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05 Nov 2016, 10:39 pm

No, we should not force ourselves or be forced to act NT or not be ourselves and it is not selfish. It is selfish of others to want you to act NT.

I'm done answering this question that has only be asked a billion times on WP. The answer to it will always be a big fat NO. :x



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05 Nov 2016, 11:01 pm

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No, we should not force ourselves or be forced to act NT or not be ourselves and it is not selfish. It is selfish of others to want you to act NT.

I'm done answering this question that has only be asked a billion times on WP. The answer to it will always be a big fat NO. :x


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06 Nov 2016, 11:37 am

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I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.


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06 Nov 2016, 3:21 pm

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I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.
I saw your pic on a very old thread. You do have a sweet Schultzy look especially with the helmet. :D :heart:


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08 Nov 2016, 2:29 am

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I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.


Is that a picture of the character (your avatar)? Do you have a helmet like that? Is it comfortable?


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08 Nov 2016, 8:44 am

The show that Cockney Rebel is referring to is a TV show called Hogan's Heroes. It's hilarious. It's a TV comedy about WWII about some American prisoners in a German camp and the Character that Cockney Rebel loves is a sweet kind of not very smart German soldier, Shultz, who is supposed to be guarding the Americans but the Americans are always messing with him. It's really funny. That is the character in CR's avatar.


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09 Nov 2016, 1:13 am

FandomConnection wrote:
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CockneyRebel wrote:
I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.


Is that a picture of the character (your avatar)? Do you have a helmet like that? Is it comfortable?


It's the character in my avatar, that's the helmet I have and it's very comfortable. I also have a toy one that I made.


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09 Nov 2016, 1:14 am

skibum wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
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CockneyRebel wrote:
I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.
I saw your pic on a very old thread. You do have a sweet Schultzy look especially with the helmet. :D :heart:


Thank you for the compliment. :D :P


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09 Nov 2016, 1:24 am

CockneyRebel wrote:
FandomConnection wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
FandomConnection wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.


Is that a picture of the character (your avatar)? Do you have a helmet like that? Is it comfortable?


It's the character in my avatar, that's the helmet I have and it's very comfortable. I also have a toy one that I made.


I just realised - your location... you must really like that character. :D


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09 Nov 2016, 3:34 am

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I think we must learn
1- To always be cognizant of the fact that we are different.
2- That our way is not the only way
3- to learn tricks not to get stuck in our head when we need to be present.
4- to become accepting of situations we don't like rather than expecting others to accommodate us. ( this one is very important!)
5- To stop trying to do the right thing or say the right thing when it is not our place or required. It always back fires!!
" sometimes people with Aspergers take actions without realizing their effect on other people"
6- to learn to be appropriate in public. Not normal because normal is fluid and hard to grasp. To be appropriate and pleasant

Exactly! Like Tony Attwood said, using an english idiom: "When in Rome - do as romans do".


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09 Nov 2016, 8:50 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
skibum wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
FandomConnection wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I'd rather be happy than normal. There are times that I need to be appropriate are when I'm at work and around my parents. The rest of the time I can wear a German helmet and be as young as I feel, having fun.


True. :D Why the German helmet?


Because there's a character from Hogan's Heroes that I like. I call it my Schultz helmet. I'm also chubby and cute.
I saw your pic on a very old thread. You do have a sweet Schultzy look especially with the helmet. :D :heart:


Thank you for the compliment. :D :P
You are a sweet pea!


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