Would it bother you if you had a disability and someone kept making jokes about it, esp. in front of others?

My mother's husband keeps making blind jokes about me.

Would it bother you if you had a disability and someone kept making jokes about it, esp. in front of others?

My mother's husband keeps making blind jokes about me.
I take it you have a problem with your sight?
Your mom's boyfriend doesn't sound very tactful or sensitive.
Does he have any kind of disability? For instance, the next time he targets you for a blind 'joke' you could call him FAT if he's fat.

I take it you have a problem with your sight?
Your mom's boyfriend doesn't sound very tactful or sensitive.
Does he have any kind of disability? For instance, the next time he targets you for a blind 'joke' you could call him FAT if he's fat.

Yes, my vision is very poor. I am legally blind. My mother's husband can be very insensitive. I got teased as a child in school because of my vision. I never thought as an adult I would have to face that childish behavior.

I'm sorry Jenny but the guy sounds just like a bully. Yes it would bother me if I were you.l He has no right to make fun of you. Nobody does.

Tell your mother that you don't like her husband's teasing. Does she defend you or tell him to stop it? If she doesn't you tell him bluntly to shut up. Or worse come to worse insult him back. I know you are leagally blind, did you ever thought of maybe trying to get a job? If you have a job, it might make you a more happy person. I've seen people completely blind working. There is a completely blind person who works in the same building as me and she seems happy. We have a place called crossroad rehabilitating center. http://http://www.eastersealscrossroads.org/for-jobseekers

they help people children and adults with disabilities learn a skill and get a job. I went there and was able to find a job that suited my needs. I seen people there who were completely blind or deaf and they found a job. With your college degreee it should be a cinch for you to get a job.

Yes, my vision is very poor. I am legally blind. My mother's husband can be very insensitive. I got teased as a child in school because of my vision. I never thought as an adult I would have to face that childish behavior.

He's lucky I'm not living in the same house with you. One wisecrack or joke about your vision and he wouldn't talk for a month or more from having to nurse a fat lip and a broken jaw.

he sounds like a dumb-ass ...which would be his disability.

A blind man can overcome their disability and function in the world; all a dumb-ass can do is get run over by the world and then bully others to compensate for it. I would start cracking jokes at him mocking his stupidity and insensitivity.

he sounds like a dumb-ass ...which would be his disability.

A blind man can overcome their disability and function in the world; all a dumb-ass can do is get run over by the world and then bully others to compensate for it. I would start cracking jokes at him mocking his stupidity and insensitivity.

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That man is old enough to know better, sorry you have to put up with him Jenny.

Of course!...

I get easily offended when someone calls me a ******, idiot, or dumb-ass...I just want to find that jerk who called me those names since I have autism and this isn't true!

I've been considered a genius that overcame boundaries...sorry that people mock you because of blindness!

If you are offended but what this man is saying about you then you have every right to ask him to stop and I think you should!

My mother's husband keeps making blind jokes about me.Dont listen to this idiot.... He is a fool,unstable and not a nice person if he has to poke fun @ someone less fortunate than himself!!!

Your a good person!!!!! -- Im glad you told us of this and Im so sorry http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/435/grouphugym7.gif

Of course it would bother me. Sonny's right; the guy's a bully and the lowest of the low-making fun of someone's disability. Hang in there Jenny; looks like your mother really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to come up with this winner.

Making fun of anyone's disability, no matter how small, is disrespectful and hurtful. If you can't speak directly to this guy, I think you should talk to your mom. I would hope that she wouldn't want someone she is dating to insult her child.

It would.

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. :)

Ahhhhhhh your welcome sweetie,try to cheer up :)

It would bother me a great deal. This guy must have rocks in his head. How a person can be so cruel is beyond me. You're such a delicate person, and he knows it. I think it's shame that your mother doesn't take a firm stand on this. It's sad all around. I'm so sorry that you're going through this Jenny. You don't deserve it.

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It would bother me a great deal. This guy must have rocks in his head. How a person can be so cruel is beyond me. You're such a delicate person, and he knows it. I think it's shame that your mother doesn't take a firm stand on this. It's sad all around. I'm so sorry that you're going through this Jenny. You don't deserve it.

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Thanks Janice. :hug:

I found out that my sister knows that I sent an e-mail to my mother's husband in May. After asking him twice to stop making blind jokes on Mother's Day. The blind jokes were an on-going thing with him and it was only getting worse. I felt it would be best to write an e-mail to him. I wasn't rude. I just thought it would help to be able to say what I needed without interruptions. Of course, he didn't like that. He told me not to contact him again by e-mail which I haven't.

He told my mother about the e-mail and she didn't like it. She got mad at me. She told me it wasn't a big deal until I made it a big deal. I found out yesterday that my mother told my sister, in May, about the e-mail. It wasn't any of my sister's business. My sister told me that I have to be mature and apologize to my mother's husbnad in person. I didn't do anything wrong.

Yes, it would and I'd have to say something to make him aware that it's a problem.

My sister told me that I have to be mature and apologize to my mother's husbnad in person. I didn't do anything wrong.


Your sister obviously doesn't know the meaning of the word mature and you don't owe him any apology, he's the one that should be doing the apologizing.

Would it bother you if you had a disability and someone kept making jokes about it, esp. in front of others?

My mother's husband keeps making blind jokes about me.

Jenny, that's very cruel on his part. Making jokes like that is not nice and if it were me I would be bothered too.

The fact that your mother seems to defend this type of outright cruelty is just unconscionable. Out of respect for you, Jenny, I don't want to insult your mom or say disparaging things, but this goes way beyond the pale, behavior wise.

I'm so sorry you have to deal with this, and I wouldn't personally blame you one bit for cutting ties to anyone and everyone who hurts you in this manner.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. :)

The fact that your mother seems to defend this type of outright cruelty is just unconscionable. Out of respect for you, Jenny, I don't want to insult your mom or say disparaging things, but this goes way beyond the pale, behavior wise.

I'm so sorry you have to deal with this, and I wouldn't personally blame you one bit for cutting ties to anyone and everyone who hurts you in this manner.

I think a mother should side with her children over her husband.

Yes, my vision is very poor. I am legally blind. My mother's husband can be very insensitive. I got teased as a child in school because of my vision. I never thought as an adult I would have to face that childish behavior.


I am legally blind as well, and I have this co worker thats tell me I can't see at all so I pretend to bump into to him or trip over the bench we have in our locker and it really pisses him off

I think a mother should side with her children over her husband.
She sure should when the husband is being a bully.

I found out that my sister knows that I sent an e-mail to my mother's husband in May. After asking him twice to stop making blind jokes on Mother's Day. The blind jokes were an on-going thing with him and it was only getting worse. I felt it would be best to write an e-mail to him. I wasn't rude. I just thought it would help to be able to say what I needed without interruptions. Of course, he didn't like that. He told me not to contact him again by e-mail which I haven't.

He told my mother about the e-mail and she didn't like it. She got mad at me. She told me it wasn't a big deal until I made it a big deal. I found out yesterday that my mother told my sister, in May, about the e-mail. It wasn't any of my sister's business. My sister told me that I have to be mature and apologize to my mother's husbnad in person. I didn't do anything wrong.
Sorry, but it seems to be like you're the only sane one in your family. :eek:

People like to nhurt others when they arent happy...... Its stupid but thats human animal nature sadly :(