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I myself have said that a few times to someone who actually did follow me around and copy everything I did. She wanted to be my friend so badly, but I just wanted her to stop invading my personal space and try to be an individual.
That's different. I would get freaked out if someone did that. I had a friend once, I don't think he was an Aspie because he was had mild retardation and wasn't clever in anything at all - even pronouncing words. He used to follow me and my ''friends''* around the town, literally. He never spoke to us, and just stuck right behind us, and he made me feel like I was a train and he was the carriage. That really did freak me out, even though he was a friend.
*Those ''friends'' bullied me in the end because apparently
I was the one following them around, according to them. I was shocked and angry - because I, by all means, was NOT following them at all. They asked me to come and meet up with them, and when I did I walked
with them (not behind them), and I
talked to them, and they talked back - and it was just a normal friendship - so how's that following? When will people grow up???
If anyone should be accused of following, it should be the person who
was actually following us. Even my other friend (who is NT and didn't bully me), noticed that he was following us. It was so obvious.
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