I think people who are hearing impaired get along very well independently. I have a friend who has a deaf sister who happens to be pregnant; she also has a 5-year-old. It would be very challenging being the mom of small children and not being able to hear...although it would be a blessing to not have to do the 3 am feedings...but then you wouldn't be able to hear music or children laughing.
Being blind would be not a choice I'd make. I have a brother-in-law who would be constantly making faces at me and I'd have to whack him with my walking stick. Not only that, but how would you know if you're having a bad hair day or if you have unsightly facial hair growing? People are too polite to say, "You've got a big honking hair growing out of that mole on the bottom of your chin." I shudder to think of it. And then I wouldn't be able to see things like this:
Sweet, aren't they.
If my sense of taste was gone, horror or horrors, my life would be over. No more chocolate! No more Joe Louis! No more potato chips! I wouldn't be able to enjoy grilled shrimp or filet mignon or jello cake! Although I'd probably never have to worry about my weight again because what would be the point of eating?
If my sense of smell was gone I think I could live with that one okay. There wouldn't be any problem cleaning up poopie diapers (I'm not really looking forward to that part of the adoption) or pukie kids, and although you'd never be able to smell a flower or a wonderful dinner, it would be a nice surprise for your taste buds. Kind of like a party in your mouth.
Having no sense of touch would be pretty horrific too, because you could seriously injure yourself and not know it. You'd never be able to enjoy a kiss or a hug, or feel the electricity run through your body when your sweetie holds your hand...that would be really awful. I really think this one tops all of them as being the worse sense to lose.
Okay, now that we've delved into my psychie a bit and you all know how whacko I am, tell me which sense you'd pick to lose if you had to lose one and you had a choice. My choice would be smell. In case you weren't paying attention two paragraphs ago when I made that clear.
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AB and I were in Chapters the other night and we found a game that is perfect for you. It is called "If you had to choose" and the questions are like: If you had to choose... would you rather (A) be extremely rich your whole life but never find true love, or (B) never make more than minimum wage but you will find the person of your dreams?
If you had to choose... would you rather (A) be breathtakingly beautiful but have to go to prison for five years, or (B) always be plain looking but never go to jail? One was If you had to choose...would you rather A) have your grandmothers name? or B) have your grandmothers hair? Sounds like your kind of game!
Hi - I'm AB and I was the one with anonymous in Chapters (the game was actually called "Would you Rather", but that's not important). I have to admit when I saw it I immediately thought of younger bro BB, but still thought it would be a good game. In the case of your question, I feel the answer is quite simple. I would for sure choose the sense of smell. This is something my Grandmother had and as a child, I found it quite nice to be able to fart in front of her with impunity (of course there was nothing wrong with her hearing ...) Hope that helps!
Anonymous - sounds quite fun but you didn't answer the question!
Since I happen to live with AB I will have to pick sense of smell (see his post to find out reason why)
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