“I’m puzzled–I don’t understand why I can’t have everything I want.”(1)
(1) Actual quote uttered by my little 29-year old brother, Daryl, who is autistic. He was trying to understand why he can’t have a brand new house like his older sister does.
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August 16, 2007 — Kevin Barney5 Responses to “Quote of the Day”
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August 16, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Ben: “So Seth, have you got any ideas for my fiction machine?”
Me: “No Ben, I haven’t.”
Ben: “Why not?!”
Me: “Because I haven’t really thought much about it.”
Ben: YOU HAVEN’T?!”
Me: “No Ben, I haven’t.”
Ben: “Why not?!”
Me: “I’ve got a lot to do Ben. I got job to do, kids to take care of…”
Ben: “Well you should make time!”
Me: “I don’t want to make time Ben.”
Ben: “What??!! You just want everything to be same -old?
Me: “Yes Ben.”
[Conversation with my 20 year old autistic brother. I think I've had this same conversation with him about 6 different times at least. But then... I'm out-of-state. My siblings who still live near home get this talk a LOT more than me.]
August 16, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Ha, I can relate, Seth. It’s fascinating to me how the autistic mind works. But then, I’m out of state, too, so I can afford some detached bemusement. My poor mother is the one that gets to have the same conversations with my brother over and over again.
August 16, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Kevin, at least your brother is honest enough to say it out loud. Most of us think it but just never say it so bluntly. (i.e. I don’t understand why I can’t hold on to my pet religious belief.)
August 17, 2007 at 8:07 am
Genuineness is overrated Eric.
August 17, 2007 at 9:21 am
“I don’t know, I just…I thought Paul Rodgers would look different.”
Actual quote by my husband, who is not autistic. (We were listening to Bad Company.)