Why do most people think autistic/aspergers people are naive and clueless about reality?
Most of my family knows I’m autistic and some of my weaknesses. They see things I don’t see which is very annoying. My late father kept warning me about the peers I hang out with and sense something wasn’t right and they ignore me when they’re with their group or their families. Like in the plays, some of my peer’s pretended that they didn’t know me while I was introducing myself to their families. My dad kept telling me they’re not my friends and I need to let them go. He would get so frustrated with me for not listening. I’m autistic not stupid.
He kept lecturing me about what a friend is a “true” friend. He said my older siblings know what he’s talking about but I don’t “get it” and I’m very naive. He thinks they are only nice because I have a disability and they might talk behind my back. I know what a friend is. I kept fighting with him about the girls I hung out with that abandoned me and I kept covering for them. Even my best friend knew those girls were bad news. When they ditched and I bursted out crying, my dad said, “Shut up! I don’t wanna hear it!! I TOLD you they weren’t your friends. They don’t care about you.”
He didn’t comfort me. He just left me to cry.
He kept lecturing me about what a friend is a “true” friend. He said my older siblings know what he’s talking about but I don’t “get it” and I’m very naive. He thinks they are only nice because I have a disability and they might talk behind my back. I know what a friend is. I kept fighting with him about the girls I hung out with that abandoned me and I kept covering for them. Even my best friend knew those girls were bad news. When they ditched and I bursted out crying, my dad said, “Shut up! I don’t wanna hear it!! I TOLD you they weren’t your friends. They don’t care about you.”
He didn’t comfort me. He just left me to cry.
22-25, F
