I eagerly began swiping, quickly matching with an attractive man whose profile picture showed him sporting an enormous iguana on his shoulder. Thinking that would make for an easy conversation starter, I messaged him. This particular rejection, however, unleashed a wave of panic within me.

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I only say that because it seems to be the most pressing question on the minds of men considering me or any other woman in a wheelchair as a potential romantic partner. With regular women, men can just skip straight to figuring out how to simply get to the sex part. But first I actually need to get to the date. So, enter the somewhat necessary nightmare that is online dating. This is an actual opening line that a man sent me on one of the online dating applications I use.