dweebish ,
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@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic I had to pause a bit after reading this to make sure I wasn't being inappropriately uncharitable to your mother. On one account, at least she cares enough to ask. Then I read further down thread that your parents don't seem to understand your anxiety about not knowing about your situation next semester. Seems a rather straightforward thing to understand. I have a grad student son. So, yeah.

I'm sorry your mother doesn't know you well enought to know what gives you joy. I hope she sees her knowledge deficit and tries to correct it. But, if not, please know that her choice not to know who you are is NOT a reflection on you personally. It simply isn't. There's no "but" there. Some mothers, for whatever reason, make that choice. Mine did. You may need to grieve this. Allow yourself the space to grieve if you need to. It may be a long-term thing; it's doable.

Hopefully you're getting some time before the next semester to experience some of that joy.

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