn't lost it, but I know some guys would take advantage and hurt her. She really can't defend herself.
For me, she's one of those people who you..Just can't shake. Not that I want to. But I do know her physical condition very well.
That makes me think that it has more to do with a person's unique personality than anything. But personality is something so elusive, ambiguous, fluid, changeable, and hard to measure. It's much easier to pin-point a disability.
If you check the statistics, there are many variables that correlate with divorce rates. I find it interesting that the divorce rates of marriage counselors and therapists are not atypical, but higher than those of engineers, for example. That, I suspect, underlines the importance of external factors.
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It's tricky because "disability" is a broad concept that can encompass just about anything. I think there's a psychological aspect to being dependent on someone -- and emotional dependence can follow financial, social or medical dependence. This contributes to attachment and closeness, encouraging time spent together, while discouraging relationship dissolution.
As for the woman you dated, I'm afraid it has more to do with the type of disability than its severity. Say, you're with a deaf person, and you learned sign language; they can't just strike a casual conversation with some stranger in the waiting room, and anyone else who wanted to be with them would have to spend time and energy to learn sign language themselves, if they were willing to. If you're with someone who needs your physical assistance to get out of the house, you know they won't be going out whenever they like without your knowledge. Sometimes the barriers are not physical but mental, e.g. selective mutism.
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That's one difference. The woman I dated, and still, now, see once in a while, although her body is physically a mess, and she's disabled, is a very proud, tough-girl, very independent even though physically dependent often. If I had a dollar for every time she told me "I can do it", no matter what it was, I'd pay off my house.
She doesn't like being dependent, however, has help from family and a visiting nurse, as well as me at a moment's notice. The fact she's still an amazing beauty, without really trying, is testament to her, and, I guess, good genes. She can be a huge flirt, maybe it affirms that she hasn't lost it, but I know some guys would take advantage and hurt her. She really can't defend herself.
For me, she's one of those people who you..Just can't shake. Not that I want to. But I do know her physical condition very well.
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That makes me think that it has more to do with a person's unique personality than anything. But personality is something so elusive, ambiguous, fluid, changeable, and hard to measure. It's much easier to pin-point a disability.
If you check the statistics, there are many variables that correlate with divorce rates. I find it interesting that the divorce rates of marriage counselors and therapists are not atypical, but higher than those of engineers, for example. That, I suspect, underlines the importance of external factors.