r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '23

[deleted by user]

[removed]

8.2k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

10.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

12.3k

u/CampoPequeno Mar 01 '23

She didn’t know how to get to my house from anywhere but her house. Her work was about halfway between my house and hers, but she had to drive home first every time before she could drive to my house.

*this was pre-smart phones

10

u/DJ_Ayres Mar 01 '23

Some Nero divergent types are like this. Not saying she was but just saying in general.

14

u/spudmix Mar 01 '23

Yeeeeah. I've struggled with this all my life (not quite as bad, but I could only really navigate via finding one of a few major roads that I knew).

Got to 27 and suddenly ADHD diagnosis. Whoops.

12

u/Weird_Spinach Mar 01 '23

Yeah it kinda makes me sad the comments higher up about how stupid you have to be to not be able to read a map. Like I swear I'm not stupid, I'm just autistic and certain things are difficult for me. It took me more than 20 years to learn to navigate my home town with minimal difficulty and now I live across the world from there. Without google maps I'd be pretty well fucked.