[BlindTlk] frustrating home situation

Tue Nov 17 02:08:11 UTC 2020

It wasn't meant to be funny.  Nothing toxic in it and often the quickest
way to socialize certain types of children.  If I had to handle that
situation I wouldn't leave onion water in an easily accessible place
either though.

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, David Goldfield via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 19:51:19
> From: David Goldfield via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Goldfield <david.goldfield at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] frustrating home situation
>
> >If the little sister got hold of some of that and drank it she likely
> wouldn't do that any more.
>
> If that was meant to be funny it isn't. That's unethical, immoral and
> sickening.
>
>
>
> David Goldfield,
> Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
> JAWS Certified, 2019
>
> WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
>
> On 11/16/2020 6:25 PM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk wrote:
> > Why not make some onion water.  It's helpful in managing blood sugar.  I
> > found the article by searching for onion water blood sugar.
> > If the little sister got hold of some of that and drank it she likely
> > wouldn't do that any more.
> > As for the rest of the stuff, you are living under your parent's roof
> > for now anyway.
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, Madison Martin via BlindTlk wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:00:51
> >> From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> >> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >> Cc: maddymartin at mymts.net
> >> Subject: [BlindTlk] frustrating home situation
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> Hope this is okay to talk about hear, I just really need to vent.
> >> I forgot to say that Dad and I went out for super on Saturday to get away
> >> from
> >> the craziness. Plus I don't eat pizza. Makayla's biggest issue is that her
> >> and
> >> Mom are too much a like, so they're always at each other and she thinks
> >> that Mom
> >> is always mad at her when she isn't. Dad takes anti-depressant meds, but I
> >> think
> >> he watches and reads way too much news. I also think he drinks way too much
> >> coffie and alcohol, and he also needs to lose weight. Makayla also likes to
> >> nag
> >> me about stuff that Mom and Dad don't bug me about, I already have two
> >> parents I
> >> don't want or need a third. I'm an adult so I think I should be allowed to
> >> make
> >> my own decisions and not get told what to do. Mom also loves to be in
> >> control
> >> all the time which is very annoying. None of us are very good at talking
> >> about
> >> and sharing our feelings, if we were a normal family then we could talk
> >> about
> >> this stuff, but we aren't. I know that a therapist can't necessarily solve
> >> our
> >> problems, but hopefully they could give us ways to cope. Mom is the one
> >> that
> >> needs the most help, but we know that she wouldn't go or talk.
> >> I don't know that Mom would ever join us, and I don't know if Makayla even
> >> wants
> >> to go. I'd consider it, but only if we found the right therapist. There are
> >> many
> >> I'm sure, but they're not all the same. I'd love to move out, but I don't
> >> think
> >> I want to live by myself. I used to think that Dad and I should go live
> >> together, but now I'm not so sure. I already told you about his issues, and
> >> he
> >> also nags me about stuff mainly personal hygiene stuff, mainly showiering.
> >> I
> >> don't go anywhere so I really don't care how I look or if I smell. Plus the
> >> less
> >> we shower the less water we use, and the less product we have to buy. As an
> >> adult, should I not be allowed to make my own decsions even when it comes
> >> to
> >> personal hygiene? Sometimes I feel like I'm treated more like a kid then
> >> the
> >> adult that I am and should be allowed to be. Makayla would probably just
> >> yell at
> >> me, she wouldn't actually teach me how to do something. She quite often
> >> just
> >> says "If you want something then why not just learn to do it yourself." She
> >> also
> >> bugs me about stuff and tells me what to do too. She's also gotten really
> >> bad at
> >> just taking things without asking, mainly food. Sometimes someone buys
> >> something
> >> for themselves or for someone else (that's not her), but she just sees
> >> things
> >> and assumes she can eat or use them, when she can't always. If she'd just
> >> ask
> >> then chances are she could eat some of or use some of whatever it is, but
> >> she
> >> doesn't. Dad does this too, not as much though. We made fudge a few months
> >> ago,
> >> and she ate a few pieces without asking. It had to be kept in the fridge so
> >> Mom
> >> would cut up a few pieces and put them out to warm up a bit. Now if we make
> >> it
> >> again she's not allowed to have any because she didn't ask the first time,
> >> she
> >> blew it. What's fair is fair. Plus the last few times she's made stuff she
> >> hasn't asked me if I'd like any, not that I would unless it's plain. It's
> >> just
> >> annoying when Mom or Dad buys me something and then I don't really get any
> >> because she's eaten it. Dad says I'm going to have to start hiding stuff in
> >> my
> >> room, which would be weird, if it gets to that then I think we have a real
> >> problem on our hands. Plus she's good at noticing/finding things that Mom
> >> has
> >> tried to hide, in particular chocolate. Mom isn't always good at sharing
> >> either,
> >> but I just ask and if she says no then I don't touch it. We might have to
> >> start
> >> putting our names on things, which Makayla did yesterday, when she got this
> >> macaronie dinner from Sobeys, which I didn't get. If she wants her own then
> >> that's fine, but I like them too, so I should've gotten one too. I've
> >> learned
> >> that if someone gets something for me, whether it's a dinner or snack stuff
> >> I
> >> have to eat it right away or else there might not be any/one left when I
> >> really
> >> want it/some.  She yells at me when we're doing dishes because apparently I
> >> don't dry them right. Now I just wait for her to finish washing and then I
> >> dry.
> >> I've tried talking to Mom, but that didn't really work/help. She thought
> >> that I
> >> was talking about some particular time or decision that I want to make, but
> >> I
> >> was just talking about in general. I still collect animal figurenes, and
> >> she has
> >> this weird thing that if it's too close to my birthday or Christmas then I
> >> can't
> >> buy anything, even though when I'm looking at stuff it usually over a month
> >> until either event. I do it because I worry that she won't like the look of
> >> the
> >> figurine that I'm asking for so she won't buy it for me, regardless of how
> >> much
> >> I want it. Like last Christmas I asked for this particular husky, well she
> >> didn't buy it for me because she said that she didn't like it's face, it
> >> was too
> >> pointy, but the 2 that she got me looked way more like wolves then huskies.
> >> It's
> >> my money, should I not be allowed to spend it when and how I want?
> >> Any thoughts/suggestions? Like I said, I just really needed to vent, so if
> >> no
> >> one answers then that's fine. Thanks for letting me do it anyway.
> >> Madison
> >>
> >>
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