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"you're too boring"

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CharityShopChic · 26/01/2025 14:54

Absolutely raging. I have a ND 21 year old son who has been through the mill the last few years, first year of Uni was entirely online which destroyed what little confidence and social skills he had, then he had a disastrous exam period last year and is currently taking a year out of uni on suspension - he has one exam out of the 4 in third year he has to pass in May this year to continue to final year.

He has a formal diagnosis of both ADD and dyspraxia and I suspect he may be on the autistic spectrum too. He has made some great friends through the uni niche societies which he is part of and sees them regularly. He is also in several group chats for people on his course and a few of them were arranging to go out for drinks tonight. After DS missed lots of the discussion he asked what the final arrangements were only to be told by one of the members of the group - we don't want you to come, you're too boring.

Fuck me, I really thought we'd left the "you'd weird, we don't want to play with you" well in the past at primary school. He is saying all the right things like they've shown who they really are and who needs friends like that anyway, but how can you not be gutted by people saying that to you.

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BrightYellowTrain · 27/01/2025 17:59

Your poor DS.

TinyMouseTheatre · 30/01/2025 16:18

Your poor DS Flowers

CharityShopChic · 30/01/2025 19:56

He has dusted himself off, removed himself from the group chat and is spending time with the friends he's made in a shared interest group. It is shit though. I do wonder what their parents would think. Just horrible behaviour.

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Motheranddaughter · 30/01/2025 20:28

You would think young people of that age would be passed all that
Glad to hear your son is moving forward
You sound like a great Mum

MildredKindredd · 02/02/2025 21:48

What pure nastiness. I’m so sorry for your son but happy he’s managed to dust himself down and move on from it.

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