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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: losing friends |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2011, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,904
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| Yes, I have damaged a few friendships over the years by saying too much, not saying the right things, or bringing up conversations about controversial topics. In one case the friend and I did not talk for close to 10 years after the incident. This happened 15 years ago, during my freshman year of co... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Becoming MORE isolated as an adult? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 1:26 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,109
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| I must be the opposite of every one. I have actually gotten less isolated as I have gotten older. I was more of a loner during childhood. I also notice that the isolation/ wanting to be alone ebbs and flows through life. I am a person who gets out, sometimes it can be a bit much, so I back out, some... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Where to find "smart" people? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2011, 2:47 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,553
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| I have found intellectual and cultured people by becoming a member of the local Unitarian Universalist church. I also find intellectual people by volunteering, getting involved in groups, and by involving myself in civic matters. Intelligent discussion always seems to attract the intellects in the c... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Aspies adults: How do you go about making friends? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,001
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| Volunteer, partake in activities that involve your special interests. In order to make friends, you have to put yourself out there and be open to conversing with and meeting people. One thing I think that is a sticking point with friendships once people leave college, is that the friendships are dif... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What do you define as a friend? What do friends do? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011, 10:26 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,737
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| I have noticed that most of my succesful friendships that I have today are spontaneous, much rather than something that I have tried to initiate. They don't have the closeness that I would like to have in a friendship, but I have been told that most normal adult friendships do not have the intimacy.... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What do you think of bars, night clubs, and drinking? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 11:29 pm
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Replies: 89
Views: 16,810
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| I have never been a big fan of the bar/nightclub scene. There just are too many people and the music and noise level are too loud. If I go to any type of drinking establishment, I prefer the Cheers type places over nightclubs. Also, I never understood why so many peoples' lives center around "going ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Should I add this person on Facebook? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 11:16 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,541
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| I would say go for it, you have nothing to lose. I recently added the wife of the my best friend from growing up, even though I have never met his wife. Part of the reason that I added her is the fact that she is a big part of who my friend is today, and she has kind of encouraged him to reconnect w... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I have no friends and don't know how to make any. |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 11:04 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 24,357
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| I am a very social person with a large number of acquaintances. The only way that one makes friends or acquaintances is by getting out and getting involved with things. Join a church, get out a volunteer for an activity that you might enjoy, find a group that partakes in your special interest. I hav... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How Many Friends Do You Have? |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 1:59 pm
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Replies: 81
Views: 9,428
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| When I was in my formative years, I usually had one or two close friends at a time. Now as I have gotten older, I don't really have anyone that I could call "close" anymore. Most people are now acquaitances that I have met through different activities. Even the people that I grew up with, I clump un... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friend blocked me from his Facebook wall |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2011, 1:04 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,796
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| It's very possible that he deleted his posts if they were going to get him into trouble at his job. Please let us know what you find out through your parents' accounts. I talked to both my mother and my sister (whom are both friends) and they had the same message that there "there are no more posts... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friend blocked me from his Facebook wall |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,796
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| I have never seen the ability to block somone from posting on a wall in facebook before. I have seen the ability to block EVERYONE from STARTING a post on the wall. (I did that) Can you still post on wall topics that he has created? Check his page again, has anyone else started a topic since you co... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friend blocked me from his Facebook wall |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 10:22 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,796
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| Friends that only want to be friends at arms length are no friend at all. I never looked at this person as "keeping me at arms length" until you mentioned it. There is an elephant in the room regarding our past experiences in our friendship and how to deal with them. For some reason we have just ki... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friend blocked me from his Facebook wall |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 2:32 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,796
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| I am sometimes wondering if it was the frequency that which I was replying to his Facebook. We had corresponded with a few messages within in the last year, but it the last couple of weeks, the contact has became more frequent. I also went to Madison to participate in the protests. I contacted him v... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friend blocked me from his Facebook wall |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 10,796
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| I had an experience today that really upset me. A person (whom was one of my best friends growing up) blocked me from viewing his Facebook wall. I was really hurt by this, due to the fact that I have been trying to rekindle an acquaitanceship with him. He is a public employee in Wisconsin, and has b... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Facebook and others have there ups and downs |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011, 12:26 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,853
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| What irks me about Facebook is how people deal with their friend requests. I hate it when you send a friend request to someone and it just sits there. I hate it even worse when they add people as friends, even after you have submitted your request. Your friend request justs sits there in limbo. I ca... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: NT Social Rules that are Absolutely Ridiculous |
| passionatebach |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 11:31 am
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Replies: 71
Views: 12,838
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| I love how my NT bosses were making a big deal because the CEO and others that are important in the company were going to visit today. Every little nook and cranny had to be cleaned out, all the i's dotted and the t's crossed. We even have to dress up today for him. I don't totally understand this b... |
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