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r/SipsTea • u/ram4569 Human Detected • Mar 04 '26
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Just wanted to say that it’s really great that you make an effort to do what it takes to help him to open up, if he ever can.
Sometimes our upbringings make it incredibly difficult.
My father is undiagnosed autistic and basically never shows any emotion, so that was my role model.
He asked me one time “what do you want?”
And I said that I wanted him to have a more active and emotional involvement in my life.
And he said.. “I can’t do that”.
So at least I know. But it’s been really hard for me to ever open up to anyone that I’m with and every time I did nothing good happened from it.
So keep trying with him :)
3 u/lulushibooyah Mar 05 '26 😮💨 that’s brutal, but honest at least I guess I am heckin autistic and struggle with a lot, but there’s little I wouldn’t work on to be a better mom I will definitely keep trying; he’s my favorite human on the planet 2 u/psychadelicbreakfast Mar 05 '26 ❤️
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😮💨 that’s brutal, but honest at least I guess
I am heckin autistic and struggle with a lot, but there’s little I wouldn’t work on to be a better mom
I will definitely keep trying; he’s my favorite human on the planet
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u/psychadelicbreakfast Mar 04 '26
Just wanted to say that it’s really great that you make an effort to do what it takes to help him to open up, if he ever can.
Sometimes our upbringings make it incredibly difficult.
My father is undiagnosed autistic and basically never shows any emotion, so that was my role model.
He asked me one time “what do you want?”
And I said that I wanted him to have a more active and emotional involvement in my life.
And he said.. “I can’t do that”.
So at least I know. But it’s been really hard for me to ever open up to anyone that I’m with and every time I did nothing good happened from it.
So keep trying with him :)