Endometriosis and dating
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Created by Amy Lefmann

When to Tell?

Hey all,

So, I've been recently diagnosed with endo. However, I've been struggling with the symptoms for years.

Up until this past March I was in a stable relationship with a very supportive partner. At that point I was undiagnosed. However, that relationship has ended now; and, I'm back out in the dating world with this new bombshell of news about myself.

So, my question is... When do you tell the men you're dating about your endo- and how much information do you provide?

I know that this information needs to be shared because it will affect my potential partners as much as it will affect me. But, I don't want to present this info at the wrong time or in the wrong way and scare them off.

I'd love to hear about your presonal experiences- what worked and even what didn't... Thank you!

Katie

23 months ago
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  • Jezzika

    Tell them in the beginning. If they run off...then let them run...they wouldn't be much support later anyways. If you tell them in the beginning it will save you a lot of heart ache of waiting , getting close to someone, telling them, THEN they get scared and abandon you with all those left over feelings and emotions...save yourself some grief and tell them first off. :)

    23 months ago

  • Jess

    Always, always, always, Tell them in the beginning. If they cant take the good with the bad they aint worth it. Ive always been the blunt, outright honest type.  some ppl it seems are ashamed of there disease but you just gotta realize this is who we are its a part of us whether we like it or not and we should be proud. Ive got a tattoo with our yellow ribbon that says endo angel above it not only to raise awareness but to let everyone know exactly how strong and independant woman like us with endo are and ive bought shirts and buttons with endo stuff on it .  I feel like if im not honest about it im only fooling my self and causing more problems later.

    19 months ago

  • Ashley

    Thanks for posting this. It really helps me!

    18 months ago

  • Laura

    i was actually just thinking about this last week......

    i guess i pretty much gave up dating due to the simple fact that i don't want to have to have this conversation with any man......most of them will never understand and i sure cannot explain it because i certainly do not know everything about my endo.....

    when i was diagnosed, all of my friends ran.......i am destined to be alone i think.

    18 months ago

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