Vent!!!!!

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Registered: 02-24-2004
Vent!!!!!
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Fri, 02-03-2006 - 2:00pm

We went to another hockey game the other night. Another couple came too. Dh was able to get the use of the suite upstairs. This couple have 2 NT children who are 2 & 4. They left their children with a babysitter that night (thank goodness, cause their kids are soo misbehaved). Dh used to work with this guy, so we know the couple fairly well.

Anyway, they know that Nathan is autistic. The wife....getting on my nerves!! She kept wanting hugs from Nathan, kept trying to get him to come to her, kept talking to him....I was getting sooo annoyed. When we were alone, I kindly made comments about how difficult it is for Nathan to give hugs. She tells me that if he's around her...he's getting hugs. And she said that he WANTED her to hug him!!! DO YOU BELIEVE THIS??? What kind of a person says something like that??? So, I had to tell Nathan that he needed to speak up and TELL her to stop please. He did finally tell her this at one point. But he stayed close to me. I was going to say something to her, but I realized that Nathan needs to be able to speak up for himself if someone is bothering him...and this would be a good time for him to practice this, since I was there to help him thru it.

Dh thought that she may have been drinking too much. But she was like that when she arrived, so that means she was home all day with her kids....DRINKING???? I don't know. But I told dh that we wouldn't be spending time with her anymore if I can help it!!!

She even picked on Tyler too!!! She kept throwing napkins and stuff AT Tyler. And banging on the glass partition too. Tyler was soooo annoyed by her...he just ignored her!! LOL I thought that was funny. But she still didn't get the clue!! When we came home, Tyler asked me if something was wrong with her. Even he noticed how obnoxious she was acting. She's always been this way, but it seems to be getting worse.

It's amazing how you can over and over the whole autism thing with people....and they just ignore you!!!!! I had to protect Nathan all night from her. Her children are NT, and she has a million problems discipling them...hhmmm I wonder why???

Just needed to vent. We do family things together all the time, but rarely do things with other people. THIS IS WHY!!!! I'm so tired of people thinking that I'm over protective of Nathan, and that THEY know what's best for him.

michelle

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Registered: 04-11-2003
Fri, 02-03-2006 - 2:26pm

"Tyler asked me if something was wrong with her"

That's hysterical!!!

I'm sorry you & the boys had to deal with her. My brother can kind of be like that. If you tell him not to do something because it bothers the kids he'll do it more.

Samantha

Samantha
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Registered: 02-20-2001
Fri, 02-03-2006 - 6:33pm
She sounds very odd and I dont kwno that

 


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Registered: 08-26-2005
Sat, 02-04-2006 - 12:00am
Michelle,
Isn't that the most annoying thing in the world when someone else things they know your childs needs and wants better than you. As far as the hugging goes I can only imagine how much stress she caused Nathan. My niece is 4yrs old and I have told her a million times not to hug Ella because she really dosen't like it but everytime we see her she makes a bee-line for Ella and puts her in a bear hug. My sister has tried correcting her but she continues to do it and it drives me nuts and she's only a kid, so I can see why a grown woman doing the exact same thing would make you so upset.Some people just don't get it no matter how many times they are told. If I have to tell my MIL one more time that Jake overstuffs his mouth because he's undersenitive and dosen't know when his mouth is full, I swear my head will explode(LOL).My advice, avoid that woman at all costs!
Teresa