In society, there are a lot of unspoken rules that guide how we communicate with one another. And even if we don’t always like them, there’s a shared understanding that we’re expected to follow them.
For people with autism, though, “reading the room” isn’t always straightforward. So when this Redditor joined his mother’s dinner with coworkers and was served a dish full of peas he couldn’t stand, he calmly picked them out. His mom, however, felt embarrassed watching it happen. Unsure why it caused such a reaction, he turned to the internet to ask if he was in the wrong.
Fortunately, the story takes a much more wholesome turn than anyone expected. Read it below.
