Dalisca

I've seen many uplifting stories of families of donors meeting recipients. In many cases, it helps the families find closure, and it allows the recipients to learn more about their donor. I can imagine not giving information about someone who doesn't want to meet up, but it's ridiculous to tell two adults who have expressed a desire to meet each other that they're not allowed to do so.

Not OP, but my brother has Tourette's. He still has some tics at 40, but no one notices except those of us who have known him the longest. He's still a throat clearer, and his medication has helped a lot.

His symptoms did lessen considerably in his 20s (right around his 25th birthday, when his brain finished it's juvenile growth cycle), though he will never get rid of them completely, just as I will be severely ADHD until I die. It's a part of who we are, as we don't know what life would be like without these obstacles.

His condition hasn't been a barrier to his career or his family life. He opened and runs his own business, which is quite successful. He got married, had a son, got divorced after 13 years, and is engaged again.

One thing that's helped him out is that he's learned to listen and has gained an awareness to his condition. Tics aside, he's still incredibly impulsive, and his mouth still makes conversational decisions without checking with the brain first. He used to fight about it when he would be corrected, but he's settled down so much that he's even learned to admit when he's wrong.

Tourette's has always been his obstacle, but the older he gets, the better he gets at recognizing it and compensating for it.

So, you're saying that their businesses, economy, and everything else shuts down after business hours and on the weekends? Are there no restaurants or other jobs that are functional outside of regular business hours, no service industry, then?

And what country do your come from?

Our streets are never deserted, because the people who work at shops and restaurants on the weekends are out doing things during their time off, which is often during the 9-5 business hours.