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If a man suffered from asnomia (inability to smell) and fell in love with a beautiful woman who smelled bad, would he drop her if his buddies told him that she smelled bad?
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Not quite the same situation: you can’t get rid of ugly with a shower. 
One objective reason to prefer slender over fat – the fat tend to snore, which would probably be even more annoying to a blind partner than a sighted one.
[QUOTE=Cat Fight]
There was an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm like this. A blind pianist thinks he’s going out with a model then dumps her when he finds out she’s ‘ugly.’ Oh well. More and more I see that being a minority or having a handicap doesn’t not automatically make one more open-minded or empathetic.
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Another Larry David-related example – George Costanza’s scorn for a woman who turned out to be bald. (“She’s bald?!” “She’s BALD!!”)
[QUOTE=bluethree]
If a man suffered from asnomia (inability to smell) and fell in love with a beautiful woman who smelled bad…
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Just FTR, it’s “anosmia.” I suffered from it for years.
[QUOTE=jackelope]
Just FTR, it’s “anosmia.” I suffered from it for years.
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Crumbs. I always make that mistake.
Is it dentifrice or dentrifice?
I spoke with an acquaintance who attended the Blind School. She said it was standard behavior to feel someone’s face before asking her out. One guesses the fella would have a general idea of appearance and build.