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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 231731" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Oh, it's an Aspie thing, definitely. When you live in a household where EVERYBODY is literal-minded at everyone else, you learn to adapt. It's second nature now, for me to say "correct" instead of "right". Learning to avoid the slightest risk of ambiguity was a real challenge.</p><p></p><p>It was brought home to me when sister in law & nieces came to stay with mother in law down the road. We had most meals there for several weeks qwhich required a lot of adaptability with our kids. sister in law was at first understanding but I think she was getting mentally tired by it all and towards the end of the stay was getting quite exasperated at times. I know she's said we have done an amazing job with our kids, but it's not HER job and after being around our lot for a few weeks, I thikn she just gives up. Don't blame her...</p><p></p><p>But she did say, at one of our last meals together where we had difficult child 1 & daughter in law as well, that she couldn't stand living in a house where so many people were Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and pedantic, all at the same time.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 is getting batter at light sarcasm, though. I told him to get his own lunch, he wanted nachos (Marg style) which is corn chips in a bowl, a dollop of bolognese sauce on top, covered with grated cheddar then put under the oven grill.</p><p>He just walked in and said to me, "Sometimes it helps to turn on the oven."</p><p>He had put it in the oven, turned on the timer and walked away. When the timer went off he realised his meal was still uncooked. But he is laughing at himself over it instead of getting loudly angry, so I call that progress!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 231731, member: 1991"] Oh, it's an Aspie thing, definitely. When you live in a household where EVERYBODY is literal-minded at everyone else, you learn to adapt. It's second nature now, for me to say "correct" instead of "right". Learning to avoid the slightest risk of ambiguity was a real challenge. It was brought home to me when sister in law & nieces came to stay with mother in law down the road. We had most meals there for several weeks qwhich required a lot of adaptability with our kids. sister in law was at first understanding but I think she was getting mentally tired by it all and towards the end of the stay was getting quite exasperated at times. I know she's said we have done an amazing job with our kids, but it's not HER job and after being around our lot for a few weeks, I thikn she just gives up. Don't blame her... But she did say, at one of our last meals together where we had difficult child 1 & daughter in law as well, that she couldn't stand living in a house where so many people were Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and pedantic, all at the same time. difficult child 3 is getting batter at light sarcasm, though. I told him to get his own lunch, he wanted nachos (Marg style) which is corn chips in a bowl, a dollop of bolognese sauce on top, covered with grated cheddar then put under the oven grill. He just walked in and said to me, "Sometimes it helps to turn on the oven." He had put it in the oven, turned on the timer and walked away. When the timer went off he realised his meal was still uncooked. But he is laughing at himself over it instead of getting loudly angry, so I call that progress! Marg [/QUOTE]
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