Time for Crunches
The following helpful comment was made shortly before Nigel left for LA. I was standing by the foot of my bed folding laundry when he walked in the room and spoke in his characteristically flat tone.
Nigel (pointing to my abdominal region): Looks like you’re working on another one.
Me (insulted): No, I’m not ‘working on another one.’ My belly is protruding because I’m bending over, not because I’m pregnant!
In retrospect, I should have used this opportunity to point out to Nigel that it’s inappropriate to make comments like that! Another topic for “Social Awareness 101,” my new homeschooling subject this fall . . .
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2 Responses to “Time for Crunches”
August 1st, 2008 at 8:04 am
To the instruction that “it’s inappropriate to make comments like that”, my teen autie would say, “Okay, sorry. Then, you’re just fat.”
August 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
That makes sense . . . my son probably thought he was being subtle by saying it looked like I was “working on another one”!
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