Is a Wheelchair a Turn-off?

In My Humble Opinion
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What? No way am I going to get over someone so awesome.

Look, I have no personal beef with you, but when you say things like the flak Señor McGarry has taken was on account on him being “uppity,” as if his detractors think he should just know his place as a dude in a wheelchair, my eyes can’t help but to roll. That’s really not it. I don’t take any *personal *offense to what you say, but find some of your additions to these types of threads to be… not great.

But I don’t even remember what we were talking about anymore. Yeah, wheelchairs. Yes, an obstacle, but not one insurmountable.

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Especially #2. Yow.

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**Ambivalid **has a point. elbows seems to be hell bent on picking on Ambivalid even when he isn’t in a thread!

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15784746#post15784746

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Well, it IS rude not to hold the door for someone immediately behind you, able-bodied or not. That’s not really a “handicapped” thing.

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Yes. I’d definitely date you.

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I don’t think so, but I got to wondering, what is the ratio of handicapped spaces to regular parking in lots? I saw a Walmart with ten empty spaces.

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My God. It’s worse than I thought. I am runnin’ overtime in that woman’s head. Someone’s got a crush…:stuck_out_tongue:

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Nope. Back when I was young and adorable I dated a guy in a wheelchair. I actually came on to him. Well, not really, I was too shy to approach him, so I asked his friend to introduce us (okay, okay I’m old).

It only went on for about 6 weeks of dating, but certainly didn’t end because of his wheelchair.