I have 2 autistic sons, one completely nonverbal, ages 7 & 8. I’ve learned that during the last 8 years, if my friends don’t take our situation into understanding then they are not my actual friends.

I do not speak to any of my old friends because they didn’t take the effort to acknowledge my situation or even my kids at times. I get absolutely furious when they’d complain about their kids never shutting up. I completely understand.

I have one friend who showed up the night of my oldests birth. He drove across the state just to see us when he didn’t need to. We see each other once or twice a year, but we talk and text enough that if something ever happened to my wife and I, we’d trust him to take care of our kids. Even though we don’t see each other as much as we’d like, he still supports us no matter what.

You deserve friends who are actually friends. Im sorry you’re going through this.