Guyspeak Newsletter Signup

Mystery Man

 
Next Answer »
userpic
userpic

i am legally blind. and my new boyfriend is amazing. he's the only one that can open my braile locker, the only person who knows when i will need guidance. but i feel like it's a load on him, supporting me. is there something i can say to him to help?

Try "thank you" and a smile.

He likes helping you when you need it and that is perfectly OK. No one is forcing him, it is his choice, isn't it. Guys really like to feel needed and useful, it is our version of feeling cherished and protected. Don't make a huge deal of it, but let him know you really appreciate it.

Also let him know, gently, if he steps over the line and and starts chipping away at your independance. Not saying it will happen, he sounds very sensitive in the good way, not the despairing Emo type of way, but it can. That is to be avoided at all costs.

Talk 7
Love it? Hate it? 6
Got A Question? Ask Your Own. »

7 Comments

user-pic

If you're blind, how are you possibly typing?

Mystery Man

Voice to text / text to speech software, most likely. It is pretty amazing and accurate, I have used it before myself when I have been unable to type due to injuries.

hmmm...

how rude are you?!? do you have absolutely NO common sense, brains, couth or manners???
she said she was legally blind - not completely blind.
grow up you ignorant turd.

hmmm...

how rude are you?!? do you have absolutely NO common sense, brains, couth or manners???
she said she was legally blind - not completely blind.
grow up you ignorant turd.

user-pic

thank you MM. i hate that question. and i do use software and just huge fonts to help me see better. I'm not totally blind

user-pic

the question "how do you type if you're blind?" is pretty ignorant.

Mystery Man

It's cool, Raven. Got a casual friend in the same position as you and know he hates answering that sort of rude, prying question too.

Leave a comment

(You may use HTML tags for style)

Get GuySpeak in your inbox.

Choose the newsletters you'd like to receive:

Trending Topics

  1. 95 entries are tagged with
  2. 59 entries are tagged with
  3. 70 entries are tagged with
  4. 61 entries are tagged with
  5. 57 entries are tagged with
  6. 214 entries are tagged with
  7. 91 entries are tagged with
  8. 864 entries are tagged with
  9. 60 entries are tagged with
  10. 64 entries are tagged with
  11. 57 entries are tagged with
  12. 93 entries are tagged with
  13. 89 entries are tagged with
  14. 61 entries are tagged with
  15. 53 entries are tagged with
  16. 150 entries are tagged with
  17. 183 entries are tagged with
  18. 63 entries are tagged with
  19. 55 entries are tagged with
  20. 79 entries are tagged with
  21. 60 entries are tagged with
  22. 237 entries are tagged with
  23. 499 entries are tagged with
  24. 95 entries are tagged with
  25. 58 entries are tagged with