OK I got serious and I did a smol amount of sort-of neurotypicality research.

I tried to think of some of the ways NT people have showed me affection, in their culture, & here& #39;s what I came up with. Not a snark tweet.

saying "I love you" in neurotypical:

- I am cold/hot/tired so I assume you must be too, here& #39;s a sweater/I will hold your sweater/go to sleep
- a good thing happened, let& #39;s celebrate with 200 of our closest friends!
- I become timeblind when I& #39;m with you

- You can join my routine (that I built pretty easily, just because I decided to, anyway it& #39;s yours if you wanna join https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😊" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen">)
- I will coordinate your events.
- Need a plus one for an uncomfortable social evening? I am THERE. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤚" title="Erhobener Handrücken" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobener Handrücken">

- I will listen to you even if I have no experience of what you& #39;re talking about. Stimming? Hyperfocusing? Never heard of her. Tell me everything.
- Silence is social failure in my culture but I will sit quietly with you if you need me too.

- Diagnoses & labels are scary for me, because privilege, but if they help you I will lean all the way in.
- Talking about my culture is Not Done but I will try my best to explain some of it to you even though it& #39;s v hard and uncomfortable.

Me speaking: I have been so angry today over the worst experiences of Autism Awareness Month, but I& #39;m choosing to remember the ways that my NT people showed me love, because I want to heal my anger. If you want, leave some of the ways you& #39;ve experienced NT love in the replies.