{"id":167931,"date":"2015-11-19T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T10:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=167931"},"modified":"2015-11-19T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T10:11:13","slug":"what-its-like-to-be-engaged-to-the-man-with-no-penis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/what-its-like-to-be-engaged-to-the-man-with-no-penis\/","title":{"rendered":"What it\u2019s like to be engaged to ‘The Man with No Penis’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Personal shopper Fedra Fabian\u2019s sex life recently came under intense public scrutiny after her boyfriend was the subject of a documentary\u2026about the fact that he has no penis.<\/p>\n
Fedra\u2019s fianc\u00e9 Andrew Wardle was born with bladder exstrophy, a condition that caused his bladder to form on the outside of his body.<\/p>\n
As a result, he was left with no penis. (Doctors were later able to reinsert his bladder into his body.)<\/p>\n
Andrew, who is based in the U.K., kept his condition a secret for years, but finally decided to open up in a Discovery Networks International documentary called The Man with No Penis, which aired Oct. 5 on TLC.<\/p>\n
The documentary followed Andrew as he underwent medical procedures that used muscle and skin grafted from his arm to create a fully-functioning penis.<\/p>\n
(The final procedure will take place in early 2016.) It also addressed his relationship with Fedra, and how they deal with Andrew\u2019s disorder.<\/p>\n
Still, we had even more questions\u2014so we reached out via email to Fedra, who is originally from Hungary but now lives in the U.K., for answers.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Health<\/strong>: How did you meet Andrew?<\/p>\n Fedra:<\/strong> I met with Andrew in a holiday camp where we both worked at the time.<\/p>\n WH:<\/strong> How far into dating him did he tell you about his condition? And how did he break the news?<\/p>\n Fedra:<\/strong> Early on he tried to tell me, but you can see it\u2019s not an easy subject to talk about. There is really no perfect time.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to explain it if I put it in perspective: Just imagine you can’t have children because you have some illness, something that\u2019s not your fault. And you start dating somebody you really like, and you feel like it might be love, and you need to tell them about your condition. You will be terrified, especially because you had really bad reactions in the past, relationships broke up because of it, but not because you\u2019ve done something wrong or something you can change.<\/p>\n The first time Andrew tried to tell me, it was in the first few months [of dating], and he couldn’t do it. But when finally he did tell me, it was the night before it came out in the papers. He couldn\u2019t push it off any further, and he didn’t want me to find it out in the papers. It was a really hard chat for both of us.<\/p>\n WH:<\/strong> Do your friends and family know about Andrew’s condition, or have you kept it a secret from them up until now?<\/p>\n Fedra:<\/strong> My family has known since Andrew told me, but there are still a few people who don’t. But we\u2019re not really talking about it. My mother asks me sometimes, \u2018How is Andrew doing?\u2019 and if we know the date of his [final] operation. They love him for all of who he is\u2014an amazing person, a funny free spirit, and a strong man.<\/p>\n