Guest guest Posted March 31, 2000 Report Share Posted March 31, 2000 I know I have written a lot about how Ava is sometimes so obtuse in social situations and so unaware of when she is being inappropriate. Last night she did something that was so " in her own world " and completely inappropriate. A friend of mine was over for dinner with her 8 mo. old baby. She is a single parent. We were talking about the baby's father, my husband was asking if he was going to finally take some of the responsibility etc.. and Ava said " where'd you guys do it? " . I immediately told her to stop that line of questioning. My husband and friend were surprised at my reaction because they (although they have both known her since she was a toddler) didn't think she meant what I thought. I assured them she did and to drop it but my husband took up for her and said to let her explain what she meant. Now at this point if Ava was aware that she was out of line she would have covered it up but instead she said " I just meant like where did you do it because on TV they say that sometimes people do it in the swimming pool or something " . They started laughing out of disbelief as I told Ava that that was enough. My husband said that while he was shocked, she obviously didn't understand she shouldn't ask those questions. I said, no, that's not true, when she has asked me personal questions of that nature I have always told her they were rude and inappropriate. So she says " yes, but I wasn't asking IF she did it , just where " . She was sincerely confused about why this wasn't okay and apologized. This stuff just baffles me. She has always done this kind of thing. When she was 6 she asked the mother of a friend of mine who died if she could " have one of his bones for the science area at her school " . You would think that this would make it hard for her to make friends but it doesn't. She is consistently one of the most popular and well liked kids at whatever school she is at. I just don't know what to make of this. I'm wondering if this is related to a Spectrum disorder or what. Dana in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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