Friend's mom snubbing her son's friends

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I have a friend of mine who is an aspie/autie herself and happened to be a single parent and has said that the other parents don't want her there because she is an aspie because they want to get away from her.

I am learning to not have expectations any more...

My daughter's birthday party is next week and of the 30 invitations only 6 children have accepted, although a couple may turn up as the parents never RSVP

The parent who do come will smile and make small chat...then when the party is finished we all go home and don't see each other till next year (most of the parents who accept the invitations never invite my daughter to their kid's birthday)

Where is "there" in this context? The party you were talking about earlier in this thread, or a support group for parents of autistic children, or something else?

Also, are the other parents married or single? I'm under the impression that, in mainstream American culture at least, married people have a tendency to avoid single (and divorced) people, even NT single people, at social gatherings.

I don't think that stops married couples from mixing with single people at social gatherings. In my experience of the NT world single people are the ones who feel awkward getting invited to parties attended by couples.

That was off topic but I threw that into the mix because we were talking somewhat about the NT vs and AT world and how NTs seem to enjoy weeding people out

I think she sees all of you as children. Many parents look at their kids even into adulthood as children as long as they still live with the parents. If the adult child is on the spectrum then they are never seen as adults but perpetual children who are often never taken seriously

Not all parents look at their adult autistics like eternal children and those are the ones I try to look for because if they empower their children, then they will empower me