Nice restraint there, Cindy!

Cindy Haglund wrote to ALL, "Blind date" on 07-13-05 12:59

 CH> HI everybody. After a three day chill (and I don't mean weather) I
 CH> think I am ready to report an incredible but true exemplary example of
 CH> brain screaming "abled" ignorance. I'm editing out typed
in expletives
 CH> as I proofread for the oft said appreciate sake of brevity and
 CH> self-rewarding nobel deed of self-restraint.

 CH> Source: Miss Manners column by Judith Martin

 CH> Once again as with the wheel chair clod she came through for us who
 CH> must deal with stupid ...bleepity bleep bleeps.

 CH> A woman writes to say how when the husband of a very good friend of
 CH> hers suffered blindness due to illness the wife went out of her way to
 CH> accommodate her stricken husband. She wore a perfume so he'd always know
 CH> where she was in the house, rearranged the furniture for his
 CH> convenience etc etc... When he passed away she confessed to this
 CH> woman she did not want to go through that again...) But the woman
 CH> ignored this. She and and her husband set her (the widow) up on a
 CH> date with a blind friend they all knew. Thinking that since she did
 CH> such a wonderful job taking care of her blind HUSBAND (note emphasis) she
 CH> would be an ideal match for this blind friend. So this woman and her
 CH> husband invited the blind friend to dinner, and the widow too... When the
 CH> widow came into the room.... and was introduced to the blind friend
 CH> she said , No thanks you and walked out and asked the blind friend to
 CH> leave. The woman asks Ms. Manners if her widowed friend wasn't rude
 CH> and what to do about it..

 CH> Whoa baby!!! Did Judith light into her or what! AND GOOD TOO! I tell
 CH> you Bravo to her! Standing ovation and I MEAN IT. I am in fact going
 CH> to write to her and thank her for her attempts to set the truly
 CH> Disabled straight about disabilities. We are NOT defined by our
 CH> disabilities. We are not DIsabled people, we are people with
 CH> disabilities.

 CH> Ms. Manners pointed out to this """well
meaning""""" match maker HER
 CH> breaches of etiquette. The one assuming the widow and the blind man
 CH> would hit it off just because he's blind ..... as if ! And how she
 CH> asked the poor guy to leave, hungry.. That had to take the cake too.
 CH> Just picture it.

 CH> I hope that ""well meaning""" dolt and her
husband learned a lesson!
 CH> They owe both the widow and the blind friend a big apology!

 CH> But what can you do about such people who really ARE the true
 CH> disabled: between the ears!

 CH> cindy



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