Boy, talk about getting off subject.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: sighted wife


> Ya never know about people, Butch. Maybe it is as you say, that he was =
> over the top with the independence thing and felt he had something to =
> prove to someone, even if someone was just himself. Maybe He didn't want =
> his wife to feel as though she was just a pair of eyeballs (though I =
> can't fathom this in a social situation such as this). Maybe *she* =
> wanted it that way and didn't want to do the sighted guide thing. Or =
> maybe she was a rotten sighted guide, and he found it easier to not rely =
> on her as a guide. (I've had some pretty horrible guides in my life, so, =
> yeah, could be.)=20
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On May 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I'm much like you Jerry.  Rest rooms are a pain in the ass, well I=20
>> guesws they would be <smile>, but I mean as far as getting around.  =
> I've=20
>> had to ask for help at times.  My wife and I did almost everything=20
>> together except ham radio stuff as she wasn't interested.  Even if =
> other=20
>> people were there, she insisted she be my guide which was fine with =
> me.=20
>> I had a friend in Vegas who we'd go out with some times, and he was=20
>> blind, his wife was sighted.  He would insist on using his cane and=20
>> following her through the casinos which I thought was a little over=20
>> board as far as stressing independence.  I just grabbed my wife's =
> elbow=20
>> and away we went, and we made much better time.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
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>> On Thu, 30 May 2013, Gery=20
>> Gaubert wrote:
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>>> Well I am ok with the fact that my mother in law and father in law =
> let thei=3D
>>> r concerns be known.  I always did get along with them and we joke =
> about se=3D
>>> eing and not.  I have a son the is 23 now but due to financial issues =
> my wi=3D
>>> fe was working when my son was born.  I raised him and he is ok.  I =
> guess i=3D
>>> f the person I fell in love with were blind it would have worked out =
> too.
>>>    Since we are open and honest, I must say that many of you seem =
> more in=3D
>>> dependent than I am.  I don't go many places alone and a big issue is =
> when =3D
>>> I go some where with my wife, the issue of getting around in the =
> men's room=3D
>>> bothers me.  It is really embarrassing to have to ask for help but =
> you hav=3D
>>> e to go.  Curious on how others handle this situation.  I am totally =
> blind =3D
>>> and have to artificial eyes so no light or shadow perception.  In =
> spite of =3D
>>> my lack of independence, I am assistant director of the county =
> sheriff's of=3D
>>> fice IT division.
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>>> Gery D. Gaubert
>>> Assistant, Information Technology Administrator
>>> St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office
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