[nabs-l] Social Stuff

Sun Sep 27 17:36:28 UTC 2009

oh yeah and i have people i can identify by smelling them. Abercrombie is 
very strong as well as some hollister perfume or cologne also there are 
people that just smell bad

        -Teal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff

> NABSters:
>
> I try to be excessively careful when joking like that in case my friends 
> actually think that's how they should interact with another blind person 
> they might meet. After all, that's how this thread got started. One blind 
> guy joked with a sighted friend that he could identify her by smell since 
> her perfume is strong and unusual. As a result, she got it in her head 
> that all blind people did this and thus stuck her wrist in front of my 
> nose at first meeting with the invitation to become familiar with her 
> scent.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
>
>
> Original message:
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>> Teal,
>> Once again I find myself laughing at a comment in this thread because
>> I've used that "I see with my hands" line when joking with someone. The
>> thing is, you've gotta be careful who you say that too. Not because you
>> might offend someone, I'm careful enough to avoid that. But because I've
>> had them counter with, "That sounds like fun. Go ahead." They were
>> joking of course. I think. But what do you say in response to something
>> like that? LOL I'm not really expecting an answer to that by the way. I
>> told you all about it so you could get some of the amusement I
>> experienced remembering it.
>> - --
>> Those of you who think they know everything are very annoying to those
>> of us who actually do.
>> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>> Teal Bloodworth wrote:
>>> just be sturn almost stubborn in asking questions and dont try to fit in
>>> just be yourself. college is much easier but its not. I was friends with
>>> everybody that i went to highschool with before my car accident that led
>>> to my vision loss and it was awkward because they didnt know how to act.
>>> I thought college would be easier and it is but it isnt. Harder course
>>> work but easier social interaction because with the diversity in my
>>> school, it was a very openminded and nonjudge mental and no one that i
>>> went to highschool went to this college which was weird because it was
>>> 45 minutes away from my highschool.
>
>>>> From a personal view there is not much difference in going with those 
>>>> who
>>> are sighted or those who are not. Everyone will have different
>>> personalities that you will either like or not like. In a laughing
>>> matter i had a good pick up line..."i cant see so i have to see with my
>>> hands." I would never use that but i would tell people that if they were
>>> friends to kid with them.
>
>>> Do you have similar feelings in your environment?
>
>>>            -Teal
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Arreola"
>>> <alberto.2500 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>
>>>> That goes for me.  I was the only blind student in my hight school,
>>>> and I'm
>>>> now the only blind student at the university I go to.
>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Teal Bloodworth
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:40 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>>>> that must be nice for all of you. in highschool i was the first and 
>>>> only
>>>> totally blind person, at my community college same and at the four year
>>>> university same. I guess i dont really have any blind friends where i
>>>> live
>>>> because there is no one my age.
>
>>>>            -Teal
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
>>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:10 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>
>>>>> Mark,
>
>>>>> I also find that many of my friends are blind. However, many of my 
>>>>> blind
>>>>> friends are struggling with their blindness more than I seem to be. 
>>>>> That
>>>>> is to say that some of them deny their blindness while others live the
>>>>> stereotypes. Some of my best friends are sighted.
>
>>>>> I haven't noticed a remarkable difference between how my sighted 
>>>>> friends
>>>>> treat me versus how my blind friends treat me. I think what makes the
>>>>> difference is philosophical understanding of blindness, not visual
>>>>> acuity.
>
>>>>> Respectfully Submitted
>>>>> Original message:
>>>>>> Reading this thread makes me think; most of my closest friends are 
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> blind. This is not to say that I don't have sighted friends, I have
>>>>>> lots
>>>>>> of friends that are sighted. I go to a mainstream school and 
>>>>>> otherwise
>>>>>> fully participate in everything that my sighted friends do. It just
>>>>>> seems
>
>>>>>> like my sighted colleagues still treat me differently than they would
>>>>>> treat another sighted classmate. It's nothing that I can put my 
>>>>>> finger
>>>>>> on, just an impression I get. Do any of you also find this to be 
>>>>>> true?
>
>
>
>>>>>> Also do you find that it is easier to make friends with blind people
>>>>>> than
>
>>>>>> sighted people? I think it is, because you don't have to deal with 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> blindness thing. I mean you don't have to teach them that just 
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> your eyes don't work it doesn't make you drastically different than
>>>>>> anyone else.
>
>
>
>>>>>> I would appreciate your thoughts,
>
>
>
>>>>>> Mark
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