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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one that drives me the most insane is, "We are SO BUSY with travel soccer!  You have no idea how difficult it is to have a child who is athletically talented!  We have so many sporting events, so many teams to choose from. . . "  and I have a kid dressed in velour who is sucking on his shirt sleeves who will never catch a ball.  I really feel for you lady, really I do.[/quote]

I want to say that there are parents who get it.  My DC was in Little League for 3+ years and never got a hit and only caught the ball once.  There was a boy on his team that was on the travel team and very gifted and eventually was on the all stars team and is now playing varsity in HS as a freshman.   It was his mom who stood up and clapped the loudest when DC caught that ball.  I think she was happier than me at that moment. :)  She always had words of encouragement for DC.  Loved her.  Still do. [/quote]

What a lovely person![/quote]

Great story!

OP, I know it stings, but assume the mother was just clueless. I don't mind people complaining about schlepping. I complain about it too. I hate birthday parties and DC (who has HFA and ADHD) is happy to just go to 1-2 a year.

You don't want your friends to walk on eggshells. I have that situation with a friend who has all NT children. I don't mind her telling me about triumphs of her kids.It doesn't take away from my kids' triumphs which are quite different. What I do mind, is I can no longer tell her anything. If I say anything positive about work it offends her since she hates her job. If I talk about therapies, etc. she tells me ASD is over diagnosed and my kid is fine. She drove me nuts over our decision to delay kindergarten and let me tell you it was the best decision for us. She felt her kids were at a disadvantage because of people like me?! Needless to say we aren't as close. I still listen to her tell me about her kids and I genuinely enjoy hearing the positive because I adore her kids. I pretty much tell her nothing about my life.[/quote]

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