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I have kids, but for different reasons.

What I meant is that I always draw a blank when people mention that it is of the utmost importance to them to have biological offspring - I think I lack some kind of "normal" instinct somewhere.

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The men on my dad's side of the family were all (undiagnosed) ASD with depression, anxiety and suicide. It became almost synonymous with our surname that the men would follow that pattern. My brother wanted children all his life. My mother always told him not to have biological children because she wanted him to "end" that line of the family. There are no other male descendants so the onus was on him to forgo having children.

My brother did try for bio children (long story), but he ended up fostering and adopting my nephew.

What my mother didn't realise is that I'm my father's child too ... and I have his genes as much as my brother does.

I don't worry about it the way my mother does. I don't see us all as "ret*d" -- but that's her understanding.

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Wow, that was very harsh of your mother (to say the least) - did she really believed that suicide was "embedded" in their genes?

My apologies if this makes you sad guys, it wasn't my intention.

It's okay, i don't see not having children as a great tragedy tbh. There are lots of reasons a person wouldn't want children, least of them something like this. And not to mention not everyone is heterosexual.

Glad to hear that April, diplomacy is not my strong suit and I'm always curious how other people see things.

Me too, i actually like to talk about these things, since i don't get affected anymore.

Do you like sports?

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It didn't make me sad. I grew up with that rhetoric and heard it all the time. My mother was always very negative and critical about my dad's side of the family. At the same time, she made it clear that I was very much like my dad's side of the family. She thought it was shameful that my grandfather would stay in bed during the day because of depression, prior to killing himself. She said it would be great for my brother to stop the "curse" of depression, social phobia, and reclusive behaviour that my dad's side experienced.

The cousins on my father's side are all adopted except for one. My mother made it clear that adoption was a good idea for my brother. He did end up adopting but it wasn't because of her warnings, it was a choice when he fell in love with my nephew.

Anyway -- you haven't upset me at all.

I think my own genes are perfectly great even with ASD and my other co-morbids. I don't listen to her trash talk.


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Ok, that's really cool then. If I was to take into account only what I knew about my biological parents I would have probably given myself a home-made vasectomy as soon as I started having sex!

Do you like eating with chopsticks?

I do, not sure if i am any good at it though!

Have you ever made sushi?

LMAO ^

I have never made sushi.

Have you ever used a pottery wheel?

No the clay thing is sensory hell for me

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Yes, a few times. It's not hell for me in a sensory way, but 3D design is hell for me in a spatial way.

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Nope, my mom takes Pottery courses though.

Is there an animal that you are scared of?

Hmm... not particularly (except for humans, of course) but I dislike some.

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Monsters from Hell worms

Also parrots or any of those large, talking birds that look smarter than people.

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