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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts
Some of this reminded me of my brother in law. He's 10 years younger than me, and something is off. Highly, highly functional. Has a job, pays his portion of the bills, and you may not catch it the first time or two you meet him. But he has a boyish attitude, and mentality. Trusts EVERYONE (and it's scarier than a mother****er) to the point that he just doesn't see any evil in the world. Incredibly optimistic, and is always happy. Even when life shits all over him. He can't really live on his own, and my wife and I brought him with us when we moved down here. It was that, or let him stay with his folks until they died and move him into a group home.
Best thing I ever did. Dude teaches me lessons everyday, and is just a perfect roommate. He's pleasant to be around, and will do anything to please us. We obviously don't take advantage of it, but you really couldn't ask anymore in a roommate. I'm not exactly thrilled this may be a life time thing, but he's sure doing his part to make it easy. Completely drama free, and does as he's told when he needs to be told, which is rare in itself. He's a joy to be around, and how many people can you actually say that about? There isn't much I wouldn't do for the dude.
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This sounds a lot like my oldest son. He's only eight, and he's definitely cognitively and physically delayed... however... he fits in pretty well (though not to the point that other kids ask him to come over to their house and hang out or anything. Peers like him, but don't want to be close friends with him). He's the sweetest, most thoughtful kid in the world, and we're so thankful that part of his genetic abnormality seems to be that he's not overly self conscious about his difference (though his little brother, extremely social and popular, getting invited to play dates constantly bothers him). It's very likely he'll be somewhat dependent on us for the rest of our lives, but it's good to think that isn't a death sentence for my wife and I and may actually be a very pleasant, positive experience as we age.