I think we should join forces and create a dating platform for the mentally ill.
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we’ll call it mentallychill.com and it’d be a place where people above 18 can create a profile, talk about their illness and also find people to meet in their hometown.
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They have dating platforms for mentally ill people already, but they suck.
why? what’s the problem? Can you send me a link?
I have to make an account to navigate but it looks pretty nice. What is the problem? Not enough people or something?
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That would be the only way I could get a date. I could also add “alcoholic” (even if I am a recovering alcoholic) to my resume. Any woman in her right mind would run from that. With me, it is like that old Marx Brothers line - “I’d never join a club that would have someone like me for a member”.
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Yeah but don’t let your flaws keep you from meeting new people.
So-called ‘normies’ have so many problems.
You can write ‘recovering alcoholic’ or you can choose to write 6 years sober for example.
You don’t have to be perfect to meet someone.
I have one year sober. Most alcoholics carry a lot of emotional baggage with them. I don’t feel emotionally stable enough to get into a committed relationship yet.
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I was trying to be helpful. Of course, do things at your own pace and as you desire!
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that’s a good idea! maybe a forum like this, but for finding meaningful relationships with MI people.
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The Discourse platform we have here costs 100$ a month + hosting for a year is at least 150$ so to run a forum like this is at least 1500$ a year + we need lots of volunteers to moderate.
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Don’t be discouraged by your job/ housing situation. When I met my husband, he was 29, living with his sister, had no car, and made minimum wage at McDonald’s part-time. Heck, I was a teen parent living with my mom and didn’t have a high school education or degree and only worked part-time, so I was certainly no catch. My family lived off food stamps, medicaid, and TANF. So don’t let your situation be a reason to avoid going out and trying. You never know- you could find true love.
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thanks for sharing. I admit, I don’t put myself out there much – something I definitely need to work on
The website cannot save profiles properly. It doesn’t save changes to members profiles. Don’t know why it is like that. Besides members are so distantly sparsed to ever be contacted. It’s rare to find local people on that website.
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I’ve never been on it,@mermaid1. But yes, that’s an issue, it seems, not enough people in many locations across the US and even fewer in Canada.
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I am amazed at how some folks do it.
Tbh I doubt anybody could ever like me like that and even if they did I would doubt it every step of the way.
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Just came across this site. It’s free to join.
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I think that if anything ever happens to my husband, I will have to be content to be alone. I cannot imagine anyone being able to measure up after the high standards that he has set.