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From: Carlos.Steffens@f19.n367.z1.fidonet.org (Carlos Steffens)
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Subject: Re: Independence
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Date: 6 Jun 90 15:32:52 GMT
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 GS>  CS>  to go to work with me and help out in this and a few other 
 GS>  CS>  regards (like emptying the leg bag, etc.) 
 GS> 
 GS> Most interviwers might not be aware of this, so don't mention
 GS> it.  Like single parents, this personal problem hopefully will
 GS> not interfere with your work output.

You are right about this, it shouldn't interfere, but the time will
come when the bag will have to be emptied.  What then?  It's hard
for me to ask just anyone to do this as I think that they will feel
forced to say yes when in reality they'd rather just say no.

 GS> Some students are very well-suited & needing "attendant-type"
 GS> work.

Joe said the same thing but how do I find these students, put a
notice on a bulletin board?

 GS> My fifteen years in the "Caring Industries" shows me that true,
 GS> most of the men seem to be mainly homosexual - but any fear about
 GS> aggression from these men is not true.

Well, I don't want to become a victim to the exception.  There was
a story in the newspaper of a guy who was in a hospital because of
a motorcycle accident and woke up in the middle of the night to
find a male nurse stroking his behind.

 GS>  CS>  My
 GS>  CS>  other fear is that they'll take everything I got and leave me in
 GS>  CS>  bed, only to be found a week later dead of dehydration, frozen or 
 GS>  CS>  something like that! 
 GS> 
 GS> A very common fear - but nothing to do with real men or real
 GS> women.  Unless you have had such a very limited experience with
 GS> men, and what little you have seen has been very disappointing.

This actually happened TWICE to a guy I met in Miami.  The first
time his attendant just stole his money and TV.  He was found that
same day.  The second time, They stole that plus his van and he
wasn't found until two days later.  This was very real!

          ~~CarloS~~

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