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>> HAVING CROHN'S REALLY HASN'T AFFECTED MY SOCIAL LIFE.
LIKE I SAID, MY FRIENDS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING,
AND DATING, LIKE THE GUYS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING TOO.
>> MY CURRENT BOYFRIEND I'M WITH NOW,
I'VE BEEN WITH HIM 4 YEARS.
I MET HIM IN COLLEGE.
I MET HIM RIGHT AFTER I HAD MY THIRD SURGERY,
SO THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER I WAS PRETTY SICK FOR A WHILE.
>> WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND 3 YEARS AGO,
I ENDED UP -- IT TOOK ME ALMOST 8 MONTHS TO TELL HIM
THAT I HAD COLITIS.
HE WAS ALWAYS WONDERING, WHY DID I HAVE TO USE
THE RESTROOM A LOT?
WHY COULDN'T I EAT A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY WOULD EAT?
AND IT CAME TO A POINT THAT I ENDED UP TELLING HIM,
AND HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY SUPPORTIVE.
>> OTHER PEOPLE I DATED, I KIND OF JUST TOLD THEM,
"YEAH, I TAKE MEDICINE, AND I HAVE THIS DISEASE,
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT."
THEY WERE LIKE, "OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW."
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I DO BRING UP,
BUT NOT UNTIL I'M, I GUESS, SERIOUS WITH THAT PERSON.
I MEAN, I DO MENTION IT, I DO SAY,
"I DO HAVE CROHN'S, AND IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS,
I WILL CERTAINLY ANSWER THEM."
AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO KNOW I WILL LET THEM KNOW.
AND SO, IF THEY WANT TO STAY, THEY STAY.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'RE NO GOOD FOR ME.