How do you make love work when your significant other is your caregiver

Love is hard, love is complicated. At least that’s what I’ve heard. I’ve also heard it takes a lot of work.

What do you do when the person you love, the person you are intimate with is your caregiver?

Believe it or not, some able-bodied people have relationships with people who have disabilities and their caregivers as well.

Love or to be in love isn’t easily defined it all depends on the person or persons. It depends on what kind of relationship you want to have, and what you think love is. Also, you can meet that one person who can change another’s mind. It could happen and has happened.

When you are the caregiver and significant other you’re like a nurse or nurse aide but you are also a lover at the same time. It’s not for everybody.

Some able-bodied people turn to religion to get them through. However, some people accept other people for who they are they’re hard to find and there are not a lot of people out there who accept other people for who they are and regard people with disabilities or disabled people.

When you are a caregiver and a significant partner of somebody and you live together you’re together all the time because that’s what it takes when you take care of somebody who needs to get taken care of and who can’t do things on their own.

The drawback to having a significant other who has a disability is that when you get married in some states you don’t have benefits anymore or they get significantly altered.

When it comes to Cole and Charisma Syndor has a YouTube channel called Roll with Charisma and Cole. Cole was disabled in a car accident, his wife was an aide were he rehabbed which is how they met. they had to move to a different state for Cole to have benefits.

Shane and Hannah Burcaw are a little different than Cole or Charisma. Shane has muscular dystrophy atrophy. Shane is very independent he has written books and has also written for a newspaper as well. They have done videos about their lives and Shane’s disability. They are currently doing a podcast.

When it comes to love and disabilities you just have to find the right kind of people to come together and make it work.


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