I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at A young mother to a toddler and dating a musician in a heavy metal band, I didn't even know.
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Could you be entitled to benefits and discounts? My arthritis week in photos. Written by Collette McColgan January 4, It seems like love has become disposable, especially when you can find a new match with a few swipes.
Chronic illness makes you disposable to some. My time dating with chronic illness has made dating much more difficult.
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I go on way fewer dates now than when I was just a single mother or when I was just single. I am, however, way more picky and I know what red flags look like. I also know how I want and deserve to be treated before I let my self esteem issues spiral out of control. Chronic illness can be extremely lonely.
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It is important to find new friends and activities that best suit how your chronic illness has affected your life. I would love to meet someone as focused on their health as I am on mine. I want to spend my time with someone who makes life a little more enjoyable. And energy is very limited when dates do come up.
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Keep them simple and sweet. You may also notice events with drinking run too late and are too hectic for you. The more you stop going, the invites stop coming. I often need to go to bed early and get excited to watch the 6 p.
It usually comes up empty. When there are gentlemen in the waiting room they are usually elderly, and while I love a handsome silver fox, I do have age limits. Repeating myself over and over, typing with arthritis in my hands is not very easy either. He must have good conversation skills. I am sensitive to my crappy brain-fogged memory which can be difficult and awkward if multiple potential suitors message you at the same time.
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This can be embarrassing if you try to juggle chatting with more than one potential suitor. My illness make me feel like an inadequate mother, friend, lover. I wonder if I should stay single because I have a hard time thinking what I could offer in any sort of relationship. Being chronically ill requires a lot of time taking care of myself. So does a 5-year-old. My diseases also unfortunately cause pain and sleep disturbances so I may also not be able to sleep next to someone.