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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: how do i initiate a friendship? with another aspie?? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 13 May 2013, 11:12 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,108
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| If I were you, I would send him an email mentioning what you two had in common and just say basically what you said here- that you find him inspiring. If someone told me something like that, I would be flattered. I'd probably include something acknowledging his significant other or yours just so it ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Annoying people :( |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 12 May 2013, 5:54 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,944
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| Like someone said earlier, the easiest thing to do, I would think, would be to monitor your texting/emailing/calls/etc to twice a week. In my opinion, that's not excessive enough to be annoying and it shouldn't leave the other person feeling smothered. That way you're allowing the other person room ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Am I above average looking, just average or ugly? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 04 May 2013, 3:40 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,558
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| I think you have nice facial features but, like others have said, a smile would make you more approachable. Rather than the photos, is your dating profile's text off-putting? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: to text or not to text |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,537
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| To me, a two hour limit seems a bit restrictive and controlling. I'd feel like I was being kept on an electronic leash and I would resent it. A text (IMO) is like a voicemail- it doesn't demand an immediate response just because the sender would prefer one. But that's just me. If he agreed to your t... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any people of asian descent on this forum? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 9,659
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Hapa here (Japanese/Caucasian).  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: ''If you're like it at home, how come you're not like it... |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 980
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| she'd still need help from a professional to fix it and not be expected to just fix it on her own. Totally agree. Maybe a family counselor could be of some help. A home should be a safe, relaxing place for everyone who lives there and it sounds like the original poster and her mother are both prett... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: NT wife in despair... |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,570
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| I allowed myself to get stressed and reacted in a way that seems to have sent him over the edge. None of the good stuff of the past few weeks seems to weigh in the scales for him. He says I have destroyed all that. He says 'trying' isn't enough, I have to succeed. Not trying to badmouth your guy at... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: ''If you're like it at home, how come you're not like it... |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 980
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| Her comments about dating were rude and insensitive but I can kind of feel for her snowstorm remarks. No offense intended to you but I bet it would be frustrating and exhausting to dread weather reports because of the inevitable outburst but then see that those outbursts don't occur around other peo... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I can't forgive my best friend. But he persists. |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:33 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,297
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| Both pieces of advice are very sound. If you can see yourself forgiving him there's no sense in dragging your anger and frustration out. Might as well talk to him but also explain why what he's doing isn't helping his case. It sounds like he's sorry and already eating a bunch of humble pie right no... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What do you do to make other people happy? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:30 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,576
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| Snail mail is my primary was of making other people happy. I try to send cards on appropriate occasions or funny postcards (jackalopes, etc). That way people know I'm thinking of them but there's not the stress of talking on the phone or dealing with them in person. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I hope I didn't miss an opportunity |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:22 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,214
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| I actually double checked, and it turns out i didn't even send my text to the right number. I mixed up the digits so I don't even know who I texted! If I were you, I'd resend that text to the right number though I might add something like "Let me know if you'd like to get coffee sometime" that way ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Periods and traveling |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 11:29 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,510
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| It would be a hassle but I think if you got on a birth control pill, you could manipulate the time frame you'd have your period so you wouldn't necessarily be having it during your flight. Or try one of those pills where you only have a period every three months or so? It seems like every time I hav... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Do you want to have children? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 11:25 am
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,031
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| No children for me. Had my tubes tied. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Very sensitive skin? |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2013, 8:08 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,467
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| My skin is ridiculously sensitive. My doctor blames in on something autoimmune and has told me to either stay out of the sun or wear long sleeves, a giant hat, and carry a parasol (which looks cool , let me tell you). Stress really aggravates the issue. I've heard coconut oil (taken internally as we... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Scared and disgusted of pregnancy |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 8:55 pm
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Replies: 123
Views: 126,912
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| It's a relief to know I'm not alone in my pregnancy-phobia. :) As long as I can remember, I've always felt this extreme distaste toward the idea of pregnancy. I've never wanted to be pregnant or experience childbirth. I used to be creeped out by babies as well but, as I get older, I could imagine ad... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: I'm Doing a 5K |
| Madeline |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,329
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| I recommend the Couch 2 5K app. There's a Zombies, Run! version that I haven't tried yet but it looks like it might be fun. My first (and only so far) 5K was a few years ago. I half-assed training and was totally unprepared and managed to get passed by a guy pushing a baby carriage and a woman walki... |
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