Asperger's Syndrome Requires that you Anticipate Everything!

February 18, 2007

Got a call from my girlfriend this morning, she needed us to go let her dogs out for a run about 11:00 am or so.

Of course Cameron was whiney about it, didn't want to go and was very vocal about it.

We couldn't not go just cause he didn't want to (the doggies gotta be able to do their thing) so I told him if he went and was good then we'd go ahead and take him to Wal-Mart and give him his allowance early so that he could get a light-saber he's been obsessing over.

So we went to Wal-Mart and he got his light saber. On the way out the door there was a young lady from Cameron's school who said very brightly "Hi Cameron!". Cameron looked at her and said "I don't know you!" and stalked away.

I didn't see or hear it happen but rather heard my husband and Cameron discussing it. I wished I had seen it though so that I could go to the girl and apologize to her for his behaviors and make sure she didn't take it personally that he spoke to her the way he did.

Oh it frustrates me to no end that he does stuff like this.

His reasoning? He doesn't know her. Even though she goes to his school and he sees her in the hall he doesn't know her so he justifies it as "she's a stranger mom".

So, I get frustrated, he gets frustrated and it's all downhill from there. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, has to be explained to him but I can't anticipate everything.

So then I feel guilty for being upset with him and for upsetting him and then everyone has hurt feelings. :(

How do I anticipate every little thing?