When is it the right time to tell someone who you are dating about your memory impairment?

(Chapter 13 Interaction with Spouse or Significant Other & Chapter 26 MCI Tool Box in my book)

In 2005, when I got my diagnosis, I was only comfortable with telling my immediate family and closest friends about my diagnosis.

The reason that I choose who I tell about my diagnosis at my jobs and in my personal life is because I don't want people to treat me differently if or when they find out about my memory impairment. I still function a lot of the time fairly well. If someone spends a lot of time with me, they might wonder if something is wrong if or when I pause in the middle of a sentence because I can't find the word that I want to use. If I spend a lot of time talking to someone, then I probably should tell them about my diagnosis.

I think that in my heart, I will know when or if the time is right to tell someone who I am dating. I no longer worry about whether someone I'm dating will walk away after I tell them. I have no control over that. They either love me and they can deal with it or they can't. If they can't, I'm better off knowing, then them pretending that everything is okay. In the future I will decide to tell someone who I'm dating about my diagnosis if I feel that there might be a future with them.