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snailey
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17 Jul 2013, 11:21 pm

Is it pretty common for aspies to be dependent on having an NT social translator? I feel like every boyfriend I have becomes my social translator, and then when I am without one I go crazy because I feel like I'm cut off from the world. I actually had to break up with my last one because I didn't love him anymore, but it was so difficult because I needed his help. I don't want to be dependent on someone for this, how do you guys cope? Does anyone relate to this?



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18 Jul 2013, 2:34 am

I've never had an NT translator. I've had to make do with myself and what I get and pick up from people, the net, books, movies etc.


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18 Jul 2013, 4:04 am

Can't say that I have used boyfriends for this but I think my sister is pretty good at it when I explicitly ask her about stuff. Most people just laugh and think I'm weird when I have different beliefs to others, or worse, they try and bring me around to their way of thinking.



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18 Jul 2013, 5:14 am

i have had this happen to me when i didnt react in a nt way to something before


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18 Jul 2013, 10:27 am

My wife is the "social translator". After hanging out with some peeps, she usually tells me what I did that was goofy and I ask her what so-and-so meant by ____ . Unfortunately, this means I do not have a social translator for when I don't understand her. Our relationship can get pretty stressful when I react in my own way to something I have completely misinterpreted.