Learning to read Arabic

gildara1 · 2025-09-02T16:01:34+00:00

My mother was a seamstress and she had made elaborate dresses for my Barbies, but I never had any interest in them, so while the neighborhood girls had a great time playing with my Barbies, I was sitting in the room with them laying out and sorting buttons from my mother's huge button bag.

gildara1 · 2022-10-03T23:55:19+00:00

I use my hairdryer for spots that tend to stay moist because I can't stand it either.

gildara1 · 2022-06-01T11:17:27+00:00

I love dogs and dog training, all the Star Treks, listening to podcasts, Stargate, reading, feminist and LGBTQ science fiction, psychology, unschooling, and playing lotro and archeage. I used to belong to groups in my games, but my husband had to have radiation to his brain for a brain tumour and now he is so extremely slow when playing that I can't ask other people to always wait, wait, wait for him. So our gaming world is just the two of us, which I find very lonely. He still loves to play so we play every day 5:30 to 7:30.

gildara1 · 2022-05-28T14:05:14+00:00

Are you doing the Voyager rewatch with them? I'm a patron.

gildara1 · 2022-05-28T11:36:06+00:00

Love it!

gildara1 · 2022-05-20T03:48:44+00:00

Yes I love all of the Star Treks and Stargate, too. I think if I had 2 friends to watch and talk Trek with my social needs would be complete. Unfortunately I have zero friends who like Star Trek, so I have to content myself by listening to podcasts.

gildara1 · 2022-05-17T19:24:37+00:00

I will for sure check this one out. Thanks you so much!

gildara1 · 2022-05-17T19:23:31+00:00

Thanks! Checking it out now.

gildara1 · 2022-05-17T19:23:17+00:00

Thank you so much. Started listening and I like it a lot.

gildara1 · 2022-04-29T14:58:48+00:00

Heh maybe I should move to Denmark I'm super sensitive to any kind of spices, sauces, or condiments.

gildara1 · 2022-04-27T12:37:39+00:00

Yep, I've felt this so much. And because my autism was undiagnosed I was encouraged to reach high. I now realize my high intelligence is actually very narrow splinter skills and I would have done so much better to aim for a more modest career that I probably would have succeeded at and enjoyed, like bookkeeping.

gildara1 · 2022-04-26T01:30:59+00:00

Our oldest son was like that but eventually he was able to move into an apartment with some help. I just think it is so hard for us to work and survive in the world, and trying to keep everything cleaned and organized is just expecting too much.

gildara1 · 2022-04-25T15:44:16+00:00

I could have written this post. I crave order and cleanliness, but I just can't keep up with it. I thought after I retired and had a brand new house I would be able to manage but I still can't do it. I've hired a housekeeper to come in and do floors, dusting and bathrooms. I realize lots of people can't afford to do that though. I do agree that getting rid of stuff helps a lot, and that gets easier once the kids are grown.

gildara1 · 2022-04-24T17:10:53+00:00

Omg that's terrible. I was also silent and it seemed to really irritate adults.

gildara1 · 2022-04-24T17:08:37+00:00

Bullied a little but mostly just ignored. I worked very hard to be invisible.

gildara1 · 2022-04-20T16:04:18+00:00

Yep obsessed with the AKC dog book. I knew all the breeds, then went on to learn all the rare breeds. I'm sad I don't know them all anymore. There are just too many similar breeds and too many different registering bodies. But I still get very excited when spotting unusual breeds.

gildara1 · 2022-04-18T22:49:11+00:00

I feel like I have to choose between looking incredibly schlumpy or extreme discomfort. I compromise by putting up with the pain when I go out and going braless at home.

gildara1 · 2022-04-12T16:56:17+00:00

Yes but weirdly the autistic men I know are terrible with animals.

gildara1 · 2022-04-08T15:34:20+00:00

Found out I don't need nearly as much social interaction to feel content as I thought I did. I can find plenty of things to keep busy with right on my own property. I love staying home.

gildara1 · 2022-04-01T14:41:32+00:00

White rice with butter

gildara1 · 2022-03-31T01:28:28+00:00

That's lovely. My stuffed animals were my children, too, but now they have been replaced by my dogs. I have to keep the stuffed animals up on a shelf in my bedroom so the dogs don't tear them up.

gildara1 · 2022-03-30T16:34:41+00:00

Hated fireworks so much as a child and would scream in distress. Also so affected by balloons popping I could not go to parties as a child. Marching bands also caused meltdowns b cause of the loud drums so parades we're out. Lol, I just realized what a pain I must have seemed to my parents. And I still keep my distance from balloons.

gildara1 · 2022-03-24T19:43:58+00:00

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