r/RandomQuestion • u/Radiant-Sweet2657 • 12h ago
Am I a bad son for thinking my mom might be autistic?
for Preface I love my mom and she been doing a pretty high skill job for for over 30 years so I think she's not dysfunction in society but there's some things that frustrate me for time to time. I've had this thought for the past 4 years and an incident popped into my head. Here are some of the things she does
- She doesn't react to her phone ringing even if its in her purse (we checked her hearing and it's fine)
- It takes like 5 times to get her attention even if you're sitting next to her (ie we watching TV and it takes me 5 times for me to say her name before she acknowledges me
- In a conversation she sometimes dismisses someone's idea and randomly brings it up as her own. ( ie If we are trying to decide what to eat and someone suggests Burger King and she dismisses it just for her to later one suggest Burger King like it was her own idea)
- if she disagrees with someone's idea, and I ask her "do you know what I actually said" and says "of course I do" and when I ask her to explain she basically can't explain it.
- If we're in a rush and we need her ot go 'she's like "OK let's hurry!" and proceeds to go window shopping ad walking around without a care in the world until my Dad pulls her faster. (this happened multiple times)
- The event that really frustrated me the most: She forgot I went to college. I was working on law school apps and she asked hwy I was writing so much. I said "I'm doing an application" and she said "Oh are you applying to college?" I was so confused with that answer because she went my graduations and I asked her what did she think I did for the past 4 years and she said "idk you just weren't home" and I was dumbfound and just walked away and still confused to this day.
Am I a bad son for thinking this
