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26 Feb 2013, 12:09 pm

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I'm still not getting what you mean. They're in love - they want to be together; it's not a matter of him leaving if she doesn't show
'x' amount of appreciation. Their relationship transcends the fact that she is in a wheelchair.

If that was true, then she wouldn't be on the undatables show to begin with. I'm not saying he isn't attracted to her. He is doing more than what other guys would do for her and he should be appreciated for it. If she expect things and the guy doesn't feel appreciated, he will bail. That goes for any relationship.

So you think he's doing her some massive favour as being with a person in a wheelchair is some kind of major sacrifice?

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i dunno, is she doing him a massive favor, like being with a person outside your league in looks is a major sacrifice ?

it sounded like what you said was, shes better looking than he can get otherwise so he better just ignore any inconvenience she causes him cuz shes the best hes going to get.

and the reality check is, if he doesnt feel like she appreciates the inconvenience her being in a wheelchair puts him through - its not her fault but it is more trouble than normal or like some1 said, she wouldnt be on the show - hes going to go find some1 who might not be so goodlooking but appreciates him and isnt so much trouble.

Actually they are a good match in looks in my opinion, I just had some idea NT women might not think him as attractive as the female as my choice in men doesn't often correlate with what NT women find attractive

I thought he was really nice looking myself

I just find it rather ironic that on a board for people with ASD's, people think they have every right to be so damn picky! By that logic none of us should get a look-in as others have every right to say they don't want to go out with an autistic! Luckily not everyone's so shallow so perhaps we need to take a leaf out of their book.

Do as you would be done by in other words!

They're on a reality TV show for pete's sake. If they didn't want to open themselves up to public scrutiny they shouldn't have signed up. It's called the public interest!

That's not the point under debate though

Something else to consider:
they didnt go through official channels to get people to sign up.
ie:instead of contacting as associations they went to local meetups to approach whoever they found suitable

This means that they approached people that were easy targets and some of them probably didnt really understand what they were signing up for .

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26 Feb 2013, 12:38 pm

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did joulie break up with sam

yup, her reasons were, mainly based on his dream and hers not aligning. She mentions that distance was a problem, but if they were to continue to get married as Sam would have wanted to, then it wouldn't have been a problem. My guess is that she didn't want marriage or probably be intimate with him. Maybe the thought scared her too much, will probably never know anyway. That part starts at 37min time mark into the episode. His father says, it was his first love and should open doors to meeting more people as he gained knowledge and experience. I hope he (Sam) doesn't get bitter and focusses on remembering the good experience he had.

how;d you watch it in south africa?

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26 Feb 2013, 1:41 pm

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I think Sam will move on. He didn't seem too bitter at the end, perhaps because it appeared his Dad had known for a while that they were going to break up and he had kind of prepared him [Sam] for the possibility. It didn't seem quite as out of the blue like they made it seem on the show, by showing them how 'happy' they were together but then all of a sudden it ending.

I thought the whole episode was great! The only person I didn't find that endearing was the girl in the wheelchair, I don't think that she had a lot of trouble finding dates, it was more that she hadn't put herself out there. Sure her first love broke up with her after she was ill but that probably would have happened anyway, first loves don't generally last and you'd have to have a pretty solid relationship to make it through something like that anyway. Actually contrary to what you though, I actually thought the guy was lucky to have her, and if she wasn't in a wheelchair she would be dating someone better than him. She really was stunning.

I was most happy for Shane, he seemed to have gotten much more confidence and I was glad to hear how successful he'd become with his poetry. He really has quite a talent for it, it made me wonder exactly what his learning disability is. Poor Richard is never going to find a women, not when he is secretly crushing on his Mum! I feel bad for his Mum because she clearly realises it's a big problem and yet she is probably mostly responsible for it by not teaching him enough independence when he was younger.

I feel sad the season has ended now, I really enjoyed that show. Thanks again for sharing the last episode [person that did!]

I wanted to mention that she came off with this sort of stuck-up/entitlement attitude. Like she could just drop the guy any time and get her self another guy whenever she wants. I'm not sure about the stunning part, but then again you are a woman and most likely because of my preference for other type of women. But your words, of not placing her self out there, explains it better.

I never saw this stuck up/entitled attitude at all

and as for her not being stunning - what did your last gf look like then?

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26 Feb 2013, 2:05 pm

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how;d you watch it in south africa?

Soliloquist's link to youtube worked for me.

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26 Feb 2013, 2:10 pm

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I never saw this stuck up/entitled attitude at all

and as for her not being stunning - what did your last gf look like then?

not stunning for me at least, she did complain about me never giving her compliments, because other guys kept on complementing her. My girlfriend before her, I thought was stunning, while she rated her lower than herself. Which I thought was odd, no, I felt insulted. Maybe I just have different taste in women.

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26 Feb 2013, 4:22 pm

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I never saw this stuck up/entitled attitude at all

and as for her not being stunning - what did your last gf look like then?

I don't require my partners to be 'stunning' as I'm not looking to impress the rest of the world

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26 Feb 2013, 8:25 pm

that link was for season 1 episode 4 im asking where you watched the updates episode

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27 Feb 2013, 2:09 am

I thought that was the update episode. What were you expecting to see?

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27 Feb 2013, 3:14 am

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that link was for season 1 episode 4 im asking where you watched the updates episode

It's confusing because even though for some reason it's titled as episode 4 season 1 (even on the channel 4 website) the youtube link posted a page or 2 back is actually the update episode.

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27 Feb 2013, 12:35 pm

awesome!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

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07 Mar 2013, 11:58 am

it'd be cool if anyone could post this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZQkm1GCXU0

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