Haley, who stands at just 2ft 10″ in height, has had a challenging life because of her brittle bones.
She explained: “I have probably one of the most severe cases of brittle bone disease.” But despite her health challenges, she still managed to find love online in a fascinating love story that you can learn more about here:
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Haley met her wife Angie in 2009 through an online dating site.
“Angie actually was the one who reached out to me, that was unexpected because I’m usually the pursuer,” Haley continued.
It was a long-distance relationship at first but they decided to meet after a year.
Haley said: “Our first visit together, it just felt like a connection.”
Angie moved in with Haley not long after and the couple is staying together in Oregon.
“When Angie first moved in with me, I just couldn’t wait until she got here, I was nervous but mostly excited,” Haley recalled.
Haley then decided to take their relationship to the next level by proposing to Angie while she was in the hospital.
The couple now runs their YouTube vlog, “Angie and Haley Present” and has over 2,000 followers and counting. They talk about what it’s like being in a queer interabled relationship.
“It’s to show other people in similar situations who don’t think that they’re worthy of love or that they’ll find love, that love is possible,” said Haley.
Angie added: “Love comes in all forms; our channel is a friendly place where people can come – the point of spreading awareness for us is just to enrich people’s lives a little bit more.”
Haley can’t help but be anxious about perhaps one day losing Angie.
She said: “I worry, like, is she going to get sick of me one day? Is she going to leave?”
But Angie has never thought twice about being in an interabled relationship.
“Being in an interabled relationship, I never thought about it when I first met Haley – I love her for her and she loves me for me,” said Angie.
Angie and Haley are now just focused on a happily married future together.
“I would just tell other disabled queer women that yeah you might not feel desirable but if you know that you’re worth loving then that will show to others and that will attract somebody, I know it will because it worked for me,” Haley said.
“Finding love is my favorite thing I’ve gotten to do in my life, it’s the best thing I’ve experienced.”
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