Having dinner with my family (aspie rant)

Last night after coming from work, my mother was cooking up a nice dinner for me and the family to have outside in our backyard during a beautiful sunny evening; a chance to see the sun go down while having dinner I would assume.

Eating outside is out of my comfort zone when it comes to eating around the table with my family as I struggle to out up with regular eating sounds but mostly the sounds of food mushing around in their mouths, and I often assume they’re eating obnoxious when they’re not…

So instead of having the balls to tell them that its about time I stop putting up with my sensory overloads and eat alone for dinner for now on due to the amount of irritability and agitation I experience from hearing the crunching, munching, mushing and teeth clacking while eating food I have to endure; I…