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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluemarine Josephine" data-source="post: 1133670" data-attributes="member: 213188">Here is the rest of the story.When I raised the issue, privately, explaining that describing my diabetes as a disability brings me discomfort, my partner’s reply was “but, darling, I am willing to help you with your disability because it is painful to see you try so hard…”I believe that I may sound absurd to some people but, can you believe that I felt so hurt inside that, since then, the thought of leaving him is constantly on my mind? I felt that a person who describes me as disabled and tells me that my efforts have become painful to watch, is certainly not a person of my own…And then I bring in mind the hypothetical question that friends will ask ‘Why did you break up with Steve?” what would my reply be… “Because he called me disabled?” or should I describe his family’s reaction?People will think I am crazy…So, please don’t feel bad. People become stupid when it comes to diabetes. In your situation, if there was a person missing a leg or eyesight at the table no one would dare say ‘Oh I cant eat with you because you are missing a leg/are blind”. Political correctness would never allow them to verbalize such an insensitive reaction (even if they thought about it).With diabetes, I don’t know why, people are insensitive…RegardsJosephine</blockquote>

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