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Random musing about DH.. perhaps ASD related?
I've long suspected that DH has Aspergers or some related traits. He definitely has difficulties making friends/keeping up with friends that he has made etc. Is socially awkward (but refuses to admit it!!) I have to remind him that "friends in the computer/game" aren't really the same as friends in real life.
Anyways two things about DH popped into my mind just now.
1. He talks about subjects at length. He pontificates. He will let people talk in the conversation but will go on and on even after it's obvious that everyone else has lost interest. I usually have to steer him to some other topic or change the subject. Funnily enough I used to be very amused by this trait..I called him the "professor in a box" which was neat because if you asked certain trigger questions, you could get him talking about something really interesting for a long time. On reflection...maybe that wasn't as awesome a trait as I thought. Still love the man though.
2. Now this is the one that annoys me no end. He will recount an anecdote or experience or his summation on a topic to me. And since I've known him for over a decade now, I've heard these snippets for the 6th, 7th, 8th time already..and I will tell him that. And he will say that he doesn't remember telling me at all, and its the first time he's telling me about it? I think this one is probably a personal trait..but still...he has a really good memory about other things. It baffles me. And no the man cannot lie to save his life, so he's having some kind of selective memory issue here.
Anyway thanks for getting this far! Any thoughts welcomed.
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Re: Random musing about DH.. perhaps ASD related?
LOL, wow that sounds familiar.
DH pontificates too. He'll get on a "kick" as I call it and it's all he wants to do for months at a time. It's not usually a problem though for a while he was on a political "kick" so that always made for some heated conversations. Like your DH, he has a hard time keeping up with friends and those that he does have, he never says no to because he's afraid they'll "forget" him.
As a child he was diagnosed with ADD though I think there may be a hint of something else there too. I don't bring it up because he blamed himself in the beginning for DS's diagnosis (PDD) and there was no getting him out of that mindset. Whether he is or isn't, like you said, doesn't matter - still love the guy.
I'll be following this post to see what everyone else thinks.