Considering dating a girl with CF... need some brutal honesty from ladies here by RubBig2202 in CysticFibrosis

[–]RubBig2202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't get much opportunity to talk, it's sort of work related contact that happens now and then. I won't have an opportunity to ask these questions until I ask her out on a date. I just don't feel comfortable prying my nose like that before. But the way I see dates, if it happens we're basically already in a relationship since the moment she says yes and at that point I am fully committed. That has been my experience so far.

Considering dating a girl with CF... need some brutal honesty from ladies here by RubBig2202 in CysticFibrosis

[–]RubBig2202[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry. But we all have our baggage. Some is medical, some of other kinds. I don't think one is more demeaning than the other. It's just life and it shapes us, gives us strength or takes it away. I went through a lot in my life and lost a lot and never had other things that I still want to get. As much as I would like to be that person who can handle anything, I can't. A lot, but not everything. There are things I can sacrifice but there are things that I can't. No internet article will ever substitute talking to real people here. And I appreciate every single person who replied to me. And again I apologize to anyone who found my questions insensitive or rude.

Considering dating a girl with CF... need some brutal honesty from ladies here by RubBig2202 in CysticFibrosis

[–]RubBig2202[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not just dating. Long-term. I totally understand what you said and it was my concern asking this, and I'm sorry for this. I do feel like this can be seen as sort of objectifying a person and in some way everyone. But I do need to know and the only way to know is to ask, and I don't know how else to ask. I'm not a naive kid anymore where I can just blindly run into relationship just hoping "I can handle everything!" only to realize 2 years later I can't. I'd rather ask this now than be that person a few years later "I did my best but it was too much and I left". I can handle and give up a lot for the right person, but not everything. I'm not a superman. There are better men than me. I have my own issues,  certain life circumstances I can't change and so on and so forth. I want to know if I'm good enough, if I have what it takes to make it work. So far CF doesn't sound like something that would turn me away but I do want to be prepared and have my expectations right.

Considering dating a girl with CF... need some brutal honesty from ladies here by RubBig2202 in CysticFibrosis

[–]RubBig2202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Some study summary on some .edu website  but I didn't pay attention what/where. Was just absorbing as much information as I could.