Hi my aspie friends
My husband was the first one to alert me to the fact that I take things literally and oh my, talk about a conversation break down because of it! But really, one can find the humor in it.
When ever someone says: I wish I was a fly on the wall. Even though I know what that expressions means, I still think: yuck, I wouldn't want to be a fly thank you very much and so always say: I wish I was a butterfly on the wall.
I am currently watching Mozart and the Whale and honestly the girl is sooo ME. She describes when she was a child how her parents were watching the Olympics and all got excited and said how they broke a record and I watch her, as she takes records into the garden and breaks them up, because it will make her parents happy. Well even though I know that expression, immediately she said it, I too saw a literal record being broken and so it was NO surprise when she went outside.
Another aspie describes how a friend said she is going to lay it on the table now. I was waiting for the aspie to continue to describe the thing her friend was about to lay on the table and yet, I know that expression.
So obviously it is a mental image that comes to the mind?
My husband was the first one to alert me to the fact that I take things literally and oh my, talk about a conversation break down because of it! But really, one can find the humor in it.
When ever someone says: I wish I was a fly on the wall. Even though I know what that expressions means, I still think: yuck, I wouldn't want to be a fly thank you very much and so always say: I wish I was a butterfly on the wall.
I am currently watching Mozart and the Whale and honestly the girl is sooo ME. She describes when she was a child how her parents were watching the Olympics and all got excited and said how they broke a record and I watch her, as she takes records into the garden and breaks them up, because it will make her parents happy. Well even though I know that expression, immediately she said it, I too saw a literal record being broken and so it was NO surprise when she went outside.
Another aspie describes how a friend said she is going to lay it on the table now. I was waiting for the aspie to continue to describe the thing her friend was about to lay on the table and yet, I know that expression.
So obviously it is a mental image that comes to the mind?