[Blindtlk] question

[david]

I think that your wife is being a little irrational.  As you 
said, what harm is there in giving a guy a ride to the movies 
when he does not have a lot of other options for transportation? 
I guess that's how some people get.  Well, best of luck.

David

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Corey Cook" <cooklists at bellsouth.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 01:38:24 -0400
>Subject: [Blindtlk] question

>Hey all,
>This is Corey Cook.
>I am looking for a little input from some other blind folks.
>As some of you know I am married to a sighted wife.
>We currently live in an apartment complex here in SC that has 
several other
>blind folks here.  The reason all of the blind ones are here is 
because we
>all work for the same company.
>I am really good friends with one of the guys I work with and 
ever since we
>moved in here he has been a big help to me and my wife.
>   We have also helped him a lot since we have been here.  You 
know asking
>him if he wants to go with us to walmart and out and about when 
we go out.
>Lately we have cut back on taking him out a lot because it was 
getting on my
>wife's nerves that he seemed to always be with us when we went 
anywhere.
>   I can understand that because it is nice to just have couple 
time now and
>then, but tonight something happened that really kind of got 
under my skin.
>My wife and I had planned to go and see a movie tonight, and my 
friend asked
>if he could ride to the theater with us so he could see a 
different movie
>that was playing at the same time.
>   Lets just say that my wife threw a big fit, and got mad that 
he wanted to
>ride with us.  I did not see a reason for a fit or any anger, as 
he did not
>want to go to our movie but just wanted a ride so he could see a 
movie also.
>   As a blind person I did not think there was anything wrong 
with this as
>we were going to the theater and it cost like 14$ for cab fair, 
so why not
>just let him ride in our car, and both movies were equal in 
length.
>   So I am looking for thoughts, on this.  I could have 
understood if he was
>trying to crash our movie but it was just a ride.
>   All of a sudden my wife has decided she does not like a person 
who has
>been our friend ever since we moved here, someone who has loaned 
us money,
>when I had not started working yet, someone who is always willing 
to help us
>Corey Cook
>corey_cook at bellsouth.net

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