This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BDB10D.F1139308 Content-Type: text/plain Joe, In response to your question whether discussion about the effects of PD on a single person trying to date is relevant here or not, my answer is a definite 'yes'. I'm also single, altho' never married, and only a dog to care for besides myself. Altho' I enjoy the info and discussions which come up on this list, some of them I can't relate to (i.e., retirement issues, grandchildren, etc.), as I'm much younger (34) and single. Obviously, this topic won't be relevant to all of the list, but it's still relevant. I also wonder if/when I might ever meet someone who not only would be willing to have a relationship, but one with someone with pd. It's hard enough for the many people who don't have it to find the right person. The way I figure it is, if it's meant to be, it'll happen. I'm not giving up on the idea yet. As long as I'm alive, I'll still have a healthy interest in those things that come along with a relationship (both good and bad), and somewhere there's gotta be someone with enough self-confidence, etc., who can take me and my pd on. Altho' I must admit, were I in the other person's shoes, I might also have second thoughts. It would depend alot on how that person deals with their disease, and whether it overwhelms them, or merely becomes just another aspect of their life. I hope I fall in that latter group. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing some other comments on this subject. Oh, by the way, I'm trying to get someone at work here to help me figure out how to get rid of these stupid attachments, which keep tagging along with my posts. In the meantime, I apologize, but hope that everyone will tolerate them for just a little (hopefully very little) longer. 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