Abbey Romeo's Mom
Appearances
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
And that's a big deal because I remember you sharing about how when you were a kid, you didn't feel that way so much.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
You guys lived in Hawaii.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I thought they were supposed to crow at the morning. They would crow all through the night. All through the day. We went to Hawaii. Do you remember seeing all the chickens around?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I'm going to have to look that up after this.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I want to talk a little bit more about Love on the Spectrum. I want to ask you, what was that decision?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
The dial-up modem sound?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
All relaxing sounds. It's kind of cool. That's awesome.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I have Hotmail.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I don't know how I still have an active Hotmail, honestly.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I imagine that was a tough decision to make as a parent.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Yeah. Yeah, I was going to say that's something else we have in common. We both also really, really love Disney. Disney is huge in our house.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Can I have a break?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Yeah.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Oh, yes.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Like a real princess probably.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Oh my gosh, you've got dinner? Yeah. You're like, I've heard your voice in my house for years.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I want to talk a little bit about David. You fell in love with David on Love on the Spectrum. What's your favorite go-to date with David?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
What?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
The way you have mothered Abby so selflessly for 26 years, you've done so much work for her.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Those are big dates. Yeah. How often do you and David get to hang out? We hang out like twice a week. That's awesome. Monday, Fridays.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Are you an avid bowler?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
We actually went bowling last night. We did.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
It's a place called Bolero.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I think it's a chain. I've heard of that. Yeah. It's kind of fancy. We grew up in the Midwest where we were saying there's so many like...
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
run down locally owned ones that are like really cheap but here there's only like big chains there it was like 32 for the two of us to bowl one game and so i was like this isn't the midwest anymore well i thought it was funny because i'm very competitive and abby isn't and she smoked me in bowling so when you yeah when you and david bowl who typically wins
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
What does competitive mean? Do you really want to fight to win games? I can be competitive sometimes, but I'm not that competitive. What makes you competitive?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Now it doesn't make you guys upset?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Okay.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I didn't know that either. You have a lot of facts about movies. Do you like movies and TV shows? Do you like The Simpsons?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
In the Louvre.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
In the Louvre. Yes. Abby, you're hilarious. I think it's really sweet how David has, you know, taken the effort to learn the way your brain works and how he can help you if you're saying you feel dysregulated, maybe, to say, help you, like, ignore you walking, or ignore the baby, you walk through it. Whenever I get startled, can I just talk about startles, or are we on?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Thank you.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
We have the book at our house.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
That's so cool. It's about being your true self. That's a great personal connection to make to that book.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
yes no david is a book about david was he went in the house and he was all muddy yeah his mother goes no david no you're right and then he was running on the street naked oh my gosh he said he like lost his pants or something like that yeah well i think we read that book to our son yeah he pulls the cat's tail right and he burps at the dinner table yeah yeah our kids like that book too and his mouth was full of food remember how he had a big mouthful okay
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Wow.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I love David so much. I've heard you say that you plan on getting married to David. That's exciting. You said you were going to save your cookies for the wedding earlier. So when does this wedding happen?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
You got to get him on board. Are you working on David? Yeah. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Tell me a little bit about your autism.
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
What does marriage mean to you, Abby? Marriage means I'm like a princess. Like the queen of the castle.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Abby, what does a typical day look like for you? What's a typical day? Like on a random Monday.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Oh, yeah. He has all the caps on his head. Yeah. And you're just selling your hat. Is he a peddler? I think so.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
A peddler.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Yeah. He pedals his hats and he wears them all on his head. Yep. That's like you. Peddling your hats. Yep. That's really cool.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I know what you meant.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
That's so funny.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Never done it. You want to try something new. Pretend that Kelly Clarkson might see this. What's your message to Kelly Clarkson?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
And I know that if anyone can do it, it would be you, Abby.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
That would be incredible.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
You don't have to just be a judger. I actually wanted to ask you, as parents of young kids that are going to be in settings with all types of children, what do you wish parents did if their child was not... didn't have autism, but they were with another child that did have autism, what would you hope that that parent did or what they would say to their child?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
You mean the kid that didn't have autism?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I feel like in general, the theater community is such a accepting and warm place.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Wow. Look at me now. You're excellent at talking. I've had such a good time talking to you and I'm excited to talk to you more. So your autism, that is really a big motivation that Love on the Spectrum wanted to have you on their show. What was it like filming Love on the Spectrum? Did you enjoy it? Was it a lot of work?
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Yeah, Abby, do you need to take a break? Yeah.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Go for it.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
That was an awesome conversation. I wanted to tell you, I think this is probably a good time. But earlier, before we started filming, I'm like going to cry.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
But the way that you said you raised Abby and her brother as a single mom, and you said that you had thought about dating post your divorce, thought about dating, you thought about having someone else come into your life, and then you felt like you came to a point where you personally had to decide between... having another relationship and then being Abby's mom. And you chose being Abby's mom.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
And, you know, for 26 years, that's like been your sole purpose. And like, just, you've done so much work for her and you've done it like, so I know it has not been easy, but like to see where Abby is now and like to be able to have this conversation.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
And it's just like you can tell that you're her safe place and that you have just like... put her, like gotten her to a place with her hard work too, where she's not just like, you know, living. She is thriving. And I know that did not come easy. And I know that took you with a lot of sacrifice. And I just want to, Tell you how much I admire that. Thank you.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
That's so selfless.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
And you took a risk doing Love on the Spectrum for sure, but I... I think that because of the reach that Netflix has, the amount of eyes on that show, I do think that that allows for so much more understanding of people like Abby. And I think that definitely created a kinder world. I think that will be a result because of it.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
So I hope you also feel like that risk was rewarded and honored in some way. I'm glad I took the risk.
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
I still am correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard you say a lot in like interviews and conversations that when you were a kid you felt alone but you always knew that when you grew up you kind of had that perspective that you when you grew up you'd be accepted and yeah and that's why I say as a kid I want to be an adult right now that's so because I isolated it alone
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
What made you have hope for the future as an adult? Do you know what that was?
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Really? You never gave up on yourself, Ashley.
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
Oh, that's right.
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Clementine.
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And now you're kind of like a celebrity in a way. Yeah, I would say so. Well, I don't want to be too conceited. Oh, I think it's fair. A lot of people probably recognize you and enjoyed watching you on the show. Do people ask for pictures?
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Love on the Spectrum: Why Abbey Romeo wants to get married
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