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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 167759" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's not always bragging. For difficult child 1, it was about "This is what is big in my life right now, I will share it because it is important to me."</p><p></p><p>In his case, it was getting a diagnosis of Asperger's (which totally turned off the last shreds of friendships with the "normal" kids, the ones who were now a bit scared of him) and then again, when he qualified for a disability pension at age 16, while still in high school. OK, we made sure he couldn't access the money except to pay medical bills, but he made it sound like he was happy to be disabled because he got all this money from the government for it. Not popular - our country is very "down" on people getting government money for what they perceive as inappropriate reasons. even my best friend has been very critical that difficult child 1 has been on the pension (which her taxes help pay for).</p><p></p><p>None of this was what difficult child 1 could understand, so he kept blurting it out. At school it made him seem even more of a freak and he was ostracised even more.</p><p></p><p>Then last week, when difficult child 1, girlfriend & I dropped in to visit me best friend to talk about wedding plans (best friend is making the wedding dress) difficult child 1 noticed a new piece of furniture. He walked over to it, ran his hand over it and said, "That sanding job wouldn't pass muster in MY sanding booth at my new job."</p><p>As it turned out, she had sanded the unit herself, and done the lacquer job also. She was unimpressed at his criticism of her handiwork - very tactless. She & I were talking about it today - she did the job to her personal specifications, which are good enough for most people. difficult child 1's boss seems to be delighted to have someone so Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in charge of quality control in the sanding booth...</p><p></p><p>His wedding speech is going to be interesting...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 167759, member: 1991"] It's not always bragging. For difficult child 1, it was about "This is what is big in my life right now, I will share it because it is important to me." In his case, it was getting a diagnosis of Asperger's (which totally turned off the last shreds of friendships with the "normal" kids, the ones who were now a bit scared of him) and then again, when he qualified for a disability pension at age 16, while still in high school. OK, we made sure he couldn't access the money except to pay medical bills, but he made it sound like he was happy to be disabled because he got all this money from the government for it. Not popular - our country is very "down" on people getting government money for what they perceive as inappropriate reasons. even my best friend has been very critical that difficult child 1 has been on the pension (which her taxes help pay for). None of this was what difficult child 1 could understand, so he kept blurting it out. At school it made him seem even more of a freak and he was ostracised even more. Then last week, when difficult child 1, girlfriend & I dropped in to visit me best friend to talk about wedding plans (best friend is making the wedding dress) difficult child 1 noticed a new piece of furniture. He walked over to it, ran his hand over it and said, "That sanding job wouldn't pass muster in MY sanding booth at my new job." As it turned out, she had sanded the unit herself, and done the lacquer job also. She was unimpressed at his criticism of her handiwork - very tactless. She & I were talking about it today - she did the job to her personal specifications, which are good enough for most people. difficult child 1's boss seems to be delighted to have someone so Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in charge of quality control in the sanding booth... His wedding speech is going to be interesting... Marg [/QUOTE]
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