Hi. Suspect I'm on the spectrum.

[Merewen]

Also, from the sound of how he talks to you I suspect that you as a couple are adorable, and I wish I could have my own family like that (like, I kinda want kids, even at my age)

Awww, thanks.

 

[Accelerator]

In all seriousness though, sometimes I feel like there's no outlet for the affection I have and since there's no one readily available when it hits me I wind up thinking about having my own children, biological or not. Seriously. I think I may need help. Might just start a thread on that.
On another note, how's parenting?

 

[Accelerator]

Also, does anyone know where I should put a thread about "obsession with having children to care for"?
Also, back to Merewen, your honest thoughts, please. This may be a thing I'll keep coming back to in the future, and I'd really like any input from actual parents.

 

[Nitro]

Also, does anyone know where I should put a thread about "obsession with having children to care for"?
Also, back to Merewen, your honest thoughts, please. This may be a thing I'll keep coming back to in the future, and I'd really like any input from actual parents.

This may be suitable: Adulthood Discussion

 

[xudo]

Welcome

 

[Accelerator]

This may be suitable: Adulthood Discussion

This is an answer to my question about thread placement right? If so, thanks.

 

[Merewen]

In all seriousness though, sometimes I feel like there's no outlet for the affection I have and since there's no one readily available when it hits me I wind up thinking about having my own children, biological or not. Seriously. I think I may need help. Might just start a thread on that.
On another note, how's parenting?

Sorry, busy all day today.
Parenting has been going pretty well, actually. I'm a stay-at-home mom at the moment, so that probably colors my experience a lot.

The first little bit with a newborn was pretty exhausting. After getting over giving birth and getting in a routine, though, it was constant, but none of the tasks were too hard in themselves (feed, change diaper, get to sleep...) The hardest thing was probably that the middle of the night was no longer 8 hours of guaranteed rest and I was now "on call."

I'm finding 3 years old actually harder than the 1 year old because it seems to involve a lot of screeching/yelling and throwing/swinging things. But he can also play by himself a bit, which gives me recharge time, plus he goes to bed early, so I can have an hour or two to myself before bed, or to connect with my husband (although he does lots of alone time too, so we are often doing our own things in the evening.) Alternately, there's always the tried-and-true method of hiding in the bathroom for a minute.

On occasion, if nobody seems able to sleep and needs me in the night constantly, I'll overload and melt-down around 1 in the morning, but those nights are, thankfully, the exception and not the rule.

Overall, it's been a lot of work but also fun, and I think, worth it. But no way I'm having more than 2.

No advice on dating, though I'm afraid. My husband and I started dating young and were basically really lucky.

 

[Merewen]

Welcome

Thank you!

 

[Merewen]

Thanks! I took it a couple times - once yesterday, once today (after I had a bad day and remembered things like yeah - I do hand flap, and my voice gets weird). Both said I had some neurotypical and some neuroatypical traits. I took a couple other quizzes, whose links I'll have to go search for. One put me in "borderline" range, and the other had me past the threshold of "ought to check this out."

I don't have too many problems with facial expressions and don't notice patterns all that much as far as I can tell, so that's probably where the "neurotypical aspects" are coming from.

I found myself staring intently at the pattern printed on a cup at the store today and realized I do that a lot, so maybe I do notice patterns. Maybe I'll take the quiz again in a week or so, and see what other things I catch myself doing between then and now.

 

[Accelerator]

Sorry, busy all day today.
Parenting has been going pretty well, actually. I'm a stay-at-home mom at the moment, so that probably colors my experience a lot.

The first little bit with a newborn was pretty exhausting. After getting over giving birth and getting in a routine, though, it was constant, but none of the tasks were too hard in themselves (feed, change diaper, get to sleep...) The hardest thing was probably that the middle of the night was no longer 8 hours of guaranteed rest and I was now "on call."

I'm finding 3 years old actually harder than the 1 year old because it seems to involve a lot of screeching/yelling and throwing/swinging things. But he can also play by himself a bit, which gives me recharge time, plus he goes to bed early, so I can have an hour or two to myself before bed, or to connect with my husband (although he does lots of alone time too, so we are often doing our own things in the evening.) Alternately, there's always the tried-and-true method of hiding in the bathroom for a minute.

On occasion, if nobody seems able to sleep and needs me in the night constantly, I'll overload and melt-down around 1 in the morning, but those nights are, thankfully, the exception and not the rule.

Overall, it's been a lot of work but also fun, and I think, worth it. But no way I'm having more than 2.

No advice on dating, though I'm afraid. My husband and I started dating young and were basically really lucky.

Thanks for the input. Also, ma~an you got really lucky.
PS: My internet's down so I'm stuck on data, amd it turns out italics are frikkin' finicky on phones