[Blindtlk] Social Interaction Question

[Jen]

It seems like you're more confident than your friend is. Have you talked to
him more about the Facebook thing?

Here are situations in which I've felt awkward with sighted people.

1. when a sighted person shouts at me (I guess there's a stereotype if
you're blind, you're also deaf)

2. when a sighted person leaves the room without telling me, and I end up
talking to thin air, it's so embarrasing!

3. when someone tells me something is "over there..."

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:53 PM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
Subject: [Blindtlk] Social Interaction Question

Hi,
I am curious to hear your opinions.
I have quite a few friends at school. With most of them, I feel like we have
normal conversations with a normal flow. But one friend I have seems to make
interactions awkward. I understand he doesn't have the best social skills,
and I don't have a problem with it, but it is almost like he's scared to
"say the wrong thing." He will initiate conversation, but not quite know how
to go about it.
For example, I had sent him a friend request on Facebook, which he accepted.
He was surprised that I was on there, but when I said I had one he just said
"Oh, I didn't know that..." and just stopped. I know what he was trying to
say, and what I would have preferred, was, "I didn't know blind people used
Facebook."  I also just want to make it clear that I have no problem
explaining the  misconceptions that people have about things such as this, I
would have just preferred it more out in the open.
Has anyone else ever dealt with a situation such as this? I completely
understand that people are awkward at first normally, but then ease up
later.
Thanks,
Vejas 
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