Today, I spent all day cleaning for my grandparents to come over, only for my grandfather and father to interrupt me, talk over me, and treat me like I'd done something wrong. I'm autistic and was infodumping. They know this. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I thought I had the house all to myself for the weekend, but my annoying in-laws showed up unannounced and ruined my sleep-all-day plans by asking me to help clean out their RV. FML
Today, I realized anytime I try to say anything, relatives will talk over me, change the subject, or go off on tangents about ancient family history that I don't want to hear for the 1000th time. Yet if I interrupt them once, I'm the bad one. FML
Today, I skipped out on my grandmother's 70th birthday party. I'm autistic, and I have a hearing disorder that significantly enhances my hearing to a painful extent, so I couldn't tolerate how noisy it was. Now, my grandmother thinks I hate her because I put my mental health first. FML
Today, I went downstairs to get a drink and overheard my grandparents talking about me. They spent a good 15 minutes double-team attacking me for my failings as a human being, mainly me not being married with children yet. I'm barely 20. FML
Today, my grandparents visited. My grandpa kept getting off the couch and walking around to "stretch his legs." He kept kicking out my computer's network cable and messing up my game, smirking each time he did it. When I complained, my mom told me to shut up and show some respect. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandparents, as my grandmother may not have long left. When my stepfather wasn't grilling my visibly uncomfortable grandad about Bible passages, my mother was trauma-dumping about how hard her life has been, and how awful her marriage to my father was. They're his parents. FML
Today, I got scolded for how I treated my aunt and uncle's dogs while pet sitting. I was told it was my fault they had explosive diarrhea for "locking" them in the room they'd told me to put them in at night and doing everything they said when I reported they were sick. FML
Today, I went over to confront my parents about how my siblings always get to visit and all I do when I’m over is work on their house or take care of grandma. My mom was very upset. Then she snuck out with my sister, leaving me to take care of grandma until she got back. FML
Today, I couldn't say a single sentence without being interrupted or having the conversation hijacked into a monologue of past grievances by family members against people they have issues with. And they wonder why I hide in my room all the time… FML
Today, I decided to spend a few days at my grandma's house, to help her clean the place up a bit. So far, she's given me a "no masturbating under my roof" talk, used multiple racist slurs, and yelled "QUIET DOWN!" when I so much as sneezed in the next room. FML
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Mylife 12
I'm also autistic, it's sad how much disrespect we get.
IHaveThePower 18
Thanks, guys. It helps to know I'm not alone.
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Mylife 12
I'm also autistic, it's sad how much disrespect we get.
SJKatt 15
Also autistic here. It's so frustrating that our whole lives are spent being told to conform ourselves to make other people comfortable, only for them to never even think to consider our own feelings. My mom used to do this, cutting me off, talking over me. If what I was saying was boring to her, she tuned out. My dad would listen though. I could tell he was bored, but he was still letting me info dump and even asked questions occasionally. I am sorry your family sucks.
IHaveThePower 18
Thanks, guys. It helps to know I'm not alone.
sirrubberduckie 37
What subject or subjects are you interested in?
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
For my sins, I'm neurotypical. If you know you're infodumping, you also know that you're giving people more information than they're interested in. For those of us who don't want to be infodumped on, what do you suggest we do? Do you expect us to put up with it, or should we say, "hey, you're infodumping, please stop" or what? I obsess over a few subjects, and could talk on them for hours, but I know not everyone is as fascinated, so I only talk about my obsessions in places where there are like-minded individuals. One of the beauties of internet is that it's now perfectly possible to find plenty of such people.