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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My petty vent. My “close talker” aunts and cousin. And to make it 1,000 times worse - the aunts definitely have undiagnosed ADHD and ramble on endlessly. They are oblivious to the social cues you are trying to give them that you aren’t interested in their most recent visit to physical therapy, etc.[/quote]

+1. This is my sister, god love her. We think she is on the spectrum. The kids rarely see my family as they are in another country. Now that they are older, all my kids can see she is just different- and I guess I should have prepared them more or told them about her a little more. My 14 year old son told me she is like a 'Family Guy' character... I was confused and asked how- and he said it was the close-talking, rapidfire intense convo about any minimal standard subject... things you don't really care about- and you can't really get away. I was equal parts hurt/sad that they now pick up on this and proud that he hit the nail on the head/described her intensity so well. Even my 9 year old said 'she's a lot'. It's a good kind of weird, though and they love her despite the weirdness. [/quote]

Oh man I know so many people who are just like this. Rapid fire about off the wall subjects and you can’t get away. My 4 year old told a teenager who was doing this to him this week: “you need to calm down. You’re getting out of control and I’m going to get a cookie”. I was slightly embarrassed but then proud of my son for having boundaries. I think people don’t speak up due to politeness but then these rapid fire people need others to be direct so they can moderate themselves.

I wish I knew why they were like this. Is this autism like you said? Or just a lack of introspection and misunderstanding social cues?[/quote]

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