Today, at a funeral, I'd told my autistic son it would be over at 11:30. By 11:33 he was loudly complaining the funeral should be over, and could we leave because he was bored. I had to drag him out, still loudly complaining about the time, while 50 relatives glared absolute daggers at us. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to my uncle's funeral. His eulogy was ruined by an annoying little kid repeatedly talking over the pastor, who didn't pause for anything, no matter how many times his parents told him to stop. The complimentary lunch was horrible, and the hearse driving him to the cemetery got into an accident. FML
Today, despite all my begging for him to at least be civil, my son started his eulogy at his dad's funeral with the words, “Let me tell you a few things about the bastard in the coffin over there.” It only got worse. FML
Today, my autistic dad asked while I was in the middle of giving birth if I could be quieter and to hurry up because he was four hours late for work. When I yelled at him, he faked one of his meltdowns so mom had to leave me to deal with him, even though it’s SUPER obvious when he’s faking. God I hate his guts. FML
Today, my wife finally gave up on our autistic 11 year-old son and decided to have him taken into a care facility, because his autism is so bad, all he can do is sleep, stare vacantly, play on his iPad, or scream for hours. I’m kind of glad he’s leaving, but I can’t shake the dam guilt. FML
Today, my son and I attended the funeral of a family friend. It went as well as any funeral could, up until the point that my apparently drunk son tried to grope the widow. I came an inch away from causing my son to need his own funeral. FML
Today, my son is a real ass. My mother died and he literally only booked off half a day to attend his own grandmother's funeral, doesn’t plan to spend time with me after the burial, and since he booked it, all he has done is complain about the three meetings he’s going to miss that morning. FML
Today, at my mother's funeral, as everyone was around her casket for the viewing, my 5-year-old son in cluelessness of what was going on shouted, "Grandma is more fun when she isn't sleeping." Everyone cried. FML
Today, I attended my husband's funeral and my son carried out the eulogy, which basically turned into a character assassination, ending with "and I hope Hell is hot enough for you, old man." Almost our entire family agreed with every word he said. FML
Today, I took my kids to the beach. My autistic son decided it was a good idea to pretend he was drowning. I tried to tell onlookers he was fine and not to worry. My son popped out of the water and laughed hysterically at them. FML
Today, I got a horrible case of the hiccups while at my friend's mother's funeral, resulting in me squeaking loudly every five seconds during the eulogy. My friend glared daggers at me until I left the room, then later accused me of being an insensitive bitch for "trying to ruin the funeral." FML
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MidnaLink 35
Because no funeral ever ran late?
tricia 8
I know how you feel, I have a non-verbal 11 year old autistic son. I love him to death, but sometimes it’s really hard.
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Comments (8)
Sertorius 10
I mean, he's got a point.
Jon Tessler 14
while your son may have a disability, you deserve it for lying to him
MidnaLink 35
Because no funeral ever ran late?
Ambrily 27
How was the parent supposed to know the funeral would have lasted 3 minutes longer than what they thought?
RichardPencil 32
He probably wants to get back to his painting or sculpting or whatever he normally does. Sometimes creatives can be pretty insistent on their passions.
tricia 8
I know how you feel, I have a non-verbal 11 year old autistic son. I love him to death, but sometimes it’s really hard.
Hangryko 32
I'm so sorry you went through that ordeal. Has he ever complained before about timing?
Charlie Given 28
sometimes with autistic children it's better to divert their attention away from the time or simply let them know there is no definite time it will be done when it is over.
SJKatt 15
This one is on you. You know your kid is autistic. So you know that means he needs concrete information and direction. If you told him 11:30, follow through, or tell him you don't know how long it will take. Don't give him a time frame and then back out on it and blame that on him. You did that.
Lucky O'Guin 18
Cannot like this enough! If you told him 11:30, you should have left at 11:30. Or made other arrangements for him. Or not given him an exact time, because you should know how your kid is going to react when you don't follow your words with your actions.
IHaveThePower 18
YDI for telling an autistic kid there was a definite end time and not letting him find another activity after.