Then Gen Gap

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In my family it is generally excepted that every thing I say is ok to dismiss and despite the fact that I am 21 I get treated like a child. I always thought this was cos of my AS and my family just did not under stand the way I express myself, then I realised the other day when I visit my dad (who is an aspey and I always though got me) that he did it as well, I was really excited and happy and talking to him about this new show I though he would love and he just had that look like he was humouring me. Which s**t me a lot but it got me thinking. Is it the Generation gap do u really get to a point in ur life where u think just cos some one is half ur age there opinions are worthless? That worries me I am already set in my ways and jaded I don’t think I could cope with getting more so just cos of aging. What do other people think.

Maybe its not always age difference..sometimes it could be INdifference...or just catching some one when they are too distracted and busy to afford you adequate attention.

My parents treated me like a kid until I left home. Once they saw that I could actually cope and run my own life, they treated me different, and we got on much better now.

My family goes with the policy of not trusting the kids on "important" things (like handling money or knowing what to say to someone who's just had a friend die) until they've proved that they're "mature enough to deal with it". Which basically means mimicking the parent's beliefs, values, and degree of cynicism.

Things did get better when I left for college though. And I've found other means of educating myself in those life experiences about which people so often say "you just can't understand until you've done it".