Do people with autism understand money?

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hehe, that's not a bad thing. xD

@Tequila, Pleaes don't swear on my things.

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I was worried about buying an expensive phone so I asked my mum how much money have I got in my account.
"$4000" she says.
How did that get there?

Sorry.

Well, you were the one who mentioned money!

When one considers the usual NT money management skills, I would say it's absurdly easy to do better than they do. The latest polls say over 70 million Americans are now coming up on retirement age who not only have nothing saved for their old age, they are still deep in debt with under water home loans and maxed out credit cards. They CAN'T retire. They are basically screwed.

And none of them seem to realize that using credit cards means they have to earn a third to a half more money in their lifetime to buy the same things using cards and paying interest as opposed to paying cash. It's insane, really. I hate having to work so much that I save every dime. I have no credit cards, no loans, no payment plans. I owe nothing to no one, and it is a very good feeling.

This is a stupid question. NTs are hopeless with money, why don't you go ask them instead?

I was in 5th or 6th grade before I fully understood concepts such as currency denominations and making change.

It could be due to my dyscalculia (math dyslexia) or my difficulty, at the time, applying abstract concepts to concrete objects. As soon as I "got" it, though, I've been pretty good with monetary transactions working cash registers at different jobs for years without once committing an error.

Um, I understand money. I'm really bad at math, but all the concepts specific to money and the purpose and use of money never really gave me any problems.

I'm terrible at it, I'll get $20 and forget that I even have it.

If I didn't know better, I'd say I'm Jewish.

What I don't understand is how some people can be so obsessed over it.

money = girls, power, status, fancy cars, mansions, security, freedom, etc.

If you're obsessed about girls, power, status, fancy cars, mansions, financial security or financial freedom or anything that can be bought, then it's understandable why one might be obsessed about money.

♥i don't really understand money it because i space lot when i am learning some thing and also i don't get change use money because i use leave my money every where in a house♥

I spend it almost immediately, but that's because it's desperately needed.
I have less than a quarter of a tank of gas to get me to and from class til mid-week,
and I have $4.50 to my name.

I manage my money very well. What I don't understand is how money creates status. I just can't understand that- There are a million factors that I see as more important than how much money a person has.

I'm not obsessed with money (although my grandfather was) but it's nice to have.

Also, a woman who is mainly interested in how much money you have isn't the sort of woman you should be having much to do with.