Yeah... I love Lord of the Rings. Keep this in mind. So, my aunt asked me what books I liked, because I talked about being a bookworm and writing my own book. I told her I loved the LotR books and it was my favorite book series ever. But then she told me something that totally ticked me off. She told me that only kids on the spectrum could like Lord of the Rings. I am not on the spectrum, and I love people that are, but it was rude to not just everyone who likes Lord of the Rings, but to all the kids on the spectrum as well. She then compared it to liking math. Yeah, I like math. I enjoy learning, because that's who I am! A lot of my friends are the same way. One of my friends is in 8th grade, but he's in 11th grade math. He isn't on the spectrum, he's just intelligent. So I told her so, that a lot of my friends like Lord of the Rings and math. So, her being the blunt, sort of rude person she was, told me that all my friends and I were on the spectrum. Now, I don't think that any of my friends are on the spectrum, and if they happen to be, they would only be on there a little bit. So I was frustrated with her. She kept jabbing at my friends and my interests, insisting we were on the spectrum, so I kind of snapped. (for me, who is an extreme rule follower and people pleaser.) I told her that even though her brain might be too small to comprehend LotR and math, it didn't mean we were the same. (I'm not saying that anyone who doesn't like math isn't smart. I'm just saying what I said since I was frustrated with her constant rude jabs about me and my friends.) Thankfully I don't think she heard me, but I was upset with her for the rest of the day. When I was ready to leave, she asked, "I guess you'll just never forgive me, then." But she didn't even say it in an apologetic tone. She was so impudent, like she didn't care. Me being the people pleaser I am, I just mumbled out something about how it was fine, when it was not. Was I doing the right thing, or was I the one in the wrong? (By the way, even with her jabs, I didn't care. I spent the rest of the day watching Return of the King. Take that.)
I loved people on the spectrum, and I love everyone (who hasn't really offended me, I'm not loving them, sorry. I wish I could, but I'm not that good.) regardless of whether they love LotR or math or whatnot. I'm just releasing my frustrations over my aunt.
