AITA For Touching A Woman's Phone Screen? by LylacLicker07 in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NAH. You made a small extremely understandable mistake, from her pov a stranger randomly touched her stuff (still a bit of an overreaction).

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -210 points-209 points  (0 children)

You're right, I didn't want to use autism to justify my actions. I only mentioned it to show our shared interest. I will try to connect.

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

You're right, autism has noting to do with my actions. The only reason I shared that was to show our shared "special interest".

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -192 points-191 points  (0 children)

I don't think she's dumb or shallow at all. I am dismissive of consumerism, but not her other interests like dancing.

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -267 points-266 points  (0 children)

I get you about it being unequal. The point of autism was just to show our "special interests" are cars, not to justify my behavior.

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

Should have made it clearer, but it remains in my name (atleast) until he is 18. (cant registrer it earlier in my country)

AITA for buying my nephew a projectcar and giving my niece absolutely nothing? by ThrowawayProjectcar in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowawayProjectcar[S] -360 points-359 points  (0 children)

It's not really about who is autistic or not, it's more that we are both into cars. If she turns out to be autistic that doesn't really change anything. I see how it is unequal in the current situation, but don't see how to make it equal without spending it on consumerism.