[SophiaG]

So, yesterday, I was at Walmart and I was minding my own buisness, buying stuff. I was in the pharmacy section for a little while, then I went over to the other end of the store, to get distilled water for my medical machine that I use at night.

I check out and as I am walking towards the door this guy, older guy, either in his late thirties or 40's comes up along side of me and says "I saw you in the pharmacy section, would you like to go out sometime?" As he is saying this, i'm walking and minding my own buisness, so I turn to look at him and I'm startled out of my own little world. I start feeling creeped out because I began to feel like he had been following me around the store and I'm totally alone. O_o

I tell him "No thanks, I think I have to get home. It was nice to meet you though."

The whole time while I'm driving home I'm looking over my shoulder, very freaked out/paranoid.

I don't know why but I get the feeling he had a disability fetish or something.

http://www.disaboom.com/sexuality-an...s-and-devotees

On Women with Disabilities and how "Devotees" see them:

http://books.google.com/books?id=yJO...0women&f=false

Opinion Article:

http://www.disthis.com/artman/publish/article_10.shtml

[Rapunzel]

It is interesting that he seemed to ask you out because he saw you in the pharmacy section. Maybe he didn't mean it that way, but it seems he said it that way. I wish I had paid attention to my intuition when my husband asked me out for the first time after seeing me cry and be miserable. Some guys are looking for women they can rescue, and it doesn't work out very well.

I was searching ads for a place to live (getting divorced - it took me 20 years, but my husband didn't want a woman who wants to live her own life and it's finally over). I gave up on finding an apartment that I could afford that would let me have my cats, so I was looking at roommates wanted. There was one ad where some guy advertised that if there were a woman who wants to be rescued, she could be his roommate for $1 a month, plus doing the cooking and cleaning and some data entry work for him. He went on to specify that this woman should be between 25-50 years old, and thin. And that he felt it would be a great opportunity for a woman down on her luck. Um, no, thanks! I'd rather be homeless.

[Perna]

How would he know you were "disabled" and not just getting prescription cough medicine for your really bad cold? Anyone that close when I'm at the prescription counter that they can read my "bag" of prescriptions or listen close enough to my conversation with the pharmacist is going to get a glare from me

I think he thought you looked good and just did the "new" public thing of trying to pick up chicks in grocery stores or other places they might be (Target :-)

[SophiaG]

Originally Posted by Perna

How would he know you were "disabled" and not just getting prescription cough medicine for your really bad cold? Anyone that close when I'm at the prescription counter that they can read my "bag" of prescriptions or listen close enough to my conversation with the pharmacist is going to get a glare from me

I think he thought you looked good and just did the "new" public thing of trying to pick up chicks in grocery stores or other places they might be (Target :-)

Yeah I could've been wrong about his intentions. I didnt pick up any medication though. I didn't even notice him until he came up from behind me as I was leaving the store.

[madisgram]

uhhh, idk....that seems a little creepy for him to network that way. i would've handled it as you did especially after experiencing some pretty weird ppl out there. it sounds a little risky to go along with this pick up.

[SophiaG]

Originally Posted by madisgram

uhhh, idk....that seems a little creepy for him to network that way. i would've handled it as you did especially after experiencing some pretty weird ppl out there. it sounds a little risky to go along with this pick up.

lol, yeah I was pretty creeped out.

[aracelih]

Many abasiophiliacs (also called DPW: devotees, pretenders, wannabes) feel a strong sense of guilt and shame from feeling unusual erotic pleasure from others misfortunes. They don’t want to enter a relationship with a crippled person just to satisfy their sex drive. Second best for them is to enter into relationships with others who share the same fantasies, or willing to role play. Some DPW’s occupy care-taker roles in hospitals, some collect disability-linked objects, and many are attracted to looking at photos of disabled people.

[(JD)]

Maybe someone who is ill himself feels more comfortable with someone who is also, thinking they are understanding? I know, while I don't want (and probably can't handle) someone who is disabled, who else would want me? Maybe a guy who has a need to care for another (not necessarily healthily) looks for someone to shower with attention? Gut instincts can usually be right, except if someone has a disorder that increases vigilance etc.

[Miracle1986]

I was at a "Abilities Expo" over the weekend and heard a story from one of the vendors.
There was this normal, abled bodied guy hanging around and following some different woman around.
The vendor asked the man what brings him to the expo.
he replies, "the women"
He was quickly escorted out by security.