Wheeler spotting

[robbb]

I'm having a coffee at Heathrow airport waiting for a friend and watching 2 very hot wheelers, both para's, both in their 40s, both very fit. I love airports.

R.

[elyse]

I've actually had a few spottings in the last week, but very disappointing ones...

Last weekend I was visiting my sister, she lives about 40 minutes from me... saw 3 women wheelers. It was so unusual for me to see that many wheelchairs in a single day.

Then last night my husband and I went to a restaurant with friends... I could see a man in a wheelchair heading inside just as we were getting out of the car. As we got closer I realized he was a much older man (probably 60's)... the chair was actually pink and didn't even have a foot plate/he was moving his feet along. So disappointing as farther away I had such high hopes! On a different note as soon as we walked in my favorite clients were there eating and they got up and gave us huge hugs... that part made my day!

[dannyboy95]

When I was coming home from University last week around 5pm I saw quite a cute guy around my age at the bus station being pushed by his girlfriend. I don't know if he was paraplegic or had cerebral palsy but they were quite a cute couple.

A few weeks back a saw a fairly young man with skinny legs pushing through our shopping street. Only very briefly though.

Generally I very seldomly see handsom wheeleres around where I live.

[charlied]

On the train ride home from work there was a very cute asian guy in a wheelchair.

I think that he had spina bifida since his upper body looked as if he had scoliosis.

He also had very thin, sexy legs...

I almost got to help him off of the train when the conductor took too long to bring the ramp.

I wish I had been able to...

[strawberrybubblegum]

Last week I was visiting my boyfriend and we went to a restaurant near his place where there's always other wheelers. When we got there, I/we saw that there were a bunch of other wheelers on the second floor and he suggested we go sit there (because he knows that's exciting for me; isn't he a keeper?!).

There was this one table where there were two guys in their wheelchairs and another one sitting on a bench and another table with three people, all sitting in normal chairs. In between the two tables there was an empty, sleek wheelchair with a very low backrest. I immediately noticed this one guy: young, attractive and with a great body. He was sitting on a normal chair, but the wheelchair was right behind him, so I immediately made the connection that he was a para, but chose to transfer to a normal chair, like the ones his friends were sitting in and got excited. I kept looking over at him because he was hot and I didn't want to miss the moment when he transferred back into his wheelchair.

Of course my boyfriend noticed and we talked about it quite a bit. My boyfriend was as interested in and supportive about my devness as always, which is something that I really, really love about him and our relationship. He was really great about the whole thing and only a teeny tiny bit jealous (but in a good way ). He also had this really great question about how it would be if I was there with the other guy and saw him, if I also would have noticed him and been so excited, and the best part is, he also knew my exact answer to that. Ok, I'm drifting off here but he's just so amazing! Sigh...

Anywhoo, we had our food, some drinks and a great time, but also kept looking over to the guy and what he was up to. At some point, I don't even remember why, our attention was drawn to the other table. I think my boyfriend even made a joke about how funny it would be if the owner of the wheelchair wasn't the hot guy, but someone else. And that's when I noticed the guy at the other table sitting on the bench had tiny feet and legs. And that's when I realized that it was most probably him and not the "hot para" whose wheelchair was standing there. I can't remember the last time I was so disappointed. But there was still some hope I held on to, as it wasn't 100% clear yet. But then the guys in the wheelchairs put on their jackets and so did their friend on the bench and then he stood up and walked a few stiff steps to his chair (which I admit was devy, but he just wasn't attractive to me), sat down and they all wheeled away.

I felt like a kid who just found out Santa isn't real, that's how disappointed I was. The whole time I had been gushing over this hot young para to then find out he's just another boring AB. Sniff sniff. But we also had a real good laugh at the whole situation and my boyfriend told me about a hundred times that I had to post about it here. Also, I got to go home with a real wheeler, who happens to be super attractive, too, and an amazing person on top of that, so my disappointment about the hot-non-para didn't last for too long.

I wonder if anyone has ever had this happen to them, too? I really was 100% sure he was a para and it was his chair!!!

[dannyboy95]

Nov 21, 2016 18:31:40 GMT -5 strawberrybubblegum said:

Last week I was visiting my boyfriend and we went to a restaurant near his place where there's always other wheelers. When we got there, I/we saw that there were a bunch of other wheelers on the second floor and he suggested we go sit there (because he knows that's exciting for me; isn't he a keeper?!).

There was this one table where there were two guys in their wheelchairs and another one sitting on a bench and another table with three people, all sitting in normal chairs. In between the two tables there was an empty, sleek wheelchair with a very low backrest. I immediately noticed this one guy: young, attractive and with a great body. He was sitting on a normal chair, but the wheelchair was right behind him, so I immediately made the connection that he was a para, but chose to transfer to a normal chair, like the ones his friends were sitting in and got excited. I kept looking over at him because he was hot and I didn't want to miss the moment when he transferred back into his wheelchair.

Of course my boyfriend noticed and we talked about it quite a bit. My boyfriend was as interested in and supportive about my devness as always, which is something that I really, really love about him and our relationship. He was really great about the whole thing and only a teeny tiny bit jealous (but in a good way ). He also had this really great question about how it would be if I was there with the other guy and saw him, if I also would have noticed him and been so excited, and the best part is, he also knew my exact answer to that. Ok, I'm drifting off here but he's just so amazing! Sigh...

Anywhoo, we had our food, some drinks and a great time, but also kept looking over to the guy and what he was up to. At some point, I don't even remember why, our attention was drawn to the other table. I think my boyfriend even made a joke about how funny it would be if the owner of the wheelchair wasn't the hot guy, but someone else. And that's when I noticed the guy at the other table sitting on the bench had tiny feet and legs. And that's when I realized that it was most probably him and not the "hot para" whose wheelchair was standing there. I can't remember the last time I was so disappointed. But there was still some hope I held on to, as it wasn't 100% clear yet. But then the guys in the wheelchairs put on their jackets and so did their friend on the bench and then he stood up and walked a few stiff steps to his chair (which I admit was devy, but he just wasn't attractive to me), sat down and they all wheeled away.

I felt like a kid who just found out Santa isn't real, that's how disappointed I was. The whole time I had been gushing over this hot young para to then find out he's just another boring AB. Sniff sniff. But we also had a real good laugh at the whole situation and my boyfriend told me about a hundred times that I had to post about it here. Also, I got to go home with a real wheeler, who happens to be super attractive, too, and an amazing person on top of that, so my disappointment about the hot-non-para didn't last for too long.

I wonder if anyone has ever had this happen to them, too? I really was 100% sure he was a para and it was his chair!!!

Heh although a dissapointment for you it is still quite a funny story!

[malibu]

Sometimes I think I saw someone with a disability and later I realize they had no disability or I am unsure.

A while ago a girl more or less my age wheeled right beside me in a coffee shop, she was using a manual chair. I offered to explain her the products that were out of her sight, but she stood up, and had a look herself. (She explained she had twisted her ankle, probably felt like explaining after noticing the look in my face...wtf??? lol)

There´s one girl in my school I don´t know if she pretends she´s disabled or if she pretends that she´s pretending ... it´s confusing. I see her everyday. She uses a cane, but walks without it too, sometimes she hands it over to her boyfriend, who´s impressively dedicated. She talks very loud, so I heard her saying that she uses the cane to feel safe, she´s got a weapon to beat someone in subway. But she could as well be joking about that, because she seems like embracing the cane so much. She even decorates it according to her outfit, today she had put some purple stripes matching her shoes...she really knows how to use a cane. Some people in the bus stop were commenting like, why´s she using a cane if she walks without it. (After this comment I got curious and started noticing her more, but she helps being noticed as she´s always very loud and it would be harder not to notice her.) I don´t know if she has a disability or not, and it does not seem to matter, as her boyfriend is of a rare in love stage with her. Even when she was talking to her friend, the guy did never stop kissing her cheeks and her neck making quite loud noises. And when she complains that her bag is too heavy, he holds it for her, together with the cane. Pretending or not, she knows how to wear a cane with confidence. Hope those bus stop people leave her alone, I´m secretely her fan and want to stay in this weird not really knowing what´s going on way of waiting, as this mistery helps passing the time until my bus arrives

[strawberrybubblegum]

Nov 22, 2016 13:49:57 GMT -5 malibu said:

Sometimes I think I saw someone with a disability and later I realize they had no disability or I am unsure.

A while ago a girl more or less my age wheeled right beside me in a coffee shop, she was using a manual chair. I offered to explain her the products that were out of her sight, but she stood up, and had a look herself. (She explained she had twisted her ankle, probably felt like explaining after noticing the look in my face...wtf??? lol)

There´s one girl in my school I don´t know if she pretends she´s disabled or if she pretends that she´s pretending ... it´s confusing. I see her everyday. She uses a cane, but walks without it too, sometimes she hands it over to her boyfriend, who´s impressively dedicated. She talks very loud, so I heard her saying that she uses the cane to feel safe, she´s got a weapon to beat someone in subway. But she could as well be joking about that, because she seems like embracing the cane so much. She even decorates it according to her outfit, today she had put some purple stripes matching her shoes...she really knows how to use a cane. Some people in the bus stop were commenting like, why´s she using a cane if she walks without it. (After this comment I got curious and started noticing her more, but she helps being noticed as she´s always very loud and it would be harder not to notice her.) I don´t know if she has a disability or not, and it does not seem to matter, as her boyfriend is of a rare in love stage with her. Even when she was talking to her friend, the guy did never stop kissing her cheeks and her neck making quite loud noises. And when she complains that her bag is too heavy, he holds it for her, together with the cane. Pretending or not, she knows how to wear a cane with confidence. Hope those bus stop people leave her alone, I´m secretely her fan and want to stay in this weird not really knowing what´s going on way of waiting, as this mistery helps passing the time until my bus arrives

That's quite intriguing. I'd also be interested in her if I saw her regularly. You should ask her. Say something about how you noticed that she decorates it and that you think that's cool and then get her into conversation or something.

[Melina26]

This past Saturday there was a low para down at a bbq happening on the garden at my appartment building. Even though liw paras are not my thing its just so intriguing I was almost taking a picture of him...but of course I realized how stalkerish and wrong that would be, so I didnt...weird feeling though.

[parashoot]

This weekend has involved the universe giving me some sort of sign, I swear.

Yesterday, I sort of came out to my best friend in a joking way by explaining that I have the hots for Jason Street and Jimmy Brooks because "I just have a wheelchair fetish". I hate that I used the word fetish, but I felt like it was just an opening for a future serious conversation haha. I was texting her, she lives on another continent...
When I was reflecting on this conversation last night in my car, I swear the song "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven came on!

I have seen one paraplegic man in my life...I live in a PWD dry city or something.
This one guy I used to always see at this one bar downtown probably 8ish years ago. He was good looking but kind of dirty looking...grungy clothes and unwashed hair...maybe 10 years older than me.
Today I was driving and I see someone wheeling. Usually when I turn my head to look at wheels, it ends up being a mobility scooter containing a 300 lb 60 year old woman.
Well this was an actual wheelchair containing an actual young(ish) man. I looked at his legs and feet on his footplate, then moved my eyes up. He was carrying a box on his lap. And it was the guy from the bar, BUT he looked way cleaner and hot.
This all happened in 10 seconds as I drove past. I half wanted to loop the block again, but decided against being a stalker. Sigh.

So I think the universe is totally sending me a message. Don't know what it's trying to say, but definetly something.

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parashoot
Who are Jason Street and Jimmy Brooks?

[parashoot]

Nov 27, 2016 14:37:53 GMT -5 Dani said:

parashoot
Who are Jason Street and Jimmy Brooks?

Haha I should have clarified that I guess. They are characters from tv shows who are in wheelchairs.

[Melina26]

Nov 27, 2016 14:22:14 GMT -5 parashoot said:

This weekend has involved the universe giving me some sort of sign, I swear.

Yesterday, I sort of came out to my best friend in a joking way by explaining that I have the hots for Jason Street and Jimmy Brooks because "I just have a wheelchair fetish". I hate that I used the word fetish, but I felt like it was just an opening for a future serious conversation haha. I was texting her, she lives on another continent...
When I was reflecting on this conversation last night in my car, I swear the song "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven came on!

I have seen one paraplegic man in my life...I live in a PWD dry city or something.
This one guy I used to always see at this one bar downtown probably 8ish years ago. He was good looking but kind of dirty looking...grungy clothes and unwashed hair...maybe 10 years older than me.
Today I was driving and I see someone wheeling. Usually when I turn my head to look at wheels, it ends up being a mobility scooter containing a 300 lb 60 year old woman.
Well this was an actual wheelchair containing an actual young(ish) man. I looked at his legs and feet on his footplate, then moved my eyes up. He was carrying a box on his lap. And it was the guy from the bar, BUT he looked way cleaner and hot.
This all happened in 10 seconds as I drove past. I half wanted to loop the block again, but decided against being a stalker. Sigh.

So I think the universe is totally sending me a message. Don't know what it's trying to say, but definetly something.

Haha i have this same problem...going crazy at wheels but then finding out is just an old lady, or even a baby stroller lol

[shadowdancer]

I saw a really good looking guy in Asda last week. He was about my age and exactly my 'type'. His wheelchair was really cool- it was bright yellow and the bits that attach the little front wheels to the bit where his feet go had a funky pattern. He was obviously doing some after work shopping as he had smart trousers and shoes on, and he was carrying his basket on his lap as he whizzed around. I tried to get behind him in the queue (even though I hadn't finished shopping!!) but someone pipped me to the post so I stopped by the chocolate and pretended to look at my phone so I could sneak a few glances! At one stage he moved his leg with his hands to get his wallet out from some sort of bag under his wheelchair. It was the first time i'd devoted a bit of time to being a dev and it was quite exciting I must say!!

[blueskye101]

So last weekend I see this thing come up on my local paper thru FB. Wheelchair basketball. A bunch of teams in town for tournament from Seattle. Spur of moment decided to go. Hardley anyone there but family so was feeling kinda weird and awkward but thought what the hell and got into the games. 1 team all women. So then at half time they do a drawing for a water bottle. They call my name and I had to go up front and pick out a team member that would throw for me and if he made the basket I got the bottle. I was sorta mortified cause was trying to blend in but picked. A lovely wheeler 50+ and he made it. Then they asked with a microphone in my face how I heard about the games. Lol tried to play cool and said I was a basketball fan and saw the ad. I'm sure I was beet red but had a blast.