I won't dwell on this, but my Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law were very,
very strongly opposed to my wife, who is sighted, marrying me, a blind guy.
My Mother-in-law even reported me for child abuse and attempted to take our
Daughter away from us, all because I was blind. We ended up having to go to
our attorney and get a restraining order against my Mother-in-law. It
turned our lives into total hell for quite a long time. However, as the
expression goes, actions speak louder than words, and over the years, based
upon my actions, my Mother-in-law and even my Sister-in-law became my
strongest supporters. Before she died, my Mother-in-law often bragged about
me to the point that it was extremely embarrassing! <lol> 

Ron, K8HSY



At 08:46 AM 5/30/2013 -0700, Butch Bussen wrote:
>My wife's parents weren't in favor of our marriage at all even though i 
>was 52 and Libbie was 51.  They thought of me as most folks do, blind 
>and totally helpless and stupid.  After our marriage while we were 
>looking for a house in Vegas, we lived at her parents house for 3 months 
>which helped a lot and her mom and I got fairly close, although her mom 
>died that next summer.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
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>On Thu, 30 May 2013, Gery Gaubert wrote:
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>> at I have a lot of family members that live around me and help too.
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