Would you marry a blind/deaf person?

[ShadowsofHope]

No. Blind people are stupid, and braille is a dumb alphabet.

Gimme a girl with two eyes to see with any day.

I presume this is supposed to be a bitterly ironic post, considering your forum name?

 

[Jedoro]

I'd prefer deaf so we could go shooting together, but neither by itself is a dealbreaker.

 

[Lizardon]

I would. If I loved them, I wouldn't care.

However I don't think I'd ever get to the point in a relationship where I could marry a deaf person, since I don't know sign language.

 

[Lieju]

It wouldn't matter, if I loved them.
I already know Braille and some sign language. With a deaf person it would be more difficult, since the communication is hard, though. So it might indirectly hinder the the relationship. Not because she is deaf, but because we don't speak the same language.

The idea is intriguing me...Is sign language tough to learn? I'll need a small notepad...

As far as languages go, it's rather easy, and there are separate signs for letters, so you could always just spell everything out, it's slower, though.
Many deaf people are rather good at reading lips, though, but there's also the issue of them talking to you.

It depends of course if they have been deaf their whole life, but if they have never heard, they have never learnt to pronounce things properly because they have learned to talk based on just looking at the movements of the mouth. But there are individual differences, also depending on their early childhood education.

I know some deaf people who you can communicate quite well with rudimentary knowledge of sign-language, but then again my uncle who has been deaf all his life I have some real problems of understanding, and I've known him my whole life...

 

[Booze Zombie]

I think I might stand more of a chance with a woman who couldn't see me! Ha!

But seriously, it wouldn't bother me if I was in love with someone.

 

[BanicRhys]

If I loved her, then yes I would. But I would be a fair bit more hesitant to get to that point, though.

It would be fairly unlikely for me to fall in love with a deaf person seeing as we can't really communicate properly.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Things like that don't matter at all if you really like/love someone.

I dated a deaf lass in my teen years. Main advantage being she couldn't tell how terrible my singing was.

Thats a bit far she wasn't fully deaf. She was completely deaf in 1 ear but had partial hearing with a hearing aid in the other. She'd had an ear infection as a child that had damaged something (can't remember what cursed memory).

I'm dating a girl with partial hearing loss in one ear.

Does it matter? No. Why would it? Total deafness would be a pain to deal with, but if both people were prepared for it, why not?

 

[FamoFunk]

If I was attracted to them and loved them etc. then why not?

It's something that would get easier over time to "deal with", that it wouldn't even be noticeable anymore.

 

[Amberella]

Indeed I would. If my SO suddenly became blind and/or deaf I'd still marry him. It's his personality that I feel in love with, I don't see why if he was deaf/blind it would have anything to do with the feelings that we have for eachother.

 

[Mrrrgggrlllrrrg]

Blind, I wont lie a little biased on this one here I would.

Deaf, why not.

Blind and deaf, now how in all that is green and wonderful would that happen?

 

[martin's a madman]

No, I don't see myself getting married to anyone. I don't fancy marriage much.

But, I'd have no trouble loving someone who is deaf or blind, and if they REALLY wanted to get married, I guess I would do it.

 

[Jodah]

If it was just one or the other and I actually loved them then yes. If they were both blind and deaf I think it would be too difficult to interact to have a meaningful relationship anyways.