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midlifeaspie

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"I have two adult children living at home"
« on: August 08, 2012, 10:16:50 AM »
So, I am hanging out in my yard with my wife, 2 kids, SIL and her kid having a bit of a cookout and just generally enjoying the new house and yard.  Neighbor guy walks up and introduces himself as he is handing out flyers for a neighborhood ice cream social for National Night Out.  Seems like a good enough guy, asks me about the place, what I think of the neighborhood and asks me what I do and then asks me to clarify.  We have a 5 minute conversation about the complexities of my career, insurance law in general and what it will be like to go to law school while maintaining a full time job and a family.  Then he talks about himself for a bit.  Explains to me that he has two adult children with disabilities who still live at home.  "You see, they have the Aspergers ... have you ever heard of that?"

"Yes, I have.  I'm so sorry"
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2012, 10:25:17 AM »
I'm clearing having an aspie moment.  :P Why say I'm so sorry?
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2012, 10:55:15 AM »
Quote from: MissKitty on August 08, 2012, 10:25:17 AM
I'm clearing having an aspie moment.  :P Why say I'm so sorry?

It's what he wanted to hear.  Clearly aspie kids will live at home forever and never amount to anything /sarcasm/
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2012, 11:01:33 AM »
Oh I see :laugh:

Some aspies will have a more difficult time to live independently and some do brilliantly well. There's a wide variety on the spectrum.
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2012, 12:03:36 PM »
lulz. i hope he got all offended while trying to hide it untill he went back home than bitched to his wife about what an ass you were/how ignorant.
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if theres bees in the trap im catching them, by the thorax and abdomen. and sanding there stingers down to a rough quill. then i dip em in ink and i scribble a bit, and if the wriggle than i tickle them until they hold still, let me say it again, in my land of pretend, i use bees as a mother fucking pen!

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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2012, 12:17:32 PM »
Quote from: Zippo on August 08, 2012, 12:03:36 PM
Besides, my asshole hurts. i hope he got all offended while trying to hide it untill he went back home than bitched to his wife about what an ass you were/how ignorant.

He has no idea about my diagnosis, and as far as he knows I was very sympathetic to his poor kids plight.
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2012, 01:07:16 PM »
Quote from: MLA on August 08, 2012, 12:17:32 PM
Quote from: Zippo on August 08, 2012, 12:03:36 PM
Besides, my asshole hurts. i hope he got all offended while trying to hide it untill he went back home than bitched to his wife about what an ass you were/how ignorant.

He has no idea about my diagnosis, and as far as he knows I was very sympathetic to his poor kids plight.

should have said you understand his kids more than he did and than when he gets all upity explane that you have aspergers syndrome to :trollface:
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if theres bees in the trap im catching them, by the thorax and abdomen. and sanding there stingers down to a rough quill. then i dip em in ink and i scribble a bit, and if the wriggle than i tickle them until they hold still, let me say it again, in my land of pretend, i use bees as a mother fucking pen!

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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2012, 02:23:24 PM »
They have the Aspergers  oh noes  :GA:  I hope that's not contagious  :zoinks:

Well you will have to wait and see some parents handle it better than others.  It would be interesting to hear your take on it all  after you have seen them around the nieghborhood.  I have met some that I felt would be fully capable of being independent if they were not raised in a situation that did not let them develop the necessary skills to live on their own.
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2012, 02:32:46 PM »
OMG!  I'm shocked!

You have neighbours that are friendly and talk to you :orly:   
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2012, 02:35:43 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on August 08, 2012, 02:32:46 PM
OMG!  I'm shocked!

You have neighbours that are friendly and talk to you :orly:

He's new they don't know better yet :zoinks:
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2012, 02:41:59 PM »
Yup,  wait until he tells them about his ass burgers :tard:
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2012, 03:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Parts on August 08, 2012, 02:35:43 PM
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on August 08, 2012, 02:32:46 PM
OMG!  I'm shocked!

You have neighbours that are friendly and talk to you :orly:

He's new they don't know better yet :zoinks:

Yeah, he actually asked me if I would run for the HOA presidency as there is an opening.  Then he would really like me  :autism:
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2012, 03:27:36 PM »
HOA?
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2012, 03:30:37 PM »
Quote from: Miss Treat on August 08, 2012, 03:27:36 PM
HOA?

Home Owners Association.  The "governing body" for the neighborhood.
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Re: "I have two adult children living at home"
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2012, 03:40:34 PM »
Yes you did well. It was what he wanted to hear. If he has not been able to provide them with the life skills they need to get out and enabled them to stay at home then it is not their Aspergers keeping them back.
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