[themitigating]

". Or in my case where my wife regularly points out she is effectively my and our children's PA"

As someone with aspegers it took me 30 years to realize this type of communication. It's so open but without emotion that I assume they don't care. The reality is often they are trying to be nice about expressing their frustration

[LMYahooTFY]

That's impressive insight as many people I know without aspergers will often miss this sort of thing. Communication is hard.

So congratulations to you!

[themitigating]

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic so obviously I'm not there yet

[TedDoesntTalk]

What does PA mean?

[themitigating]

In this case I'm 90% sure it means personal assistant

[ninjanomnom]

I've said this sort of thing myself and every time genuinely either didn't care or said it out of some measure of pride. I wouldn't have thought people use it this way either.