It's great to hear a story of how love enhanced someones life and still continues. She's lucky to have a thoughtful, introspective man (almost as lucky as you are to have found a woman of her spirit, as you've described it)
Regarding people making assumptions about how easy someone's life is: that fucking pisses me off too. People assume that about women a lot, without consideration of achievements or anything.
Thank you - I really appreciate her, and try to remind her of that daily. Even when we do bicker lol.
Oh tell me about it - most of my blog network are women within the genres I write in, Fatherhood, parenting, mental health, autism, compassion et al - yet it's got to be said that a lot of them are very vocal about that. I can't say I can emphasise because I've always looked up to women. My primary parent was my mother, most of my colleagues in every job I've ever worked in were women, my network currently comprises of mostly women. Most of my good friends, that I actually enjoy being around are women.
I think women are awesome - and it completes the circle. I like it when say perhaps I'm going over the line on something and one of my friends, who feels completely safe to do so will say, "dude, that's a bit far". I like that.
I've always thought you were a woman, I've treated you as if I were talking to a woman. Your comment has brought me back to that age old saying, "one should not assume!" lol
I feel embarrassed saying this - are you male or female? :)
I'm a woman, born biologically female and mostly identifying with such lol It's funny that you mention, as I always thought that you were talking to me knowing my gender
You saying that people assume a lot about women, brought me into thinking that you were speaking objectively - but alas, you weren't. :)
Why do you write about autism? that's an interesting condition, to me. Well, I take an interest in aberrent psychology in general.
Aspergers bears some interesting gifts for people, along with the struggle. I tend to get along well with aspies. I think us empathetic types have a skill with that. Maybe that's why I'm drawn to it, how people can't notice the emotions of others is such a foreign experience to me. I think in some ways a blessing! lol
I think I'm Aspergers, and my son has Autism. I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why so many people could communicate so easily. It was always a difficult task for me, and communication was mostly focused on me, my life, and what I was doing. I couldn't ever get how people could talk about abstract stuff, like Politics or the environment. But through my life, I'm 36 now, I've learned to cope, and study human psychology - I've watched a lot of people lol! - It didn't come easy to me, years of studying, pleasing people. Perhaps that could me my next post. :)
I'm pretty big in the Autistic circles - I've had a few viral posts on the Huff with writing about that.
I asked the doctor last year if I could get tested for it - but they said, "what good would a diagnosis do this late on in my life anyway" - sadly, I think it was a money issue rather than wanting to help me get some clarification.
Also - I've started a little unique system within myself. It's strange actually, I don't know if anyone else does it - but with body language I look at the person and think how of how I'd feel if I were standing / looking like that, and I've learned through my wife how she feels and acts - and attributed that to other women. I must say it works.
10 years ago the world was an absolute mystery for me - things that should have came easy, didn't. Now they do. I've learned how to act in the moment - it's always 'with' the person in front of me, or who I'm talking to, never against. It works wonders with business, and working together with someone to solve problems.