I just told my eldest I love him and he said...

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Thanks.

Thanks

[crushed]

What do yours with asd say?

And as an add on - I was in the back room earlier and I heard my youngest say "do willy willy dance X" to my eldest. I legged it into the living room and experienced physical rush of relief to find them trying to wheel round the living room!

phew.

My ex used to say thank you !!

DD mostly says ok stinky bum bum!

Sometimes I say love you too mummy for her and she will copy though.

if I say I love you I get "ok" or " you too"

I get the "I love mummy" when he is about to venture forth into seething he is unsure about. Going school. toilets in a play park. Etc. when he is highly anxious I get I love you mum about every 20ins or so.
it's like he is just checking I am still around :)

I get the full spectrum of reactions, ranging from tumbleweed, through "yes" (DS1) through "well I don't love you, today" (also DS1). Every day that he doesn't tell me I need to be killed is a good one, frankly.

DS2 steals kisses from me, and that's good enough for me.

My asd ds1 is very loving.
Ds2 who is nt....hmmm.
Me:I love you ds2
Ds2: I know. Get me some ice cream.
Ingrate!

Ds1 "Do you? "why?".
Dd smiled, winked and came for a hug.
Ds2 ignored me, then (when pressed to respond) said "Dog"

I asked dd how much she loved me once.

She thought for a moment and then said "50p"

It was back in the day she was fixated on 50p coins and would quite happily buy one for a pound (knowing the value). So I was flattered

Me "i love you"

Ds "can you get me a packet of vinegars" (salt and vinegar crisps)

DS2 "OK"
DS1 would be some smart arsed answer like "well of course you do cos i'm perfect" but then might add an "I love you too"

I think we should get this moved to AIBU and see if the NT families are lucky enough to have funny, lovely, quirky, loving dc like ours . Or if they just get boring, meaningless "I love you too" answers before their dc pop out to rob off-licenses or mug old ladies

I think 'Thanks' is quite a positive response.
ds (NT) is likely to say.

"Yes, right, you can get off now" if I try and sneak in for a hug,
or
"It's understandable"

or "A lot of people do"
or somesuch if I just tell him.

I love these

If there's one thing you can rely on from our kids is an honest, straight from the heart answer

I suppose thanks wasn't the worst thing he could have said!

I ask them "do you love me" and my youngest says "YES!" in a rather cross voice. I may ask a lot eldest once sat there, looking thoughtful and said
"no, but I like you." very kindly

This was after we'd started teaching him about love, marriage and relationships. So I've been demoted to being liked, since love is for relationships.

Been trying to explain how you can love people in different ways because love isn't just one feeling. It's a range of feelings.

But it's horribly confusing for him!

Still, I know that, even if they don't always know it/can't always recognise it - they do love me very much. They show it in lots of ways.