[James]

In a survey one percent of respondents said they would date someone if they knew they had AIDS. In the same survey, forty percent said they would marry someone with AIDS if they were in-love with them.

We see periodic posts from people asking what we think of dating people from different ethnicities, cultures, religions, age groups, people with kids, etc. Whether its appropriate to date those categories.

Apropriateness is often a reflection of early conditioning, cultural norms, peer pressure, personal experiences etc.

I call it the blind date test. If someone is trying set you up with a stranger, certain things will eliminate them. The "I never" list.

Inter-racial, too old, too young, kids, religion, politcs etc.

But the I never list is usually intellectual not emotional.

My question is a hypothetical, if you really started falling for someone out of your normal category, would you try dating them?

Or would you deny your feelings because you intellectually don't think that relationship is appropriate?

(This is a distillation of another post people were having trouble comprehending)