would you mind marry a person disabled?
By huanglian
@huanglian (100)
China
March 3, 2009 11:51pm CST
Hello everyone.
I have a good friend.We often play together when we are childhood.It has something weong with his ears because of medicine abusing.There are many unconwenience with his life.Maybe without his experience,it is hard to express his feelings.He had a girl friend.But she left him when he became deaf.I went to ask her.She said"would you like to marry a boy who can never hear what you are saying"
I could say nothing.Maybe I really do not know.If I were hen,what choice would I make.maybe I also could not bear it.
Friends,what is your opinion?Are you brave enough to marry a person deaf?
20 responses
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
5 Mar 09
hmm...In this problem, has the boy tried consulting with a doctor in using a hearing aide? or is he totally deaf with NO treatments available for him anymore?
Hmm... I think for me, I would evaluate first how I truly feel, because if I marry a deaf person out of pity, it would be unfair for him...
In relation to that,
I've always been told by my parents that if a girl marries, they should choose a guy who has no familial illness or disabilities... Because, instead of working hand in hand to build the family both of them would establish, it would be her working for the family and taking care of her ill partner, especially if the illness is hereditary (heart diseases, asthma, genetic abnormalities)... Although it might sound rash, they do have point. It would make you miserable in time when you have kids..
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
this is painful for your friend. send my sorry to him.
well, that made me think, i don't know. it is hard to say if you are going to marry a disabled man. maybe, yes. if it happened within the relationship. if it happened when we are not a couple, then no.
it is hard to decide when things go wrong.
@dhisaw (304)
• United States
5 Mar 09
I think that if I was not already married and found someone that I loved with all my heart and if I believed that that is the person that I am supposed to spend the rest of my life with then it would be no problem for me. I know that if something were to happen to my husband I am going to stay with him. If something had happened while we were dating I feel that I would have stayed with him and learned how to handle and deal with everything together. I have to imagine that the person that you are talking about did not know that he was going to lose his hearing or anything like that.
@michmich2 (432)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Of course I would - it wouldn't matter at all that the person was deaf. I agree with the previous person's post that says that if someone has to stop and wonder whether they could marry a person who is deaf, I guess that means they must have a problem with it. I personally would not have a problem being with someone who is deaf. It's true that they wouldn't actually hear my voice, but that isn't the only way to communicate.
@ww378936373 (49)
• China
4 Mar 09
Everyone has her own choice,i think she must have a good reason why she makes a choice like that!
@cindyhxf (1446)
• China
5 Mar 09
To be honest,i won't marry a person disabled if i didn't know him.but if i knew him before he was disabled, i loved him much too,i will consider to marry him and take care wiht him.i thought life is fair to everyone.we have right to choose what life we will have.don't brame people do anywrong ,there must be reasons why they did so.
@zioness999 (25)
• Philippines
5 Mar 09
I guess, it doesn't matter as long as you love that person. Having a disabled partner is not an issues just as long as you know that you love him/her unconditionally despite of what he/she is not capable of. Its not new to me because I am a product of an odd couple. I am a child of a disabled parent. My father is blind and my mom is normal physically. I know how my mom loves my father so much and I am proud of him too.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Deafness wouldn't bother me if I loved the person. If the girlfriend left your friend because of his deafness, she didn't really love him in the first place. However, there comes a time when reality has to be based in common sense. If a person is really disabled, they'll be better off in a facility that can take care of them than with a husband or wife. I knew a girl who was in love with a guy who had a severe case of cerebral palsy. She thought she wanted to marry him, and she fought for the right. However, even she eventually realized that she wouldn't be able to care for him the way he needed to be cared for.
@dropofrain (1167)
• India
4 Mar 09
I think it is a very bold thing to marry a disabled or a deaf person but I must appreciate your attempt and the courage you have shown. I think I would not be strong enough to accept such a person.
@Archie0 (5652)
•
4 Mar 09
Well you see its not that easy to make such huge decisions at some times.
that well it can be easy also to marry if i am having a loving husband like he will do then i will mary him, if i am financially strong and dont need to struggle much for both of us and if we can be comfortable with them then i will mary. if i was in positional way for earning i dont care for world what it may think, i will definetly marry the guy. i will help him, support him do everything
But if i am also not with a sound earning system then it might make a trouble for both of us. i dont want to be a problem for him as he wont say anything just because i married him and will struggle for me. as far as i wont know it it will be fine that he is struggling to tips of his toes but then whats the use he is really hurting himself and even me indirectly.so it is not easy also
@shiwangipeswani (613)
• India
4 Mar 09
hi all,
this is indeed a very difficult question ,i ll try to answer it.If iam in love with a person and then due to any circumstances he becomes disabled i think i would marry her but at the same time i say that we can say it easily as we are not in the place of thatgirl, the one who is suffering can only feel it .
@candy0322 (4)
• United States
4 Mar 09
i wouldnt mind, cause it's all about whats in the inside of a person, and how they treat you
@krw11689 (8)
• United States
4 Mar 09
I think it really shouldn't matter if that person is disabled in anyway. Sure you're going to have to adapt to their needs, but being deaf is a relatively mild disability. You can still communicate with them through sign language or lip reading. I would think more about marrying somebody who had a serious disability that required actual nursing care and many other things. As for marrying someone with a disability, I think it shouldn't really matter if they do. If you love someone it doesn't matter what disability or faults they posses because you love them so much you are willing to accept them as they are. I would love to have some motivation to learn sign language, and be able to talk to someone who isn't able to hear the noise of the world. If it were my friend that I have known for most of my life, and I really cared for him, then it wouldn't matter that he were deaf.
@ww378936373 (49)
• China
4 Mar 09
yes or no? I ask myself when i see you question,it's difficult to make a choice,Only i encounter such situation ,i can make a choice!
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
this is painful for your friend. send my sorry to him.
well, that made me think, i don't know. it is hard to say if you are going to marry a disabled man. maybe, yes. if it happened within the relationship. if it happened when we are not a couple, then no.
it is hard to decide when things go wrong.
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
this is painful for your friend. send my sorry to him.
well, that made me think, i don't know. it is hard to say if you are going to marry a disabled man. maybe, yes. if it happened within the relationship. if it happened when we are not a couple, then no.
it is hard to decide when things go wrong.
@seamotive (144)
• China
4 Mar 09
That's really hard choice for anyone.I think the key point of the thing is whether they really love each other,and the parents will also play a very important role.For me,I cann't give the difinite answer,because it is very comlicated!After all,for most people the true love is just a dream!
@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
i think the moment a person wonders whether he or she can marry a person with any form of disability is already the answer in itself, bright as any other, that he / she can't.