People talk to me like I’m a child? I’m not sure exactly…
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People talk to me like I’m a child?
I’m not sure exactly how to explain this phenomenon. I am not autistic but I have adhd. But I’m also almost 30 and a working professional. And yet others often speak to me like they’re talking to a child. Like I tell someone about an achievement I’ve made or something I’m excited about and they respond like I’m a child telling them about my new light up shoes. The “oh I love that for you” (I hate that phrase now), or “wow that’s so cool” in, again, more of a tone you’d use for a child. I’m sick of it. I’m treated with condescension constantly. I thought as I grew older I’d have to be taken seriously why would you talk to an adult peer like that? I don’t understand.
I also get a lot of specific condescension from older men. Like “oh aren’t you a cute young lady”. Sir we’re coworkers at a business I’m an *adult*.
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I’m not sure exactly how to explain this phenomenon. I am not autistic but I have adhd. But I’m also almost 30 and a working professional. And yet others often speak to me like they’re talking to a child. Like I tell someone about an achievement I’ve made or something I’m excited about and they respond like I’m a child telling them about my new light up shoes. The “oh I love that for you” (I hate that phrase now), or “wow that’s so cool” in, again, more of a tone you’d use for a child. I’m sick of it. I’m treated with condescension constantly. I thought as I grew older I’d have to be taken seriously why would you talk to an adult peer like that? I don’t understand.
I also get a lot of specific condescension from older men. Like “oh aren’t you a cute young lady”. Sir we’re coworkers at a business I’m an *adult*.
#relationships
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