It's all in the presentation.

I have seen the movie .. it is a different situation to this topic .spoiler alert !!!! ...,, She is hired as caregiver to a wealthy paraplegic (His injury wasn’t sustained through adventure sports) . He does not want to live as a paraplegic and chooses assisted dying . Although she developed a bond while caring for him that is not the same as choosing to date a stranger .

hi Clara .. the question was if you would date someone with an incurable progressive illness not a temporary illness

you did say incurable and progressive ... that generally means continuing loss of function /deterioration. Perhaps we have a different interpretation. of a progressive illness . Can you give an example of what you are referring to ??

Edit ., his injury WAS sustained through adventure sports

To put this in perspective for me to think about, I considered Stephen Hawking, he was brilliant. He was also inventive, a great writer, rather funny, and faced his debilitating illness head on and never let is define who he was. An amazing human. While not all people or illnesses are the same, he was certainly fortunate that someone saw him and not his illness. And I’m sure his wife was thankful for their extraordinary life together. For me the answer would be, never say never.

I have a very clear understanding of the topic. It reminded me of the movie. It's one of my favorites. She chose to love someone with a life dibilating illness (it's top three illness right up there with Cancer and severe depression and anxiety doesn't matter how) they experienced a wonderful bond and they also suffered together. That's the most beautiful type of love. Loving someone even when it's hard. Where as she could have just went took her pay and went along her way.
Not many people have that capacity to love. It's just not for everyone.

just to clarify ... paraplegia is not an illness it is a spinal cord injury .

Dementia is a good example of a progressive incurable illness .

I disagree with you .RCB .. , Everyone has the capacity to love and the right to have preferences when it comes to mate selection . You know from your own experience how important that selection process is .

Incurable progressive illness is the topic. Paraplegics not only have suffered injury but develop many other secondary illnesses including mental, respiratory and cardiovascular....

Not everyone loves at the same capacity. If we do why is there so much indifference? Why do we feel hurt when someone doesn't love us the way we want?
Everyone has the right to chose who and how they love I certainly have not suggested otherwise. I myself have no regrets of ever loving anyone in my life.
When you give love you may not get it back. It happens. Another time you may give love and its returned 10 fold but cut short or comes with suffering due to an illness. I've experienced both. I'm sure I'm not alone.

perhaps read the original question RCB . Will leave it at that . We are talking about two different scenarios .

I read the original question and I also answered for myself. I said "easily....." Goodnight

Sleep well

why schizophrenics can be quite entertaining.if you are not in the same room you wont know if they are talking on the phone or to their friend living in the closet

It depends on the illness and how it would affect my life. If it is diabetes it would add challenges as I wont be able to enjoy cakes, cookies and toffee. if it is the hooping cough or measles it will likely go away. If it is worms I just wont kiss or sleep next to her for a while.

he was an incredible man ... also married more than once ....http://nypost.com/2020/09/05/inside-lothario-stephen-hawkings-improbable-steamy-love-life/amp/

Some of that was sad to read .

That, the part I made bold.

It's amazing most everyone hastens to say "yes of course I would!" while in real life potential partners already find it difficult when you say you don't eat pork and potatoes and decline an alcoholic beverage.
Not because of incurable disease.
Such a simple thing is difficult accept, yet an incurable disease that will get worse over time, and who knows how bad, everyone says 'Yes, I would."
Of course very political correct.

I said incurable, but we’ll go with incurable progressive or degenerative however you wish to put it. So no we don’t have a different interpretation of a progressive illness, for example MS Multiple Sclerosis

Your answer touched me because as you correctly said an illness doesn’t define a person. I recently watched ‘Still Alice’ and that moved me to tears because as she so rightly said at the end of the film “I’m still Alice!”

Although, before anybody jumps up and down, I know Alzheimer’s/dementia and motor neurone disease are not comparable illnesses.

No one said an illness does define a person .

When it comes to choosing a potential date .., Health can be a preference . Just like ethnicity .. body size . Height . ..Weight etc ., And that is quite ok .

If someone is not attracted to obesity for example . It is a Sexual preference . Why should health be viewed differently ???

you only know what health really is until you dont have it


offensive people are the worst