BBC article: Disability and dating: 'Why do people think I'm my boyfriend's carer?', 2021, Alex Taylor - includes ME

[MeSci]

This is an article about living with disability and being in a relationship and includes fibromyalgia and ME:

Disability and dating: 'Why do people think I'm my boyfriend's carer?'

Alex Taylor

8 January 2021

Dating is complicated at the best of times, but social stigma means dating someone with a disability is rarely discussed...

Lorna says...

I've been with Rob for 11 years, and married for four. We'd been together for about seven years when I was diagnosed with ME, which causes severe fatigue and leaves me often using a wheelchair and housebound most of the time.

It also means Rob has to help me with some personal care, such as showering and other day-to-day tasks.

Disability and dating: 'Why do people think I'm my boyfriend's carer?' - BBC Three

 

[Tia]

Lovely well written piece.

 

[Nixxy]

I loved reading this!

in my own relationship, my partner has ptsd, and eating disorder, with me having cfs, & some more shit. He sees me as equal: I actually fix his emotional issues (mainly by not rejecting his emotions & giving him space to experience them) and he helps me psyically. It’s very much a two-way-street.