She Told Her Friend That She Wanted To Date Him, But He Wasn’t Interested In Her Because Of Her Weight: Now That He’s Had A Stroke He Changed His Mind

A 26-year-old woman has a friend the same age as her that she’s had a crush on for some time.
She even did confess to him not that long ago that she has feelings for him, but he didn’t give her the answer she was hoping for.
He told her that their friendship was too important for them to get into a relationship, which definitely was a b.s. excuse because she found out from another friend of hers the real reason why he didn’t want to date her.
“He told another friend that he didn’t find me physically attractive because I was overweight,” she explained.
“He’s a good-looking guy and I get that people have types and that attraction isn’t something you can force, but I was still hurt by it.”
“I then felt kinda self-conscious and insecure next to all the pretty skinny girls he was dating.”
This did happen some time ago, and she was able to pretty much get over it and continue their friendship.
About a year ago, her friend wound up having a stroke, and it impacted his coordination and balance.
He still suffers from paralysis to this day, and his speech is no longer the same at all.

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“He’s pretty hard to understand most of the time and he gets really self-conscious and frustrated about it,” she said.
“Understandably, the whole thing has destroyed his confidence and made him depressed. He has good days and bad days, but overall he’s finding most social interaction hard.”
“He hasn’t been on a date since it happened, and he used to date a lot. Then last night he texted me saying he was an idiot for turning me down back then and would I date him now?”
She was shocked by his text, but she isn’t sure if she should date him now. A part of her is concerned that he’s only trying to date her now because he’s insecure and lowering the standards he used to have, while another part of her thinks he’s not in the best place to be dating at all.
Her feelings for him have not gone away, and she’s struggling with a fear of getting hurt here.
“I’m not sure, because I also don’t want to date him out of pity,” she continued. “Like I don’t think his stroke should change him even though I know it has massively.”
“I don’t really think having a disability or health condition affects how attractive a person is, so I don’t want to think that his stroke made him less concerned about looks or that. Does that make sense? Idk, it’s a whole mess.”
How would you handle this situation?
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