[blparent] Pregnancy and food- helpers pushing beliefs on you

[Tay Laurie]

I must respectfully disagree with you. We hope that someone assisting us 
would put aside their beliefs for a moment if we ask them for help with 
something. It is not for someone who does not really know us well to judge 
what we do or put into our bodies. However, we can tune out the sermons we 
tend to get from folks around here, but downright lying is a completely 
different story.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Pregnancy and food- helpers pushing beliefs on you


> Interesting... When you accept help, then you accept the person who is
> helping you.  Grow up and get over it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bridgit Pollpeter [mailto:bpollpeter at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Pregnancy and food- helpers pushing beliefs on you
>
> Ug, I hate that! My dad and husband's driver do that whenever they assist 
> us
> with shopping, which is fortunately not that often. We try to buy most 
> meat,
> dairy and produce organic and hormone-free because it's better for you. 
> Yes,
> it can be pricey, but to us, it's worth the price for the health concerns.
> My dad and driver, however, would eat crap if it were free. I understand 
> the
> pocket book has to come first, but we have found that by re-prioritizing
> some things, we can pad the extra cost of organic foods such as skipping 
> the
> trips to McDonald's and Burger King, or I don't really need a new purse
> every three months, grin. Yet both shake their heads, give us "that" look
> and think we are silly for buying organic food. They always push us to get
> the super cheap, super unhealthy, full of preservatives and additives 
> stuff.
> It's my money, my life. I think dumping the garbage we call fastfood into
> your body is a frivolous option that has absolutely zero benefits, but I
> don't judge, much, smirky grin! It's so frustrating to have to deal with a
> middle man, grrrr. Oh, and yes, I admit I do indulge in a good fastfood
> burger from time to time, so I'm not that granola, LOL!
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:54:30 -0400
> From: "Kate McEachern" <kflsouth at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Pregnancy and food (deception about tea)
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> I think if some one offers to help you they should remember they are
> shopping for your neads not their own.  If it was me I wouldn't ask that
>
> person to help me shop.  I buy freerange chicken, its more money but I 
> don't
> mind, now if it was my job to help some one shop it wouldn't be my place 
> to
> place freerang chicken in their cart and not say anything.  The person
> shopping may mind the extra cost.
>
> Kate
>
>
>
>
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