Ugly seaters and ugly peoples attitudes!

So yesterday I had great time at a little get together put on by Deja Powell. She had an Ugly Christmas sweater party. There were many people there and the variety of blind and sighted people was great. We ended up having like an hour long discussion about blindness and reactions that we get as blind people and putting a funny spin on it. One guy there kept saying the comments that he would hypothetically reply to people if he were blind. They were great! The thing is, when you are in a situation when a person comments on your blindness you tend to have many reactions. One reaction could be the 'oh I am so nice, never get mad and love to educate the public' reaction. Though this is nice, this is not always how we react, nor should it be. As any person, we have the right to get mad when people are ignorant and just plain out rude. Another way that we could react is with a F U comment. Though is feels so good at times, this might have a very negative result, and we may end up creating a hostile environment. My all time favorite way to react, is with the all powerful witty response. Being so witty that the person you are talking to actually gets a laugh, but also realizes how ignorant their comment was.
Let me explain. Many people tend to ask, "Are you really blind?" a good Chris response would be (Chris being the sighted guy at the ugly sweater party who had great comebacks to tell sighted people. We are keeping him on speed dial in case we need his wittiness)Are you really (insert your own phrase). Could be fat, white, female. Making your own choice of words.
I had a great time hearing blind people's experiences and how they dealt with them. But I also had a great time sharing with the sighted people there and getting their reactions. They were like, "Do people really ask you that?" And someone mentioned playing some other games, the sighted people were like, "No, this is way too much fun!"
I had a great time and my cheeks were in terrible pain from laughing so hard, meeting new people and sharing a bit of our lives!