Do Other Aspies Annoy you?

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I actually had an Aspie tell me that as an Aspie, I should have down social rules down better than NTs because we were better at it. I mean, come'on, isn't that like the number one problem with being Aspie, an inablity to know all these social rules?

One more thought on this subject: I recently reflected on some of my friends, past and present, and I have realized that at least a few of them appear to be on the spectrum. One of them is, I believe, deceased (and his nephew did not speak until he was five). Another moved away, and I have no idea what happened to him. The third, well, I plan to discuss the subject with him (very carefully).

I don't know how common it is for people on the spectrum to discover that they may have had friends also on the spectrum.

I've encountered a few aspies who bugged the hell out of me, constantly whining about how they'll never have sex or have friends, etc. I friggin' hate whiners.

When I really think about it, It seems like these were are all clues to realizing who you are, and where you fit in best with society, you just have to open your eyes and look around.

Yes I think a lot of us just don't like people that much. I want people in my life, but I just get frustrated and burnt out from never really improving dramatically in my social skills, and still feel clueless in social situations, no matter how much experience I get. Other aspies annoy me because they remind me of my own shortcomings, or when I was even worse than I am now.

hO! What a timely thread....I was goona write a thread on this VERY subject!...It was goona be entitled Aspie vs. Aspie.
We have this older VERY AS-suspect woman who helps out at my place sometimes...and although she means well she has me at my wit's end....My nerves are ground to dust....I worked with her tonight....

I don't like working with other people. I need my personal space..I need to do things the way that I am going to do them.

This lady....granted..I like her....and she is helpful....she is the extroverted type aspie..where i avoid eye contact..she has the Aspie stare....and she talks and talks and talks and talks and expects me to identify with everything that she is saying. I am so worn out....she has to explain every little detail about every little thing...all I can say is OK....ok.....ok....ok...ok.....and she randomly passively touches me in a way that makes me shriek...and Arrrrrgh......I have let her know that I have sensory issues and issues with anxiety and needing my personal space...and she identifies...supposedly...having relatives and whatnot who are HFA...and being quite the aspie herself......but she is BERY social and outgoing and strong willed.....and after a while I feel the need to run screaming from her every word.

I am very stressed out.....i am so glad the night is over. I really want her to go home. At least she has a thick skin....so when i sorta lose it and yell at her, it does not phase her much.

I used to know this other girl who i really think was HFA....she had this way of just standing in the middle of the room and staring into space......maybe she wasn't HFA...maybe she had just done too many drugs or something....When I first met her I liked her because she sorta reminded me of myself at that age...after a while...she started getting on my nerves for various reasons that I won't go into because I have muckraked enough as it is in this post.

and then there was the guy who used to always show up at my little screen printing workshop...even though he had worked for years in a screen printing factory....and all he would do is drone and drone about how everything I was doing was wrong.....yee gads....I finally snapped and told him that if he knew so much about screen rpinting, why did he keep coming to my workshops?

and my hyper-vigilant AS-seeming mom.....she is awesome.....but it can sometimes be hard for me to listen to the same diatribe I have heard a thousand times on a subject that is not within my range of interest....or would be slightly more appealing...if it wasn't being pressed down my throat for the umpteen-millionth time.....soory mom..if you read this...I meant no offense...I am just really stressed out and frazzled....
Sometimes I can be having an anxiety attack when all i need is to be left alone....but certain people will refuse to understand...I don't want to be touched or talked to...i just need space...and not reading my social cues...and verbal requests....sometimes my mom will keep coming after me....which makes the panic worsen.......

I think we know the same person

Best,

Idaho Aspie
www.AllThingsAspergers.com

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...i know probably not...just checking to make sure...