[nabs-l] family's misunderstandings of the real world

Beth Taurasi denverqueen1107 at comcast.net
Wed Nov 20 17:05:25 UTC 2013


You may Skype or call me at any time. You're right in my backyard, and 
I'd like to help in some way with whatever you have questions about.  I 
do live independently, though without a job, it's a bit harder.
Beth
NFBCO member
denverqueen0920 equals Skype IDOn 11/20/2013 9:30 AM, johnnie Jean duran 
wrote:
> Hi,
> I can totally relate to you, due to the fact that I was going through
> a very similar situation at one point. You may not be able to see the
> world, but you are still a part of it, and it seems to me that you are
> totally living in reality. You do pay your bills, make your own meals,
> and possibly live independently, however I think your cousin is saying
> this because you do not have an occupation. She needs to come upon the
> understanding that it's not easy for a blind or sighted person to find
> a job within our acconimy these days. Also, about the dating
> situation, I have dated both a blind and sighted guy before, and I
> don't think that most guys care that you are blind, I think they would
> pay more attention to your personality. But, there is definitely
> nothing wrong with dating a blind man, he may understand you more that
> a sighted man will, or you may like him more than everybody knows. In
> my opinion, eventually your cousin will come to an understanding about
> your life, however, she/he may never completely understand.
> I hope this helps,
> JJ
>
> On 11/20/13, Beth Taurasi <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>> I was recently Facebook chatting my cousin and she accused me of doing
>> the following things:
>> 1. Obsession with my latest boyfriend, who she might have a problem with
>> because he is blind.
>> 2. She said I should be open to dating sighted people, yes, Arielle, you
>> are married to a sighted man, but not all sighted people like a blind
>> woman, and statistically it isn't true that sighted people will go out
>> with blind women.
>> 3. She says that blind people can do things, but she says I don't
>> understand the real world.  What? I told her I do understand the real
>> world, I pay my bills, I save money, I work with money. I don't pay
>> taxes because in my understanding of the so-called "real world", SSI is
>> not taxable, and finding a job for me is hard because I am dually disabled.
>> I need help also convincing her that parenting is possible even with my
>> particular disabilities.  I've tried referring her to NFB's parenting
>> without Sight thingies, and she doesn't seem interested. I have a lot of
>> friends on here so I'm posing this question.  Also, she says I should
>> move back to Florida, but after all this stuff I've been through back
>> there, I said to her, "No.  I've got all I need in Denver."
>> Please help.
>> Beth
>>
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