{"id":394408,"date":"2017-06-06T05:11:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T05:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/antisocial-woman-pretends-to-be-blind-for-28-years-so-she-wouldnt-have-to-greet-people\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:11:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T05:11:20","slug":"antisocial-woman-pretends-to-be-blind-for-28-years-so-she-wouldnt-have-to-greet-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/antisocial-woman-pretends-to-be-blind-for-28-years-so-she-wouldnt-have-to-greet-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Antisocial woman pretends to be blind for 28 years so she wouldn\u2019t have to greet people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>About 28 years ago,\u00a0Carmen Jim\u00e9nez, from Madrid, Spain, became completely blind due to a serious eye injury.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s what she told everyone, including her own family, because she was tired of having to say \u201chello\u201d to people she didn\u2019t actually want to greet.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old woman recently revealed that she had always been able to see perfectly, which left her family in shock, even though they had always suspected that something was of about her condition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Her husband told reporters that she\u00a0would put on her makeup perfectly, and sometimes they would\u00a0see her trying to look at the TV\u00a0from the corner of her eyes.\u00a0But she never admitted to faking her blindness, until recently<\/p>\n<p>But what on Earth would poses anyone to fake blindness for nearly three decades? Carmen\u00a0apparently did it to avoid having to greet and talk to people she didn\u2019t actually like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was tired of meeting people on the street\u00a0and stopping to say hello, I\u2019ve never been very social person, and by pretending to be blind I was able to avoid many social responsibilities,\u201d she said, according to\u00a0Hay Noticia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fake-blindness2-750x563.jpg\" style=\"height:480px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apart from having to explain to her family why she lied to them for so many years, and meeting the very people she was trying so hard to avoid, Carmen Jim\u00e9nez is also facing legal problems, because having registered as a blind person, she has received special financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0News of Carmen\u2019s mind-blowing deceit went viral on Latino news sites in both Europe and South America, but I am not at all convinced it is legit.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s downright preposterous to believe that someone could fake blindness for so long without anyone noticing. Plus, doesn\u2019t the Government test people before offering them financial aid for blindness?<\/p>\n<p>There is also no\u00a0real proof that Carmen\u00a0Jim\u00e9nez actually exists, just the article from Hay Noticia, which was later picked up by other news outlets. I\u2019d really be surprised if it turns out to be true, but if\u00a0it does, this will probably be the craziest thing anyone has ever done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 28 years ago,\u00a0Carmen Jim\u00e9nez, from Madrid, Spain, became completely blind due to a serious eye injury. At least that\u2019s what she told everyone, including her own family, because she was tired of having to say \u201chello\u201d to people she didn\u2019t actually want to greet. 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