Did I grow up poor or am I just an autist - /adv/ (#33230037) [Archived: 1627 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/16/2025, 10:19:23 PM No.33230037
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yiet6ngfvke31
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>be me, autist suburban zoomer
>dad works in tech in nyc (later remote), strict mom stays home (was later told it was because of me being an autist)
>1 non-autist brother
>live in condo from ages 0-6
>move to townhouse in same community, lived there ever since
>recall much coupon usage and outlet mall visitation when i was in elementary
>so many of my clothes are and were from those outlets, and costco
>we eat out like 1-0.75x a week on average (including takeout), like local places no frills
>2 japanese cars (one of which is unofficially mine now since dad wouldn't buy a new one)
>walmart + target are school supply stores, not grocery stores
>never had town pool membership like some of my friends, it was always either the ymca (or lifetime briefly) or the neighborhood pool
>saturday=chinese school
>sunday=sunday school, or this chinese church 30 minutes away fsr instead of anywhere in town
>other activities: music, basketball, soccer, tennis, tkd, art classes
>"play the piano anon it'll get u into princeton"
>never been to country club or did rich kid stuff despite several of my classmates having been
>went to public school, apart from 3 years where i had to go to a sped school (tho at the district's expense iirc)
>parents only had other chinks as friends
>most of the time, family vacay=somewhere within driving distance
>only 2 foreign countries i've been to so far: canada and china
>never been to europe or florida despite asking several times
>parents dissuaded me from college out of state (and i did end up going to one of my state schools)
>parents had to ask me for cash a few times in the last few years
>parents averse to greek life bc too expensive, but pay my tuition and housing in full, and beg me to do a masters to cope with the cs not-really-a-recession
>begged to go to sleepaway camp in grade 3 or so but mom was against it for me being too tarded: "what if anon spazzes out?!" (or could just be because it was fucking may by the time i asked)
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 10:23:24 PM No.33230052
>no pets other than fish
>no drugs or anything, nothing beyond beer
>mom slapped me until i was like 7-8 (sometimes with stick)
>mom heavily restricted my screentime until age 14 (first phone) to 16 (first laptop)
>mom obsessed with flowers and chinese karaoke
>parents had me dxed as autist at age 3 for not playing with the other preschoolers, forcing me to get an aide etc.
>struggled to make friends early on since i didn't wanna hang out with just chinks
>shortbusser till grade 5
>"anon u too young for gf"
>went to hs prom single
>went to hospital twice for spazzing out
>spazzed out in jr high for popular girls approaching me and giving me attention (obv district, not the tard school bc like 0 girls there)
>parents were total doomers during covid and didn't even let me get my learners permit till age 17
>not even dad did anything really outdoorsy with me
>got denied from enrollment in ski trips and scouting for same reason as sleepaway camp
>got booted from the day camp i went to instead of sleepaway camp for spazzing out
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 10:24:05 PM No.33230056
>>33230037 (OP)
You're ungrateful. Sounds like a good structured childhood and no mention of either of your parents being alcoholic or drug addicted. Your problem is that you don't get enough nice things
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 10:36:44 PM No.33230110
>>33230056
Did you miss the part about mommy whooping me?