When I was in my late teens, I met and started dating a girl who was diabetic. Back then (in the 70s) there were no laser treatments, and she started going blind. First in one eye and then both eyes. We spent a lot of time together, and it got to the point that I had to hold her hand everywhere we went and warn her ahead of time of any hazards such as steps, doors, etc.
It took me quite a while to get used to this, and sometimes I would forget she was blind and forget to tell her about some object in her way. The funny thing is, that once I programmed my mind to be always aware of her blindness, I found myself still in that mindset when I was with people who had no vision problem. I would be walking with a friend and tell him, "ok, you have a curb about 3 feet ahead of you" and even sometimes grab his arm. He would look at me like I was crazy and say something like, "yeah, I know...I see it."
I had gone from being hyposensitive to blindness to being hypersensitive to it.
2006-08-17 10:51:02 · 6 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
By the way, I don't mean "ha ha" funny, just unusual funny.
2006-08-17 11:02:33 · update #1
I have a blind best friend I can relate to that story. be going down road driving and like having kids automatically take cover over kid. Well I went the store by my self one day and found myself pulling the shopping cart from the back instead of the handles, got used to her being there. Needless to say I got more looks than I get when I have her shopping. One of my better ones. Have a good one. :-)
2006-08-17 11:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is funny, kind of like when a mother goes to a dinner party and starts cutting the steak of the man sitting next to her
2006-08-17 10:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by martin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's kinda like being a 33 year old man being around kids all the time and talking kid talk.. like.. do you have to go potty? And then going to work and getting up to leave.. someone asks you where you're going? and you say.. I'll be right back.. I gotta go potty.. LOL No that wasn't me.. a friend did that.....
2006-08-17 13:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by wikid14141 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and don't they make life interesting as well?.
2006-08-19 20:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its funny that u cannot separate one person from another
2006-08-17 11:27:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL...NOT
2006-08-17 10:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by oswtygrl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋