AuroraBorealisGazer wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
The man on the train apologised to me for swinging his arms around when he talked.
He asked, "I didn't hit you did I?"
I wanted to say "no" but it came out "so" instead.
Damn stupid speech disorder.
Then I turned away and stared at the window beside me for 2 hours.
It was very awkward.
2 hours of awkward silence with a stranger, that would indeed suck!
My mouth will screw up my words in situations like that too, or I'll mean to nicely say "no" but it will come out sounding harsh and angry.
Tell me about it. Being active but odd isn't the best form of Aspie to be. When I used to live in Sefton, I'd always see this (old) Greek guy on the station. I'd always seen him around the shopping center too so I made the mistake of saying hello to him one morning. COULD HE TALK?!?! After that, he latched onto me like you wouldn't believe. After the first morning, I ran out of things to say and I wanted to listen to my music and read my Kindle and he just wouldn't leave me alone, so one morning... hehehe I gave him a barrage about Myna Birds, all the way from Chester Hill to Central - it's like a 45 minute trip and I never let up. I told him all there is to know about Myna Birds. He couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Needless to say, by the time we arrived at Central, he knew everything there was to know about Common/Indian Mynas - he was literally busting to get out of the train and he never approached me again.
Special Interests do actually serve a purpose other than possible career prospects.
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Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200
Formally diagnosed in 2007.
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