Would you date a depressed person?

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I have two criteria for dating. First, I have to be physically attracted to her, second, she has to be into me too and be capable of showing it. So long as her depression doesn’t have me feeling like I’m constantly trying to beat a dead horse to life, I can keep going.

I’ve noticed that some people seem ‘ready’ for dating, whereas others would better served with just hanging out. Dating is spending time with someone in a very specific context and for a specific purpose, romance. A lot of people are just not comfortable being romantic. I simply don’t have any time anymore for vague, purposeless ‘friends’. For this reason, I probably wouldn’t be able to get anything going with someone who is depressed.

If I see something in you that’s so compelling that it makes me want to push through all the obstacles, great. But I’ve learned to see most obstacles as things to be respected and not pushed through.