Does anyone else have a whole phone conversation and then hang up and realize… wait, what did we even talk about? Because it was basically just a stimming session?

Let me give you an example.

The other night my daughter called me. Honestly, I don’t even remember now what she called for. She had me on speaker and my grandson was there.

I hear him say, “Mom, why is Dad taking so long?”

Then he goes, “He went and bought milk and never came back.” It’s a joke.

LMBO I said, “The joke goes ‘he WENT for milk and never came back’ – if he BOUGHT the milk, I think he would come back!”

So again he says, “It’s been so long.”

So I say in my best old lady voice, “It’s been 84 years…”

To this he says, in HIS old lady voice, “It’s been 100 years!”

Of course he didn’t get the 84 years reference because he’s never seen Titanic. But my daughter got it.

So then she says, “When he gets home I’m going to say ‘Where have you been?!’” in her best Mrs. Weasley voice.

So I say, “Then say it’s been 84 years!”

Then my grandson chimes in again in his old lady voice, “It’s been 100 year!”

When I got off the phone I realized I have no idea why she even called, because the whole time we were just stimming off each other.

And how about having a conversation with your husband and thinking, “this man has DEFINITELY been touched by the tism fairy”?

My husband will walk around the house making up little tunes about everything. He will sing ANYTHING. Have you ever seen that Robitussin commercial where they sing the word Robitussin? That is what he does, but with random words and phrases. He doesn’t even realize he’s doing it.

And can we talk about how kids with ADHD/ASD have a bottomless pit for a stomach? Seriously, my grandson can eat a full meal and not 30 minutes later look you straight in the eye and say, “I’m hungry.”

Kid, you just ate a 5-course meal! Where did it go? Honestly unbelievable. Lol.

Please don’t think I’m making fun of ADHD or autism. Well, I mean I am, but not in a bad way.

I was diagnosed with ADHD late in life. I always knew something was different. So after I got diagnosed, it actually felt a little easier. I understood a bit more about why I do or say certain things.

For me and my kids, making jokes about what we do is the easiest way to cope. No one can change who they are, and if we just ignore it, well, it doesn’t go away. So why not embrace it, make fun of it, and laugh at the things you do? Pretending it’s not there will just make you miserable, and that is no way to live your life.

If you have any stories like this, please share in the comments. I love reading what you all share.

We are all in this chaos we call life together, so let’s make the best of it.

Love,
Gramma M

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