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An example of my literal mind...

Beaky8401

Can others of you relate to my behaviour?

So, my car broke 2 weeks ago.
I got it fixed this last Thursday (11th Oct).
My father in law knew the car was broken but didn't know I'd had it fixed.
He sent me a message yesterday (12th) saying "I suppose you'll be getting your car fixed tomorrow."
There was no question mark...it was a statement.
I have not sent a reply because it is an untrue statement...the car is already fixed. I could not get it repaired today.
My husband has pointed out that father in law meant it as a question and I should have responded with "I had the car fixed yesterday."
Now...on one level I DO understand that it was also meant as a question, but as it feels SO illogical to me when written as a statement...I just can't comfortably reply to it.
I deleted the message and he will have to ask me if I have had the car fixed or when I got the car fixed for me to feel comfortable answering.
Can anyone else relate to my thinking? My hubby is NT and it was another moment of "WOW...JUST HOW DOES YOUR HEAD WORK" for him about me!!

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  • When my husband and I returned from an evening out, my father in law who was babysitting said "What time do you call this?" I answered "10.45". 

    Apparently he knew what time it was and was actually making some sort of joke about us being late back. Just doesn't make sense to me and makes me annoyed. 

  • in reply to Silverdale

    That's one of the most common kinds of situation for it with me; when I've just arrived in a different environment, so that I'm still flustered and getting acclimatised, and then someone immediately fires a question at me.

    It's quite common that I answer "How are you?", with concise little descriptions of my physical state; "Damp", "Hot", "A bit sweaty", "I've got an itchy nose", etc., then have to pause for a moment as I catch myself doing it. The universally accepted stock answer "OK. How are you?", is inside my head somewhere, but I just can't get at it sometimes!

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  • in reply to Silverdale

    That's one of the most common kinds of situation for it with me; when I've just arrived in a different environment, so that I'm still flustered and getting acclimatised, and then someone immediately fires a question at me.

    It's quite common that I answer "How are you?", with concise little descriptions of my physical state; "Damp", "Hot", "A bit sweaty", "I've got an itchy nose", etc., then have to pause for a moment as I catch myself doing it. The universally accepted stock answer "OK. How are you?", is inside my head somewhere, but I just can't get at it sometimes!

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