Am I being stupid?

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I keep trying to be nice to people, and I keep trying to talk to people, and be social, but it feels like wherever I comment, or whoever I talk to (I'm talking internet and real life) no one takes me seriously, and is taking the piss out of me, stringing me along. For example, I got talking to someone last night, who I vaguely know from my partners sister, and he revealed to me that he has Aspergers. I was like, awesome! And we got talking about all the things we hate (stupid little things like how people misuse they're, their and there) and we talked for about an hour or so, but towards the end of the convo, he started getting a bit funny, making strange jokes that I didn't really understand, and it really felt like there was a few people on the other side, laughing along, reading my innermost thoughts with hilarity and completely taking the piss. It always feels like people ignore what I have to say, and I always get laughed at when I try to be serious. My wife read some song lyrics about things I struggle with, and feel horrible about, that I wrote the other week, and just laughed in my face, and when I got upset I was told to get over it.... I don't really know where I'm going with this, I just feel really damn low right now, and that I don't really have any friends or anyone who respects me or takes me seriously, and maybe I should buy a flat somewhere and get a new occupation as a hermit...

I hope I'm just a paranoid idiot, but I don't know. It all seems so rational in my head.

No your not being stupid. Other people are being inconsiderate and I find the older I get and the more normal people don't get me, I find myself craving solitude. I get along better with my animals and find dealing with people outside of my interests to be too draining. I don't crave attention or acceptance as much anymore, I find that it tends to be not worth the effort to be "normal". I'm happy to be myself, by myself!