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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 506140" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Goodness Janet, the cellphone bill alone would be enough to make my head explode, but on top of what you're already dealing with?</p><p></p><p>And I understand the passive-aggressive aspie thing. My difficult child does it too. Just the bare minimum that he's expected to do, or slightly less, hoping that he won't be asked to do it again, or someone will get tired of watching him make a mess of it and will do it for him. The only thing I've ever found that works with him when he's like that is to only answer questions with questions.</p><p></p><p>difficult child: "Mom, how do I cook pasta?"</p><p>Trinity: "Where's the cookbook I got you for your birthday. Isn't there a pasta recipe in there?"</p><p>difficult child: "I don't know mom, is there?"</p><p>Trinity: "I don't know difficult child. What do you need to do to find out?"</p><p>difficult child: "I guess I can check the cookbook. Where do I find the pasta recipes?"</p><p>Trinity: "I don't know difficult child. Where do you think you should look?"</p><p></p><p>And on and on and on. It's tedious as anything, but eventually he gets tired of asking me and will figure it out for himself rather than going through that rigmarole every single time. I'm not sure if that'll work with Billy, but I thought I'd throw it out there just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 506140, member: 3907"] Goodness Janet, the cellphone bill alone would be enough to make my head explode, but on top of what you're already dealing with? And I understand the passive-aggressive aspie thing. My difficult child does it too. Just the bare minimum that he's expected to do, or slightly less, hoping that he won't be asked to do it again, or someone will get tired of watching him make a mess of it and will do it for him. The only thing I've ever found that works with him when he's like that is to only answer questions with questions. difficult child: "Mom, how do I cook pasta?" Trinity: "Where's the cookbook I got you for your birthday. Isn't there a pasta recipe in there?" difficult child: "I don't know mom, is there?" Trinity: "I don't know difficult child. What do you need to do to find out?" difficult child: "I guess I can check the cookbook. Where do I find the pasta recipes?" Trinity: "I don't know difficult child. Where do you think you should look?" And on and on and on. It's tedious as anything, but eventually he gets tired of asking me and will figure it out for himself rather than going through that rigmarole every single time. I'm not sure if that'll work with Billy, but I thought I'd throw it out there just in case. [/QUOTE]
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