Staying With People Who Don't Understand

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Hi!

Ok, so I don't really know where to put this, but this seemed like the best forum for it. I'm not really depressed about this, but I do need advice.

Here's the problem:
I'm 15. My parents are going to San Fransico for a week, and leaving my little brother (13) and I with some of their friends, since I can't stay alone by law. I'll be coming home to my house, staying here for an hour to get homework down or just for alone I-really-need-to-scream time. My mother knows I can't stand being with people non-stop, so she got me this hour alone. I appreciate it, I really do.

The family I'm to be staying with is...different. They're all NTs. They have two children A. (13 and a friend of my brother's) and T. (14 and a real pain in the _______). I can't stand any of them. The sons are the worst. Both are failing their classes because they don't try, they're obnoxious, loud, and have no manners. On occasion they have stolen money out of their mother's purse. T. is girl crazy, and his father takes him to Hooters, which is an hour away, so he can see girls. He'll end up getting someone pregnant by college, mark my words. Both parents turn blind eyes on all of this. They think their children are angels. The parents have bad manners as well, and are on the ditzy side. They don't know how to use the stove, and order takeout all the time. They often skip dinners because they just snack whenever they want. The house is a mess, the dog isn't trained, and I still can't believe my parents befriended and trust these people.
The mother is thrilled that I'll be staying with them. She's always wanted to have a daughter. I am not her daughter. I do not paint my nails or do my hair at home, and I will not do them there either. I do not talk about things like dating or who I think is cute. I don't do this with my own mother, who I love and trust, so why would I do it with her? She plans to do all of this with me. She wants me to talk with her.
I am supposed to be cheery throughout this entire stay. I am pessimistic (spelling still sucks, sorry), cynical, and I see no reason to change this because I have no problem with this. I am not supposed to listen to a lot of my music because they would not approve of it. I'm always listening to music. It calms me down.

I have been given the spare bedroom for the stay. I'll take my shower here, in my hour alone. I refuse to take one there. I have also been given my mother's laptop to take with me. I'll end up spending much of my time locked in the room, surfing the Internet and listening to music.

The problem is my AS. I am self diagnosed, and though my mother agrees with me (she's read up on it), she sees no reason to get an offical dx because there's not much that can be done. Because there is no offical dx, I do not mention it much of the time, only telling my friends or making an offhand comment about it. (The kids at school think I'm being standoffish. Most of the time I am.) Anyway, some of the things in the house is going to send me over the edge, but my mother has forbidden me to tell them about my AS. I understand this, in part. (They called my house late at night once to tell my mother I'm gothic. I go sophisticated goth some days, and some of my friends are goth. My parents know this, they don't care.)
Anyway, this is going to send me over the edge. I tend to meltdown when I'm in a new, different enviorment. I'm only violent in two occasions: someone's picking on my brother and when I'm in a meltdown. But I can't tell them about what I am.

I don't know what to do. Any suggestions?

Heather

P. S. Sorry if I started to rant. I really don't like these people.

Rent the movie "Ghost World", and watch how Thora Birch acts polite, particularly in the art class scenes. See if you can duplicate that projection. Then try to maintain that attitude as much as you can all weekend.

You don't have to do the makeup thing. But if you do, wear goth makeup. It'll intimidate them slightly, and they'll want to talk to you less.

Bring earphones for the music. Bring stuff to read. Bring a bit of nonperishable food you really like. Bring a toy, if you have one.

You don’t have to tell them that you are AS to get out of the girly stuff.

Just be yourself, and the worst they will do is kick you out. In which case you get to stay at home (like you wanted) and then your parents will never trust them again. Everyone wins.

It's a shame you have to stay there, my parents would have left me at home alone.

Can't you stay at a relitives or friends? can't you at least choose who you want to stay with? This is ridiculous. You could do as much as you can to stay out of the house if worst comes to worst.

My realitives all live in Georgia or California, which is too far away for just a week. As for friends, my mother doesn't trust any of their parents. Two are going through a nasty divorce situation (read, not talking to each other except for fighting), another is just a bad mother (even I agree and I tend to trust my friends' parents more than my parents), and one is an acholohic hermit.



I'll get out of the girly stuff regardless. What I'm worried about is the fact that I'll end up meltdowning in numerous occasions, judging by previous experinces with staying somewhere new, surrounded by people I don't like. Like I said, I can get violent while meltingdown. Not as bad as some, but still...

Thanks to all for replying.