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Hello, everyone. I'm a 28-year-old female graduate student in Library and Information Science, about to graduate in May(!). I'd like to work as a subject specialist or cataloger in an academic library when I finish.

My primary issue, currently, is getting along with coworkers--I started working for the first time (a graduate assistantship at my university) about a year ago, had to switch jobs (assistantships) because I didn't get along with my coworkers, and am not getting along with my new, current coworkers, either. :/ I get the feeling I'm not a very sympathetic personality--as in people empathizing *with* me; I just seem not to trigger that reponse in most people.

I'll have to learn to drive very soon, too, since I can't continue to rely entirely on my bike for all my transportation needs.

I have no interest in people, save my best friend (whom I met on the 'net about five years ago), my family, and an occasional obsessee, who is invariably alarmed by my forced, awkward interest in him, followed by my overly intense emotionality when I'm rejected. *sigh* I suppose I'm also interested in "people" on an abstract level--particularly those of us with PDDs.

My homepage is at http://www.missouri.edu/~jeb4c4

Ack... when I said I "had no interest in people," I didn't mean here (don't mean to turn anyone off)--otherwise, I wouldn't be here, would I?

-Jen

exactly...until i started accessing these forums for aspies, i left the business of making friends..they only end up hurting you..but it's good to make friends who are like you and relate to you in more ways than one..i have my own little circle of friends who i've known for 10 yrs or more, but i would like to meet some new friends in here and hopefully that's possible..btw, my name is matt

Welcome to WP Jen! Hope you'll find plenty to interest you here.

Dunc

Welcome to Wrong planet-

Heh, this sounds sadly familiar. I've never really had much of a will to seek out friends, but I've always hoped to enter a meaningful relationship with a compatible woman at some point or another. Whenever I meet someone and things seem to be going well, I tend to let my hopes run a bit too far ahead of me.

When I am ultimately rejected (which has happened every time so far), it tends to lead me into a very deep state of depression. My social demeanor is apparently quite unattractive, as many women who seemed to be quite infatuated with me based on online correspondence rejected me shortly after meeting me in person.

At any rate, welcome to WrongPlanet. Feel free to join us for chat night, beginning tomorrow at 4:00 P.M. Eastern time.