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

[justin williams]

Beth, do your thing.  I don't know whether you should or shouldn't date the
man, but if you like him, then enjoy the moment and see where it takes you.


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Beth Taurasi
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:01 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] family's misunderstandings of the real world

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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