I don't know if I'm just naive, but I always thought that people with disabilities would be more likely to be understanding of other people with disabilities. My partner has MS, I have serious allergies. I'm deathly allergic to a large number of foods, and also have serious environmental allergies.
I'm not totally perfect, but if he tells me something about his experience with MS, I always figure that he understands best. I don't get the same consideration.
He constantly tells me I'm "wrong" about specific things about my allergies, gets mad at me when I won't try food I know I'm allergic to, etc. I thought of posting this on an allergy board, but a family member would be sure to see this and recognize the situation.
We've been together for over a decade and I don't want to end things. But, it is so disheartening.
Has anyone experienced something similar when dating someone with a different disability? If so, what did you do?
I'm not totally perfect, but if he tells me something about his experience with MS, I always figure that he understands best. I don't get the same consideration.
He constantly tells me I'm "wrong" about specific things about my allergies, gets mad at me when I won't try food I know I'm allergic to, etc. I thought of posting this on an allergy board, but a family member would be sure to see this and recognize the situation.
We've been together for over a decade and I don't want to end things. But, it is so disheartening.
Has anyone experienced something similar when dating someone with a different disability? If so, what did you do?
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