Telling a partner about mental illness?

In my young years, when I was young and beautiful, my MI never got in the way of my getting and having relationships with women. But, as I got older, and fatter, I found MI did get in the way of it. Women were more critical of my MI and asked themselves if they really wanted to hook up with a MI woman and the answer was a lot of times in the negative.

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If my partner is rich…no.
If my partner is poor…yes.

I guess I’m not looking for love, just :moneybag:!!

I have been turned down by a guy for my MI too.
It is harsh… but I learned to push myself further…

It is not attractive to be MI. But everybody has something… ‘normal’ people are worse than us most of the time.

It is sad…

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So have you given up on “love”?

I hope to find an understanding partner as you have. That’s great.

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I suppose. Though most “normal” people don’t have anything close to or as chronic as a MI.

No, I believe in love. But I can’t see anyone wanting to be in a relationship with me. Or me being stable enough to make them want to stay.

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yeah everyone almost has anxiety… people have different types of mental problems… character flaws…
diabetes, and the like… most of my friends already have a lot of health problems…

But it is only like ‘mental illness is a deal breaker’ It just is not portrayed as something attractive. If 10 years ago I met a guy MI I would not consider at all.

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Yeah, I know what you mean. Hopefully everything works out.

That is true, unfortunately. It shouldn’t be, but it is.

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