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Family Ties Forever! · 05-16-2014, 12:36 AM

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.

Wawwie · 05-16-2014, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

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.

Family Ties Forever! · 05-16-2014, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

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.

Mr. Television · 05-16-2014, 06:31 AM

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.

janet42 · 05-16-2014, 07:47 AM

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.eastersealscrossro...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.

Zoneboy · 05-16-2014, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

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.

robyrob · 05-16-2014, 11:44 AM

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.

Penny Lane · 05-16-2014, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

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.

AB · 05-16-2014, 04:01 PM

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

MrCleveland · 05-16-2014, 06:05 PM

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!

Marvo301 · 05-16-2014, 06:36 PM

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!

Dude111 · 05-16-2014, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

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

OH Nuts! · 05-17-2014, 12:22 AM

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.

Schmoopie · 05-17-2014, 12:55 AM

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.

Ohio8 · 05-17-2014, 12:58 AM

It would.

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05-16-2014, 07:47 AM	#5
janet42 Three's Company Fan! Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,757	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.eastersealscrossro...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.

05-16-2014, 04:01 PM	#9
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	That man is old enough to know better, sorry you have to put up with him Jenny.

05-16-2014, 06:36 PM	#11
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05-17-2014, 12:22 AM	#13
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	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.

05-17-2014, 12:55 AM	#14
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	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.
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05-17-2014, 12:58 AM	#15
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