Dear Ukelele Teacher

[mme_hardy]

 We hit it off.  You're fun to talk to, you meet me at my level, and you've figured out what I want to learn and how to get there.  You're a good dude.  I look forward to learning from you.

"You don't LOOK disabled!" is never, ever an appropriate thing to say.

Comments

[kore]

LOVELY

"But you're not lying in a hospital bed! You don't LOOK sick."

[mme_hardy]

There was a head-to-foot "But you're walking!" look first.

However, the moment was self-educating. I said (without thinking) "Chronic pain condition" and he looked embarrassed and flinched. I bet he'll think twice about saying that to somebody else.

[kore]

Good for you. (My dad is but completely unable to understand why I am on disability when "you're the same as you always have been" and don't have some life-threatening condition. SIGH.) (Well no, I guess depression is life-threatening, just not for the past 2-3 years or so.)

[adrian_turtle]

Good for you. It's so hard to respond in the moment when those things happen. At least he had the decency to flinch, rather than doubling down, and I hope he won't do it again to anybody else.

[thistleingrey]

Good.