I don't really think it's blindness totally that can control how
people look at you. I mean, you'll have those people, and I'm
sorry to say quite a lot of people, who will hear, in passing,
"Oh, he/she is blind, better be careful." I don't necessarily
mean careful, but you know what I mean...treating you like you're
made of glass, or being awkward around you. But a lot of it I
think is in how you present yourself to others as someone with a
visual impairment. And this is where the whole slue of needing
to be independent with stuff works in again. Not only for your
own sake, but there are a million normal things a blind person
can do to show that they're not helpless in front of sighted
people. I don't mean do back flips and say, "Look what I can
do!" Just the simple things, hence, how you present yourself.
I'm not saying ditch the thought of this guy or whatever because
of the way he acted, but if you attempt to get him to see you for
a little more than what you think he's currently seeing you as,
and he still doesn't treat you like others or whatever, in that
way, blindness maybe just was a filter for you. And that's not
always a bad thing. Who's to say that because he simply couldn't
take interest in you because of your blindness you and him
wouldn't have worked? You need to be able to appreciate things
like that in the ones you love. I figure if you met a person who
could recognize you for who you were, and at the same time be
amazed at what you can do, and is willing to help you out, when
appropriate, that then that person could be someone who could be
a potential long-lasting relationship. Anyway, that's just my
thoughts.
----- Original Message -----
From: Holly <holly....@hotmail.co.uk
To: <blind-teen-talk@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:52:36 +0000
Subject: [BTT] Do you ever?
Do you ever think that it's because you're blind that certain
things do or don't happen?
This might sound weird.
There's this guy that I kind of like at school. We're friends
but he doesn't like me back in that way. I sometimes wonder if
it's because I can't see, actualy i think that all the time. I'm
not saying he definitely would like me if I could see, but I do
think it changes what people think, especially at this age.
I don't know what do you all think.
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