Chronos wrote:
I shudder to think of the playgroups you speak of. I really hate when those NT women get together and whisper about "the weird one" like we're deaf. And then they sometimes even have the nerve to keep pretending to be your friend, either with the exception of inviting you places or actually inviting you places and continuing to whisper about you to eachother the whole time.
I think I'd rather actually be socked in the jaw and called a "fa***t".
I wish "weird" children on all of them.
Yeah, if I were called a derogatory name, and physically hit, then at least I'd know for a fact that a negative interaction just took place, rather than being unsure about what just happened. The other kind of social snobbery can go on for quite some time before I even get an inkling that I'm being made a fool of, or rejected. Which, I guess is why it's hard to be a parent, because if I socialize, and do it poorly my kids are going to pay the price, but if I hide in my hermit glory then they also get penalized, because no one knows who we are. We live in a small town, and people knowing, and trusting you means a lot here.
I don't wish weird kids on snotty women, because they will treat them like they're ashamed of them, and no kid deserves that.