Kevin from school
I went out with an old classmate of mine, from 2015-2016. We got coffee and talked about life. Here is somethings he said:
He told me about his life, and how is parents had full control. He said his mother once hit a 12 year old kid in the face for making fun of him. He said he was upset about it, cause he didn't think that was necessary, and the next day they went to the beach, and he was still upset. And his father said to him "You are not gonna ruin this trip for everyone just because you are upset"
He said he doesn't know just how much his test in music is actually his, or just because his family is into that type of music. He said he didn't know Santa wasn't real until he was 21 years old, he said he had to ask for permission to use a computer, and still all he got was just for an hour. He said he couldn't watch the show friends, cause his family liked Sainfeld, and there was some kind of competition between them. He said his mother got angry at his grandfather for taking him out to a festival without her. He said he was never allowed to own playstations or any gaming device cause his parents thought it would rot his brain. He said he didn't have an Android phone until his early twenties, and that maybe it affected his studies when he finally did get one. He said his mother would say "no" to so many things he wanted to try out cause she wanted to protect him, cause he is autistic, and their way of life sorta goes against some of these things. He said he couldn't talk about girls he liked with anyone, he didn't have any friends, and his father would get uncomfortable whenever he talked about liking a girl. He said he once mentioned to his father he liked a girl named Maria, but all his dad said was "I don't like her for you, she is too short" and turned away. He said he wanted to do what most kids his age were doing, going out more, but he wasn't always allowed or invited. I imagined there was a lot more, and that all that was just the tip of the iceberg. He said they looked like a good, low-key family outside, but there were a few things going on inside.
Personally, I think between the fact that he is autistic, and his parents way of life, really condition him in ways he is only now starting to realize and it hurts him.
He said things are getting better tho.
I told him parents are also people, and just as so, they also make mistakes, which is difficult for us to understand when we are younger, but the older we get the better we understand that not everything they did was right, just as we make mistakes, they also do, and hopefully with time they realize that and change.
He told me about his life, and how is parents had full control. He said his mother once hit a 12 year old kid in the face for making fun of him. He said he was upset about it, cause he didn't think that was necessary, and the next day they went to the beach, and he was still upset. And his father said to him "You are not gonna ruin this trip for everyone just because you are upset"
He said he doesn't know just how much his test in music is actually his, or just because his family is into that type of music. He said he didn't know Santa wasn't real until he was 21 years old, he said he had to ask for permission to use a computer, and still all he got was just for an hour. He said he couldn't watch the show friends, cause his family liked Sainfeld, and there was some kind of competition between them. He said his mother got angry at his grandfather for taking him out to a festival without her. He said he was never allowed to own playstations or any gaming device cause his parents thought it would rot his brain. He said he didn't have an Android phone until his early twenties, and that maybe it affected his studies when he finally did get one. He said his mother would say "no" to so many things he wanted to try out cause she wanted to protect him, cause he is autistic, and their way of life sorta goes against some of these things. He said he couldn't talk about girls he liked with anyone, he didn't have any friends, and his father would get uncomfortable whenever he talked about liking a girl. He said he once mentioned to his father he liked a girl named Maria, but all his dad said was "I don't like her for you, she is too short" and turned away. He said he wanted to do what most kids his age were doing, going out more, but he wasn't always allowed or invited. I imagined there was a lot more, and that all that was just the tip of the iceberg. He said they looked like a good, low-key family outside, but there were a few things going on inside.
Personally, I think between the fact that he is autistic, and his parents way of life, really condition him in ways he is only now starting to realize and it hurts him.
He said things are getting better tho.
I told him parents are also people, and just as so, they also make mistakes, which is difficult for us to understand when we are younger, but the older we get the better we understand that not everything they did was right, just as we make mistakes, they also do, and hopefully with time they realize that and change.
