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04-11-2011, 02:43 PM
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Do you work in the ID field?
In the 'Personal Summaries' thread, I noticed a lot of people on this forum work with people with developmental/intellectual/learning disability (myself included).
Is this just sample-blindness on my part or is this actually common? Because the one other community I'm somewhat familiar with and which exhibits the same occupational trend is the sex-positive community  .I work non-profit with disseminating self-advocacy skills among people with ID, btw.
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04-18-2011, 07:58 PM
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Funny, I was noticing a lot of IT people!
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04-19-2011, 02:00 PM
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That too! OkCupid keeps on suggesting I get it on with programmers, which is good thinking on OkC's part - I barely have the skills needed to send e-mail as it is!
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"Resentment destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stems the root of our spiritual disease." "In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper - list people, institutions and principles with whom you are angry. Ask yourself why you are angry." "In most cases it was found out that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships, including sex, were hurt or threatened. We were sore, burnt-up." Alcoholics Anonymous, 64-65.
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04-19-2011, 02:05 PM
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I think people who work with computers are less likely to find a stigma attached to using an online dating site ... It's funny, when I was last on POF, people said in their profile "Don't worry, if it works out, I will totally lie about how we met!" I thought, why?? Would you rather meet someone in a bar, take them home, and then tell everyone how you met if a relationship develops?
It's all about perspective, I suppose!
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04-19-2011, 04:41 PM
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I too get the giggles from others when I tell I have an active profile and/or am going to meet someone I've only talked on-line with before.
Sadly, I've never actually had a successful romantic relationship that developed entirely out of on-line dating. Have made some cool friends, though. I think it's because you can't figure if you are actually sexually attracted to someone out of pictures only, so the people I have gone to meet have not been attracted to me that way. On the other hand, sometimes attraction develops over time or I am totally attracted to someone I've never even seen a photo of, so I think I've just had a stint of bad luck. Maybe there is that one special programmer for everyone out there .
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"Resentment destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stems the root of our spiritual disease." "In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper - list people, institutions and principles with whom you are angry. Ask yourself why you are angry." "In most cases it was found out that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships, including sex, were hurt or threatened. We were sore, burnt-up." Alcoholics Anonymous, 64-65.
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