43 and Aspie noob...

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Just wanted to say Hi!

After being living 43 years, believing being the county looney, I finally found out not being alone!
- What a relieve!

Have had an idea for some 5 months, but it was just today, that the psychriatrist sent the papers.
- Saying I'm the owner of a Aspie personality.
And i'm sure theres no reason to explain, why i felt (and feel) the relieve!

In my civil life, I'm a father to two girls (age 9 & 11) and a boy age 5. And have been living with my wife for some 17½ years.
- Daily, i wonder how she has had the guts to cope with me...

In my professional life, I'm working with IT. - As admin and supporter.
Yeah You guessed right! - It is one of ny special interests...

That has to be enough for now! - I'we have a family waiting, but will be back...

[Edit] just found I'w made a error with my age... It's corrected now [/Edit]

Hi! Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Hello!

To WrongPlanet!! !

Hello Hauge. Hope you find some things of use, entertainment or enlightenment on WP.

PS I like your fiery cat avatar.

Thanks a lot to all of you!! !

I'we made a couple of posts on other fora, the last two weeks.
- But this is the first place, where there has been such a welcome!! !

Makes me feel both humble and wery glad!

It seems to be a place, that will take a lot of my time!! !

Welcome to WrongPlanet

Welcome to Wrong Planet! I hope that you enjoy your stay. BTW my wife must be an angel too to put up with me!

Well...

My wife got a wery pragmatic way to look at it!

As she say. Better have a man with hobbies, than a man thats bored...
- Thats my luck!! !

Welkome to WrongPlanet.

The WP Kink

Thanks Again!!

Looking back at my answer about wifes, I can see that i must have been another place at the time...

Actually I must confess that i cant understand why she hasn't kicket my bud out of here, a long time ago!?!
Why?
Cant remember to to do the needed things, as brushing my kids teeth, or washing the dishes. Ect. ect.
Simply forget to do all those "small things" being distracted in my systems.
That woman must really love me! - Hmm love, what a unlogical thing...

Seems I'll never really, fully, understand the NT world, and yet forced to deal with...
Why didn't i get the tools a dx give, a long time ago...
Well, no more rattling for now...

You are too old to have been diagnosed with Asperger's--you might have ended up in special education, but they wouldn't know what to label you. But, they probably wouldn't have kept you there, as they didn't know what to do with smart kids with special needs.

Yeah. You're on to something... And yet!

I spend most of my childhood, raving around, trying to get accepted.
And acually they did find a label for me. - After spending the first two years in scool (Here in Dk we usually started age 6/7 in 1. grade and end prime school grade 9 or 10)
I were asked to take 2. grade once more... Reasons massive bullying, and remoteness. - Then when 2. grade were passed, I'we got a letter home. - Stating I were not accepted in the scool but should be sent to a school for such students!! ! - My mother got quite agitated, and contacted a collegue who had a husband working in the city admin. That resulted in a medical evaluation, that concluded that i'm hearing-impaired and had a MBD (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) - No kidding - But at the same time had a IQ easily in the best 1/3 (138)

So, the result were that i got moved from the back rows and up to the table directly in front of the teacher. - And a teacher who vere half a year from graduating, made a offer giving me 1 hour a day, after school, in half a year. If he vere alowed making a case of my story... Result? - That ½ year lifted me to the best 1/4 of the class, were i stayed for the remaining approx. 7 years.

The back draw were to come, when i asked for help to start highschool. The diagnose were given as reason when i was told that i was NOT qualified! - I'we finished prime with a average B, with A in Danish math and physics...

- Did i have a depression?

Eventually i took a highscool 5 years later with C in average without getting any help or understanding from either students or teachers... And have had work as a electronic / IT technician ever since...
The years in highscool are the hardest of my life!! ! - But were all worth it!! !

Best regards

PS: High scool were mostly group-work and teachers with their faces away from the students, without giving a D..n about students smalltalking all around! Under more structured conditions im sure i had a ticket to uni...