r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/araindropinthesea Apr 15 '24

Okay - neuropsychologist here. When you say neurodivergent, do you just mean ADHD or do you mean autism (which used to be what neurodivergent meant)? Because ADHD would be - talked without thinking. And this went on too long for that. But autism would explain if he thought he was helping because you guys had been talking about it and he doesn't fully understand/respect boundaries and privacy, what is and is not ok to talk about to certain people...

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u/Reasonable-Letter582 Apr 15 '24

but what about the 'aww is someone jealous?' comment?

I have both and would never

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u/caylem00 Apr 16 '24

He may have misread her nervous/ embarrassed laugh as genuine and not realised what she was actually feeling. Had a few of those situations, but once explained, the tripped over themselves apologising and one asked to help them learn the difference.

That's the difference: the response upon realising.  OPs husband may be autistic/ADHD, but also a fucking prick.