I just feel so sad sometimes about the lack of invites to play etc. Ds is seven and has Aspergers. He is very bright, yes, he's rather odd socially, but not violent or aggressive and is full of imagination. He has one really good friend he just loves, but I suspect friend also has some SN and the pair of them can be a bit of a nightmare as they get so excited. However, they are best friends. I have always had the feeling that the other boy's mum strongly disapproves of my ds and finds him difficult and thinks he is a bad influence on hers (ie the cause of his problems). So Ds almost never gets invited anywhere for tea or to play - even to his best friend's and she isn't keen for him to come to us. Poor ds doesn't understand it. I just say, well, you can play with him every day at school. He has pretty much stopped asking now. But today picking up ds saw another little boy planning to go home with ds's best friend and it made me want to cry. Obviously this boy is 'normal' enough to be invited. I know that ds isn't in the circle of boys who all go for tea at each other's houses, but this felt particularly rejecting of him. Ds doesn't notice or mind like I do, I have to say. I host a great, huge party for ds's birthday every year, I do invite other kids back, but it's such hard work! Oh well, time to text a couple of more sympathetic mums to ask their sons over...
Oh and dh either doesn't get why I get so upset or he doesn't want to think about it. Either way, I just can't talk about it with him, which also makes me sad. I really, really, really worry about his future on days like this.
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mabanana · 22/09/2008 17:15
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