Dating and Disabled

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A woman with cerebral palsy and a dark sense of humor tells the story of how her fiancé proposed. She discusses dating as a disabled person, "chair chasers", and why laughing is so important. She also bonds with Geth over a shared dislike of "Cotton Eyed Joe." Plus, more of Chris' favorite Valentine’s Day stories submitted by B/A listeners.

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0:00.0	Hello to everybody with strong opinions on Cotnide Joe.
0:08.2	It's beautiful anonymous.
0:10.3	One hour, one phone call, no names, no hold spot.
0:15.3	I'd rather no one on one.
0:21.5	I think it'll be more fun than I'll get to know you and you'll get to know me.
0:29.5	I have a buddy Chris Gaffer here, welcome to another episode of Beautiful Anonymous.
0:33.8	Thanks to everybody who enjoyed last week's episode.
0:36.4	We heard from somebody who was engaged, even though she was in love with someone else.
0:40.6	It was the first of our sort of Valentine's Day two piece.
0:43.6	We realized we got two episodes that bracket Valentine's Day.
0:47.1	Let's do it.
0:48.0	A lot of people in the Facebook group in particular,
0:51.8	found ways to be supportive of that call.
0:53.8	A lot of people, sympathetic, a lot of people, hoping for the best.
0:56.2	A lot of people calling for a follow-up.
0:57.7	So maybe someday.
0:59.1	We will have one.
1:00.1	The meantime though, as part of this little Valentine's Day experiment,
1:03.4	making a little bit of a theme for part of the month, also asked you, the people out there
1:07.3	who listen to the show.
1:08.6	Again, specifically, the members of our Facebook group to leave voicemails of your Valentine's
1:12.6	experiences.
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