[Blindtlk] How do You Find your Interactions with SightedPeople?

[Mark Tardif]

When I worked at Braille International, it was interesting because we had a 
number of blind proofreaders in our department.  However, we certainly 
didn't interact much with sighted people from other departments outside the 
work place.  I can say that I had a couple of sighted friends who I did go 
out with either after work or completely away from work, and I know that 
some of us tried to organize Friday afternoon trips to restaurants to 
celebrate happy hour and grab a bite, but it never really got off the 
ground.  And now, I am not hearing at all from most of the people in my 
department.  Yes, it's frustrating, but I'm not sure what the solution is. 
I think there are a lot of people who simply like to separate their work 
life from their social life.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Cindy Handel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:34 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] How do You Find your Interactions with 
SightedPeople?

I've found the same thing.  I know a lot of people and some I call friends.
But, there are very few who are truly close.  It seems people want to be
helpful, to a certain extent.  They say I should call if I need them to take
me someplace or do something.  But, I don't like to do that very often.  It
wears out a friendship very quickly.  I have invited people to my home or
out to eat with me.  But, the invitation is not reciprocated.  I don't
really know why, but it's very frustrating.

Cindy

-----Original Message----- 
From: wogg le4
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:54 PM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] How do You Find your Interactions with Sighted People?

Hi all

I realize it's probably a strange one but how do you find your
relationships with sighted people?

I often find that, while I meet plenty of people through work and so
on and get to know them quickly, I make very few real friends, more
aquaintances.

I was wondering why this is - perhaps it's the nature of my work -
perhaps my personality and I wondered what the experiences of others
were?

W

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