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BeggingTurtle
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12 Dec 2013, 6:49 pm

I worried about one of my Aspie friends (not me! :roll:). He's generally open about his diagnosis, but he's worried that people don't take him seriously, or they take him much too seriously. He wrote a love letter to an upperclassman last year and she told the school nurse that she was worried he was going to commit suicide, basically squandering any chance of dating her. :(

I just want to tell him that everything is going to be okay. :help:


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12 Dec 2013, 9:43 pm

You should probably do some listening before deciding if the odds are even in favor of OK. If nothing else, you would sound more credible.



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12 Dec 2013, 10:12 pm

Do you know the full content of the letter? I mean, what sort of love letter causes the girl to think her suitor is suicidal?

Did the girl just tell a lie to the nurse to get this guy to leave her alone?


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14 Dec 2013, 9:00 am

Sethno wrote:
Did the girl just tell a lie to the nurse to get this guy to leave her alone?


This was a long time ago, sorry for not mentioning that. But she thought it was like someone writing a letter then killing themselves scenario.

He meant the letter well, but she definitely didn't lie.


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