Dear Normies #4
For those adorable people who’ve injured yourselves doing some extreme sport, or whatever drunken incident you might have had at the slopes, or lake, or wherever you people go to do these things, and are now in a chair because of some dumb ankle cast filled with everyone’s “meaningful” get-wells (because you will in fact get well with time and patience):
You’re cute. You’re sympathy and new-found understanding of the conditions and realities (sort of) of people in wheelchairs is cute. As adorable as it is, please stop giving us those “I get you now” nods. You don’t get. It’s okay that you don’t get it.
Eventually you will walk once more, and toss your folded chair like it meant NOTHING to you. Because it didn’t mean anything to you. And maybe you’ll write some long winded social media post about your struggle and tremendous journey from the past week, and express all of your growth and need to never go back there (in that chair) again.
We can put aside our pride, and admit that you did go through something. Congratulations! Now maybe, just maybe, you can help advocate for a more accessible world. No?? But we thought we had a connection? WHAT WERE ALL THOSE NODS FOR?? Well okay then, let’s all get on with our lives and just be friends.
Sincerely, Li and Jess (and others who may experience the same conversation)
