Any Social Aspies?

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I wouldn't say that I'm particularly social, I never go out of my way to be social but if I'm at work there's a few of my co-workers that I like to talk to because we normally just end up talking about our cars all day.

I do like socialising to a certain extent but I find it quite tiring and laborious. I prefer to socialise with people who are less frustrating than others who have commonalities to myself.

Yes I kind of like people, and I'd hate to be completely isolated from them, problematic though they can be. I play a guitar and sing, which has opened a lot of social doors for me, and I'm in a couple of bands that don't perform or jam together all that often, but enough to keep my social head above water. Without music it would be much harder for me to get people interested in me and to accept me, but with it, people hardly seem to notice I'm a strange guy. Performers can get away with a lot of odd behaviour that non-performers can't, and musicians often have a camaraderie that transcends a lot of the mainstream judgementalism. When you're part of a music group, it's like being in a family.