Do I understand you correctly?

Annoyed? Not so much.

However, if what you say is true, then you managed to convince me of your stupidity, so I'll give you that. I like puzzles and why you don't understand simple concepts is occasionally interesting. If it's done on purpose, then that makes a lot more sense. Puzzle solved.

What makes me wonder, though, is that you have consistently demonstrated this same faked stupidity for the past 10 years.

It also means that nothing you ever say here is true; merely done for your own amusement. Then you wonder why no one takes you seriously or believes what you say.

You've just answered your own question.

justonemoreperson wrote:Annoyed? Not so much.

Oh please, that's why you swore at me and called me a cretin, lol.

Wake up and smell the bullshlt you're standing in...

What makes me wonder, though, is that you have consistently demonstrated this same faked stupidity for the past 10 years.

This 'faked stupidity' you've decided I have, because I manage to get under your skin so easily, makes you look genuinely stupid from my perspective.

It also means that nothing you ever say here is true; merely done for your own amusement. Then you wonder why no one takes you seriously or believes what you say.

Look at you, still annoyed at me and you wonder why people like you amuse me so much.

I know you want to believe that no-one takes me seriously, but there are people who do and unlike you, they know when I'm being serious and when I'm not. You don't have to take me seriously because I honestly couldn't give a fuk what you think of me. You're one of the class clowns here as far as I'm concerned, only useful for my entertainment.

Two and half hours and that's all you could come up with?

@OP

I do find that I have concern for certain things. I know that I have a level of concern for my wife and kids. The problem I have is that it's shallow and self-serving; a kind of ownership. Beyond that, not really.

I was working two hours from home when my wife told me that my mother was rushed to hospital and dying. I didn't get the hint that I should travel back. I asked if she thought she'd last until Friday and carried on doing what I was doing.

Thinking back, it should have been obvious that I should have gone back but at the time it didn't register.

I'd like to be able to have a genuine concern for people beyond what I have, as I think it would make things much easier.

justonemoreperson wrote:@OP

I do find that I have concern for certain things. I know that I have a level of concern for my wife and kids. The problem I have is that it's shallow and self-serving; a kind of ownership. Beyond that, not really.

Your wife is okay with that obviously, but what about your kids? Have you had the "daddy doesn't care" talk yet?

She'd prefer if it were more but it is what it is.

I'm a caring father and I do what I can for my own. I can't say that it's perfect and my ex-wife has told them more than I would have liked about my condition. They have brains though, and I think they make up their own minds as to what something is in theory (and popular media) and what it is like in reality.

If I was autistic / bipolar / Asperger's then it would be accepted; it's a similar principle.

justonemoreperson wrote:She'd prefer if it were more but it is what it is.

Ah, so she puts up with it. I wonder how long she'll do that for. Perhaps you'll be together for the rest of your lives in a completely faithful marriage, or perhaps eventually her desire to be cared for will lead her to seek it out elsewhere, assuming she hasn't already. Of course there's also the possibility that you'll get bored eventually, cheat on and/or leave her, which for a person of your nature could happen on a whim at any given time.

It's all about choices.