I’m new here looking former friendships / dating for disabled women

vcsm
vcsm Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited January 14 in Relationships

Hi im new here just joined today I’m looking for advice how to start dating again and making new friendships I was in a 33 year realsionship so alien to the dating game I am also in a wheelchair have been disabled for 14 years it be nice to be able to speak to people also have disabilities and looking online for friendships or dating I have lost a lot of my confidence due to my break up and also having a disability can take it toll on you before I became wheelchair bound I loved to dance Mind u I still have a little boogie in my wheelchair when I am able to any advice would be greatly appreciated

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,610 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Welcome to the community @vcsm, hope you're well today!

    While we can't help much with the dating side of things beyond advice, I hope that the community can help with friendship and feeling connected to others ☺️ there are some lovely members about so I hope they'll say hello and welcome!

    Have you thought about joining any dating websites? There are some that are specifically for disabled people if that would help you feel more comfortable.

    For friendships offline, do you have any hobbies or interests? Sometimes it's good to join hobby groups to meet others as you already have something in common. And it's a little less intense meeting for the first time if you know you've already got something to talk about or do.

    I'm sure our members will have some other tips and advice to share. Hope you'll enjoy your time on the community ☺️

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 4,454 Championing

    I would be wary of online dating sites. I found them very efficient at extracting money, but a bit of a waste of time in other respects.

    If I was interested in 'dating', I would be out there in my community, volunteering, joining clubs etc; a much more realistic place to meet a potential partner in my opinion.

  • yellowpineapple84
    yellowpineapple84 Scope Member Posts: 38 Connected

    Hi @vcsm my name is Arron and welcome to the community :) I hope that you can find this community friendly and welcome, it’s been really helpful for me since I joined. Meeting people can be hard and something I’m trying to do more of too, I’d like to participate in some social groups and I’d like to try volunteering again as I enjoyed that last year. I hope that you can find social groups too in person as well as feeling comfortable and welcome as part of the community here :)


    I think as well you could try dating sites/app if you would like to :)

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,160 Championing

    The Relationships section of the forum has several topics covering dating.

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/categories/dating-relationships

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