[Blindtlk] Internet dating for the blind

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Thu Oct 5 09:55:09 CDT 2006


I presume you mean eharmony.com.  I am currently using it, without a 
lot of success.  However, I know several blind persons who have found 
significant others via the service.

Dave

At 08:27 AM 10/5/2006, you wrote:
>Hi, Ray,
>
>Just curious, has anyone on the list tried harmony.com?
>
>My husband, in one of his goofy moods one time, suggested to see if Harmony
>really works, for both of us to sign up to see if we would be referred to
>each other.  Of course we're not going to do it but makes for interesting
>thought.
>
>
>Judy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ray Foret Jr." <rforetjr at bellsouth.net>
>To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Internet dating for the blind
>
>
> > Quite frankly, I am very disillusioned with the idea of internet dating
> > for
> > the blind.  The two or so groups I tried got me not a word of response.
> > IF
> > you try those dating services, you'll find yourself very disappointed.
> > The
> > instant they find out you're blind, by by baby.  Sorry to say this, but, I
> > have yet to have a good experience with the very few blind dating groups
> > I've tried.  They were both yahoo groups; and, quite frankly, all I got
> > out
> > of any of them was total silence.  I'm about good and done with it.
> >
> > Sincerely yours,
> > The Constantly Barefooted,
> > Ray
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> > (985)853-0139
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> >
> > God bless President George W. Bush!
> > God bless our troops!
> > and God bless America
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jaber37837 at cox.net>
> > To: "BlindTalk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:46 PM
> > Subject: [Blindtlk] Internet dating for the blind
> >
> >
> > Hi listers,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is the proper place to discuss this, but I thought I
> > would put it out there anyway.
> >
> > About a week or so ago, I had mentioned that I had met someone in New York
> > who seems to be interested in me, and I have found a way to get there
> > without causing an up-roar at home (I was worried about how my parents
> > would
> > react if I just took off).
> >
> > Well, I have arranged it so that my Dad will be bringing me to meet this
> > guy. Sounds ok, right? He isn't thrilled, but he understands why it needs
> > to
> > be this way. I just can't help wondering if I'm wrong about him somehow.
> > Of
> > course, I think this way about everybody, even perfectly safe people. I've
> > done a criminal back ground check on him, nothing there except for a
> > traffic
> > violation from sixteen years ago, he sounds ok to me, but is he?
> >
> > Anyway, I could go on and on about this all night, but I won't. I just
> > don't
> > know what to think.
> >
> > I've checked everything I could think of, address, criminal background,
> > Psych profile, everything seems fine.
> >
> > I guess I just would appreciate some advice if anyone has any. I'm really
> > excited about meeting him, but my paranoia is getting in the way...I could
> > be worrying about nothing.
> >
> > Thanks for any input,
> >
> > Jen
> >
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