Funny autistic moments

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It's funny now, but still like my crowning glory in awkwardness.
My husband and I were with his extended family for I think a birthday and his cousin was 7 months pregnant. They are very superstitious people and were talking about how 7 months was in the 'safe' zone and that they finally named their son Logan. Well... I had to blurt out, "We had a friend who was 7 months along and going to name their son Logan too, but he died."
The silence was so loud and awkward, and this was only about 3 years ago. One would think I'd have better control by now!


Back when I was about 4, my dad noticed me "reading" one of my favorite books out loud, so he asked me to read the book to him, which I did flawlessly. He got suspicious and flipped to a random page and asked me what it said and I couldn't tell him. I had memorized the entire book.

I just remembered this one. I think it qualifies.

I worked at a small computer store for a time when I was in college, and one day I helped a trio of women. At one point, I had asked out of curiosity if they were sisters. I was wrong: They were two sisters and their mother. Whoops. Fortunately, I was able to describe how I have siblings that are 10-20 years older than me, so I was able to work my way out of it. Needless to say, I learned an important lesson that day.

Many years ago on my birthday, we'd just finished having dinner and my mother told me to "take a seat in the living room and we'll bring in your presents".

Slightly perplexed, I did as I was told and took the seat I was sitting in to the living room. Funny in hindsight,but very embarrassing at the time.

The psych-professor leading my small study group of 8 people including me, decided that we should have a fun exercise. At this point I already knew it was going to be a disaster

- Just like on speed-dating we would talk one on one and move to the next after 1 minute until everyone had spoken to everyone. The first 30 seconds one person would tell the other person about some positive impressions and some where there were room for improvement, and then we would switch. Except the two people I actually had some minor specific comments for I resorted to the following "You seem great, I wish I knew more about you so I could say something more specific, but I don't. I hope we can speak more in the future. You really seem great. (Awkward silence for the rest 20 seconds of the 30 seconds)" while praying to god (and I am no religious person) that the 4 other people I said exactly the same thing to did not hear it while they spoke to other people right next to us.