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[ailbhe]

I teach my children
The little things of please and thank you
Spending money, making change,
"This is my name, who are you?"

I teach my children
Not to nag and not to whine
That "How are you?" is answered "Fine,"
I teach my children

I teach my children
To modulate their tone of voice
To choose and live with their own choice
And I teach them to apologise

Some people learn this stuff with ease
But for me it has always been impossible
Desperately confusing, frightening, alienating
"Normal social interaction"

I am incredibly tired and feel somewhat drunk though haven't drunk anything. If I turn out to be feverish I may delete this later.

Comments

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

I hope you're not feverish, because presumably you would prefer not to be ill; but I also hope that you won't feel you need to delete this.

I have something of a similar feeling, except that for a long time I wasn't confused or frightened, just oblivious ;-) Which made things much harder when I did realise.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

Don't. It's good.

[miriammoules.livejournal.com]

I know these feelings.