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> Then I'm happy for you.
Thanks.
This thread has turned far too serious - I think I'd better leave!
> I'm sorry to hear that.
Cheers, but there's no need to. I live with my girlfriend and our dog, I work for myself and earn plenty and I have enough family and friends to ensure an active social life. There are people a lot worse off.
> Yeh, but you know there only jesting
Absolutely. Plus it makes me feel good that they know me well enough to feel that they can say it without me taking it seriously.
> On the plus side, at that point in time, your
> probably in a far better condition than they are!
Sometimes ...
> I take it you are disabled
Yes - I have FSH muscular dystrophy.
> I think it's pathetic that some people can only
> resort to insulting or violence.
I can honestly say that after 5 years of virtually constant insults and verbal bullying at secondary school people calling me names doesn't bother me - like I said: I feel sorry for them. Violence *does* bother me, though ... :D
> I get called 'spastic' and 'cripple' regularly, usually when my mates
> are drunk or otherwise incapacitated.
Yeh, but you know there only jesting. On the plus side, at that point in time, your probably in a far better condition than they are!
I get called 'spastic' and 'cripple' regularly, usually when my mates are drunk or otherwise incapacitated. A group of us went to see Alien Resurrection at the cinema and when the lights went up at the end one mate said to another "Can you fetch Griff's wheelchair?" to which he answered "Nah - let's ditch the cripple!" Of course, I laughed but the looks he got from people walking past ...