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Excuses?
Mon, 10/28/2013 - 07:22What excuses do you use when you don't/can't do certain things because of epilepsy? I don't want to tell any and everyone yet (or maybe i should?) ... i don't know. I get so many people judging me because I don't work right now or go out to parties or drive, it's sickening especially as I don't have people to lean on. My mother can say she's there but as long as i don't get seizures she's fine if i explain anything to her she just brushes it off.
Re: Excuses?
Submitted by Misjoey101 on Sat, 2013-11-02 - 19:08
Well, the only thing I have to make excuses for are driving and drinking. So............. Driving: My parents are awful teachers. I didn't want to learn from them so I didn't get my license. Drinking: Alcohol tastes awful.(I truly have never liked the taste) Then people usually say alcohol is an acquired taste and I can learn to drive later in life.