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frogpunch
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15 Feb 2010, 6:24 pm

23 year old self-diagnosed aspie here. I'd suspected it for quite a while, so I finally thought I'd give the RDOS aspie quiz a shot a couple of days ago for peace of mind. But it was less the big fat 152 it gave me and more my yells of "Yes! Exactly!" at half of the questions that confirmed what I'd thought!

My main angst is that I've always had terrible trouble when people ask me about my weekend/holidays/general day and my reply is usually "yeah, pretty good" followed by silence. I'm aware that it's a typical conversation starter, but I can't help wondering what kind of answers they actually want. I've always been horribly jealous of people who, when confronted with that question, can natter away for minutes on end. :)
That, and I always feel like whenever I'm in a conversation or speaking to people in general, my brain maliciously goes for a coffee break halfway through my sentences and I end up spurting out a semi-comprehensible second half. Is that just me?



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15 Feb 2010, 6:40 pm

Welcome to WP!


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16 Feb 2010, 3:26 pm

Hello frogpunch, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!


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16 Feb 2010, 5:42 pm

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16 Feb 2010, 5:57 pm

Hullo. Welcome to WP.