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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
Thanks for that Faerie  I'm sorry about all your effort being wasted. I thought it was interesting that you said "...I was being smarter than I should be..." like you're not 'allowed' to be smart. I think you're smart  I know that you struggle cognitively, but that doesn't stop you being smart. My Dad always says he's stupid and that makes me sad, because I really don't think he's stupid at all. His english is very poor because no one taught him to read until he was 11yo (even though he attended school!), but he's really good at maths and he's so practical in ways that I'm not even though I'm considered 'book smart' i.e. he can just look at a problem and see a simple practical solution. Anyway I'm rambling  but I just wanted to say that I thought you were smart and that it's a shame that you feel you should hide that or 'dumb down'
*Willow* |
Thanks Willow, I really appreciate that.
I know I'm really smart, and I think I said it wrong. Like... I often feel like I overstep myself and give too much advice or too much help until I become annoying. Just like I talk too much. Other people get annoyed with me all the time, like I can see my work friends are sick of me. Peole just get sick of me. And it's because I know things and I can't shut up so I talk. Or, I guess sometimes I feel I know things and the same thing happens, I just talk and maybe should be quiet. So, I felt that's what I was doing with my son. I was making too big of a step too soon.... it's hard for me to judge these things.
And Willow, I think you're really smart, too, and all this stuff you've been going through is just wrong.
You deserve so much more and I think you can get it, and it's because you're smart I think you'll find a way around your obsticles.