Literal Thinking

Today I realised that I had an example of my literal thinking ....

With my form of Autism we tend to think literally, and this can be a problem for us at times... even though with age and experience you can learn that certain things shouldnt be taken literally and even if you do at first take it that way you can realise it wasnt meant that way.

Anyway to my example....

My maiden name was Moore ....

And until my mid 20's I always thought that when people said something was ( Mooreish ) ... Moreish ...

That they meant it was something made by a Moore ...

It took me until my mid 20's and having a husband before I found out that when people said something had a Mooreish taste or something was Mooreish ... they actually meant that they could have some more of it because it was so nice.

But because my last name was Moore I took it literally... and until my husband came along I never actually told anyone or bothered to ask about the meaning.

There are so many things that I take literally like that and it can at times cause problems, especially online, but its who and how I am and even though I can learn that not everything should be taken literally, sometimes it still hard to know when something should be and when something shouldnt be taken litterally.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone .....


I know I'm a few weeks early but I may not  post closer to Christmas, so I figured it would be better to wish you all Merry Christmas now.

My electric oven is broken and I can not afford to buy a new one, so will probably be without an oven for the next 6 to 8 months, maybe longer... who really knows. It shorts out any time its turned on, shorts out right away ... but then it is close to 14 years old.

Luckily my stove top is gas, so I can still cook meals, but it does mean a change to some of the stuff I normally do for Christmas meals.




* Maybe I will write more later *

Giving Presents .....

Giving presents for me can be very stressful .... I dont like choosing something for someone when I dont know what they want, whether thats a child or an adult....

If people would give me a list of possible gifts for themselves or their children then that would make things so much easier for me...

I love getting people what they want, I enjoy giving gifts to people... I just dont do it very often because I dont know what people want...

I love getting gifts and presents, although it does make me uncomfortable a bit if I dont have something in return for the person because I feel people expect a gift in return and I dont know if I need to do that or not ... For me if I dont get a gift in retirn it doesnt bother me much as I just like giving...

Of course there are times when people take advantage of that fact...