I hear you. Try being married to someone who I now believe falls on the Asperger's spectrum who feels very little emotion and simply doesn't react or notice when something happens, while I feel everything for everyone, read body language like an expert and see everything and react in microseconds.
It's so hard to explain my feelings and observations to those in my sphere who just can't understand nor fathom any of it.
One example of my marital mismatch:
Years ago, we we went to see a movie together and then to dinner afterwards near the theater. The movie was a new blockbuster that was full of fantastic dialogue, incredible special effects, great soundtrack, and clever comedic moments. It ran almost 3 hrs. I thought it was absolutely terrific and couldn't say enough good things about it as we walked out. I liked it very much.
After being seated at our table, our waitress asked us if we'd just come from the theater and what did we see and did we like it?
My spouse said, "We saw ___. It was fine." And that was the entirety of the response. Sigh...
It's tough living in this world with the kind of disparate thinking patterns we each possess!
My wife will talk through an entire movie. Asking questions every second. Saw a dude on tick tock that had the same problem- his solution…he goes I’ll ask her what movie she wants to see whether in a theater or on Netflix and I go ahead and watch the movie by myself, then I take her to see the movie 😂🤣😂
Wow … I got one of those too. When Tucker was on Fox he would be giving a dialogue and 100% of the time she would start asking questions while he was still talking. I am a ‘listener’. If someone is speaking on something I am focused on, I zero in, listen and analyze. I had to establish a hard and fast rule … she can ask question either AFTER, or if it on TV, pause the shit. I am not fucking rainman, I cant listen and answer questions At the same time. 😂😂
Try being Nuerodivergent (ADHD) in your 50’s and in corporate America surrounded by moron millennials.
I hear you. Try being married to someone who I now believe falls on the Asperger's spectrum who feels very little emotion and simply doesn't react or notice when something happens, while I feel everything for everyone, read body language like an expert and see everything and react in microseconds.
It's so hard to explain my feelings and observations to those in my sphere who just can't understand nor fathom any of it.
One example of my marital mismatch:
Years ago, we we went to see a movie together and then to dinner afterwards near the theater. The movie was a new blockbuster that was full of fantastic dialogue, incredible special effects, great soundtrack, and clever comedic moments. It ran almost 3 hrs. I thought it was absolutely terrific and couldn't say enough good things about it as we walked out. I liked it very much.
After being seated at our table, our waitress asked us if we'd just come from the theater and what did we see and did we like it?
My spouse said, "We saw ___. It was fine." And that was the entirety of the response. Sigh...
It's tough living in this world with the kind of disparate thinking patterns we each possess!
My wife will talk through an entire movie. Asking questions every second. Saw a dude on tick tock that had the same problem- his solution…he goes I’ll ask her what movie she wants to see whether in a theater or on Netflix and I go ahead and watch the movie by myself, then I take her to see the movie 😂🤣😂
This is my wife as well. I'm going to start pre-watching so I can answer all her questions kek !
Wow … I got one of those too. When Tucker was on Fox he would be giving a dialogue and 100% of the time she would start asking questions while he was still talking. I am a ‘listener’. If someone is speaking on something I am focused on, I zero in, listen and analyze. I had to establish a hard and fast rule … she can ask question either AFTER, or if it on TV, pause the shit. I am not fucking rainman, I cant listen and answer questions At the same time. 😂😂