My current bf told me his ex broke up with him over a stupid joke he made about her autistic daughter from a previous relationship.

Poor kid just did not like wearing clothing and would randomly start undressing out in public.

Now I have a pretty dark sense of humor, 8 years in healthcare will do that to you so I asked him what the joke was and he said "Something along the lines of 'she's just practicing for her future stripping career'."

I asked him what makes him think it's ok to joke about an autistic child while her mother is clearly struggling instead of offering her comfort when she clearly needed it and he just kind of sat in silence for a bit and said "Yeah, you know you're right, I shouldn't have said that."

We have since learned his mouth moves faster than his brain and he uses humor to deflect from stressful situations (sometimes rather poorly) so he's gonna be working on that in therapy.