it's really terrible from an adult's perspective. like frozen food dinners but worse, because it's only for kids. but kids don't actually know any better. they will actually look forward to some of it, even though as an adult you wouldn't be able to enjoy it.
it's not up to the kid though. it's up to the parent. in the US both parents work, so if mom is too exhausted from work, you're going to have to buy food.
Sounds like what you're interested in is a social skills class for autism. I've heard of them in theory but have never seen any actually available to adults. My therapist suggested I try to find an autism specialist, but like, do those even exist??
As for your social interests, you'll just have to go to public hobby groups and figure it out. The NTs also didn't have a handbook. You're interested in dance classes? Your local community center probably has some. It's ok to make mistakes, correct, and do better next time. Find ways to connect with people. Life is not going to be like "Oh I learned and am normal now" for us. We just get better at it than before. Also, women are just people. You'll get more comfortable around an individual the more time you spend with them.
Victims getting shot by the police happens regularly to non-rich people in regular homes. I would say the risk is at least less than normal, because rich neighborhoods can afford better police services. However, it's still definitely not zero and is definitely much higher than for white people.
Edit: I appreciate that the comment below was removed, but for that person:
"In those instances in which the victim appeared to pose a minimal-or-less threat to police, based on the data we had, Black people were three times as likely to be killed,” Miller says. “That doesn’t mean the police didn’t feel threatened. But based on the reports that we were able to to look at, a very low level of threat was directed at the police. And in those specific cases, the numbers rose for Black people: They made up 36 percent of the deaths.”
this will depend on where you are from. you should look up how to request it in your local area, and if your country doesn't put that information online, go to your local government office and ask
It's not your fault. The parts of your brain that allow you to understand him and empathize with him today were literally not developed at that time. An adult's brain can do it on your own, a teen's can't. It is the parent's role to intervene and guide when a child misbehaves, so the child learns how to manage their emotions and responsibilities. You had no management and the guidance you were provided was abuse. You were supposed to be doing your homework and going on ice cream dates with your crush. You were supposed to ask your mom and dad about your conflicts with your friends, and they were supposed to help you decide how to define your boundaries while not hurting the person. Nothing about what happened was your fault. You were a child in a shitty situation.
So, I looked up Mass's criminal code, and I think I found why they're doing this. They have a separate section for voluntary manslaughter without a murder charge, and it doesn't seem to require them to show the defendant intended to murder, only that they intended to cause the injury. Which like I think he very clearly did intend to murder, but a regular person might get tripped up on that.
Not really seeing how shooting someone who is fleeing from you is manslaughter, personally.
It's true. I've noticed a lot of British people have no idea what a multicultural country is like. It's the same reason they ask things like, "Why do Americans say they're Irish?" Yeah, it's because people are treated differently based on a class system assigned at birth.
That's because the US is not just classist but also racist. The hatred is coded through the language of racial hatred, but you'll notice these oppressed/hated minorities are also kept excluded and impoverished. UK doesn't have as much racial diversity, so it's only classism for them.
Enjoy your sunny weather! New date came over last night for a movie. It's a big American basketball weekend. He'll be watching with his friends today and tomorrow, so I've got the whole weekend to myself. I really should get some of that paper done, but I'm already feeling like it's a lounge around and relax day.
If you're seriously wealthy, you could at least get a consultation with some mercenary groups. I saw one American who married into Saudi who managed to coordinate a rescue for herself. But generally when regular people get abducted abroad in countries with weak/corrupt governments, they are totally fucked. No one will violate laws, instigate conflict, put themselves at risk to come get you.