Your bio doesn't mention being autistic, and I'm inferring from the text shown that you're not. If that's the case, please don't use the ActuallyAutistic tag. Use tags like #autistic and #autism

I have followed the hashtag and pinned it to my multi column interface. thank you 🥰

i feel that it is my duty as a child to be sure that my parents' blood flow is always up to a certain level. in my case, that means keeping their blood pressure up on a regular basis.

another classic:

me: hi mom, are you sitting down?

mom: should i be?

me: i'd recommend it. so, i've given it a lot of thought and i've decided to drop out of college and enlist in the navy or air force

mom: <quiet for a good full minute> well. that's original. so. seriously. how much do you need in your checking account?

another fun one:

me: so, folks, i've decided to drop out of college and learn to build and repair guitars and other musical instruments

i suspect i found a partner with infinite patience because i knew that i'd need someone as patient as my parents.

kids being hysterically funny is the biggest reason why we have survived as a species. otherwise, we'd all have been killed off in our teen years for reasons.

one of my proud "surprise the parents" moments was when i was working at a place doing encryption hardware. at the time, this meant that you had to register with the state department as an arms dealer, since encryption was considered a munition.

my call home:

"so, mom & dad, you'll be happy to know that i've given up working on this whole internet thing and found something with a much steadier income. we've become arms dealers!"

This entire sequence has been amazing.

Waking up to these made my day better, but now I really want to meet your kids.

So wonderful, thanks for sharing!!

This whole thread is gold

When one of your kids is #ActuallyAutistic