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Originally Posted by justafriend306
Most definitely I do
example:
This summer I was group camping with a good number of my boyfriend's family. Present was a nephew of roughly 25 years. He obviously had problems (I suspect Aspergers or Autism). Everyone treated him horribly throughout the weekend; I could tell his father was agonising over it. Well, one night around the campfire they all got into the alcohol and the verbal jibes, jeers, and bullying became too much for me to bear. At one point the boy spoke up and pleaded with them to stop laughing at him, that they were hurting his feelings. Of course that was all they needed to pounce and go on an even more horrible attack. I could take no more and jumped up and royally told them all off.
Afterward the boy's father approached me crying and thankful. It seemed in his son's entire life no one had stood up for him. He hadn't been able to do so to his in-laws.
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I have thought long and hard about this experience that you have shared and I think you did the right thing, even though there was fallout. Good for you! I applaud what you did.
I hope in the future that you can stay close to the boy and his father; the rest of the family are a bunch of numbskulls that really don't deserve a moment of your time!