Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Abbey Romeo stole hearts on Love on the Spectrum, and today, she’s opening up about growing up with autism, her dream of getting married, and why she’s never having kids. She reflects on feeling isolated as a child, finding love with David, and how she sees marriage as becoming a princess. Plus, Abbey’s mom gets emotional as she shares her biggest fear for Abbey’s future. This episode is sponsored by Wildgrain, Needed, Liquid IV and BetterHelp. Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box plus free croissants in every box when you go to https://Wildgrain.com/unplanned or use promo code UNPLANNED at checkout. Needed: Head to https://thisisneeded.com and use code UNPLANNED for 20% off your first order. LiquidIV: Get 20% off your first order of Liquid I.V. when you go to https://LiquidIV.com and use code UNPLANNED at checkout. BetterHelp: Visit https://BetterHelp.com/unplannedpodcast today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	In Love on the Spectrum, season one, they're interviewing me and they said,
0:34.0	what is your fear for Abby's future?
0:36.4	And I said, my fear is that the world will be mean to her and hurt her when I'm gone.
0:42.1	As a kid, I felt left out in the cold.
0:44.1	I felt isolated and alone, and I used to identify with Ariel.
0:48.1	She wanted to be where the people were, just like how I wanted to be, where the typical kids were.
0:52.1	The way you have mothered Abby so selflessly for 26 years, you've done so much work for her.
0:58.3	She's the one that's done the work.
1:03.2	Tell me a little bit about your autism.
1:05.3	The type of autism I have is where you have autism communication disorder.
1:08.6	I had 22 years of speech therapy and 15 years of occupational therapy.
1:11.9	To get where I am today to be able to talk just like this.
1:14.7	Wow.
1:15.0	And look at me now.
1:15.7	You're excellent at talking.
1:17.1	I've had such a good time talking to you and I'm excited to talk to you more.
1:20.6	So your autism, that is really a big motivation that Love on the Spectrum wanted to
1:26.2	have you on their show.
1:27.7	What was it like filming Love on the Spectrum wanted to have you on their show. What was it like filming Love on the Spectrum?
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