Love

First Date

Posted on Nov 24, 2019Jul 1, 2020 by Shaily Agrawal

She already knew the result of the meeting.

Men on the dating site asked her to meet them thinking that her disability will cross out theirs. But they realise their mistake within ten minutes of the ‘conversation’.

Considering that this date was ‘normal’…

She found him waiting outside the venue. He sheepishly gestured the ‘signs’ with hands. They said, “Please bear with my clumsiness with ‘signs’. I started learning recently so that we could understand each other.”

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Author: Shaily Agrawal

I am an Instructional Designer, avid reader, small-town woman and working mother with a fish-eye perspective. I have just published my first book, The Forest Bed and other short stories. If you like my stories on this blog, feel free to Like, Comment, Reblog and Share. You can reach me at shailygrwl@gmail.com or through my Facebook page facebook.com/shailyagrawalwrites/ View All Posts

4 thoughts on “First Date”

Elizabeth says:

Nov 25, 2019 at 3:28 am

I was touched by this.

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1. Shaily Agrawal says:
  
  Nov 25, 2019 at 3:39 am
  
  Thank you, Elizabeth! This story is very close to my heart because I have always felt that love is about making an effort to understand each other.
  
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POETAS EN LA NOCHE says:

Nov 25, 2019 at 1:19 am

You have been able to turn my disability around my disability. Very smart!!😘🌹

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1. Shaily Agrawal says:
  
  Nov 25, 2019 at 3:36 am
  
  A lot of us feel that our partner is not really listening to us. And speech challenged people get it even worse because people don’t make an effort… This was my effort to make them heard. 😁
  
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