25 Nov 2011, 3:49 pm
Dear Ten, Why is 8:30 PM a problem? Oh, no, you're not going to steal ANOTHER building and are waiting for the security guard to go home? Sylkat 
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^^ I wish you a very lovely time theimperiousdork.
You too. I'm feeling Mother Slumber calling me, but I am fighting the urge.
25 Nov 2011, 3:58 pm
A divorced swan? That's a strange term
25 Nov 2011, 4:00 pm
A "divorced swan"? That was kind of confusing, but you had me at that.
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25 Nov 2011, 6:56 pm
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Maybe I was a bit unclear. Until I actually see a face, my mental image of anyone is what their avatars would resemble in real life. Somehow, I got you and something like a nearly exact equivalent of Athena combined. I was not actually expecting an, "adult adult." (It is all so clear in my mind, but I just cannot find the words to express such intuitions that border on synesthesia.) Just in case the emoticon means that you are offended, I find that my closest equivalents to friends are the teachers that see the world from similar eyes with similar passions for knowledge, which does select against the unwise adolescents. I have found that conversing with undergraduates can be more refreshing and stimulating than conversing with even the 95th-percentile students, so that definitely adds a check to the box on developmental level friendships (although I still think that friendship is the ship that sinks when there are too many stowaways). The mental image is still very positive, and keep in mind that my level of rapport with users on the internet considers only mental and behavioral age. Physical age was considered only once or twice, and I remain unsure of whether that was 2003 or 2006.
I was just very surprised Kevin not offended at all. I understand what you're saying.
I have a daughter who will be 29 years old this month and a son who will be 27 years old in January. I'm a vet of the USAF, a former paramedic and music teacher and I've been married twice, divorced the first time and my second husband died of leukemia in 1997 when I was 35 years old. I have never felt my age. When I was your age, I felt much older than others my age, now that I'm almost 50 years old, I don't feel it or probably even act like others my age. Although, I am an extremely mature and responsible adult. I try to be respectful to everyone, (unless they are rude and disrespectful to me). I don't talk down to people younger than myself like some older people do, for the most part I see everyone as people without color or age but that in no way gives anyone younger than me the right to be rude and disrespectful to me and dismiss what I have to say. I'm kind, compassionate and sincere and probably too honest for my own good. Children are often attracted to me. I believe having AS is probably why I'm like I am. I'm very much like one of my grandfathers who was always young at heart. So maybe that had something to do with your perception of me.The short response is that it seems to describe exactly how I think. I struggle to converse with those with different special interests or none at all, but the existence of a forum allows me some time to focus on the actual response. It still seems that anyone not blatantly displaying an avatar of a very old person is either an annoying teenager or a college undergraduate.
I do wish I could internalize the concept of age and its relation to interactions, but I am reassured that my lack of perception may actually be a good thing in many cases (and your story reinforces that even more).
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Hate my nose. I want a nose job. And an everything job, but mainly a nose job. 
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