[blparent] People are funny

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

You know, you don't have to explain. It's your information and your life it doesn't mean you have to explain it to anybody.
Your neighbor sounds sweet and well meaning.  It also sounds like she's aware of how she may come cross and is working on that.
If I can find it, I'll send the quotes from sports casters and coaches. I'm sure what they *meant* to say sounded fine, but it just sounds wrong to everybody else.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeri Milton
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:34 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] People are funny

They're actually very nice neighbors, but the wife tends to say things and
then apolagise for what she said later. I think maybe she might have a screw
loose or something. Like back when we first moved in here I was pregnant
with Katlyn, she saw my husband out front. He told her that we were
expecting a baby soon and her reply was "Oh, I thaught maybe she was
pregnant, but sometimes it's hard to tell with bigger girls." Then she
apolagised quickly.

When she asked if I was pretending to watch Dylan, I just smiled and said Oh
Bev I'm watching him. Then she asked me if I was ever going to tell him that
I couldn't see him. Dylan was four years old at the time. I told her that
I've never hid it from him and that he's known since he was born. It's just
funny to me how people are really bewildered over the fact that we as blind
people can watch our children just as they can, if not better at times. I
don't know if I'll ever get use to it. Do comments from other people bother
any of you? I get so tired of explaining myself to them.

Jeri
Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jodie and
Kahlan
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:35 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] People are funny

Those remarksw would annoy me, too, especially the part about pretending to
watch. In the only way you can, you are watching him.

--
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
"Only a fool walks into the future backward."
Terry Goodkind

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