What is your Social Activity?

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(Besides WP). What do you do to socialize? Do you socialize outside of WP??? How do you socialize... outside of WP? ... Why do you want to... socialize... outside of WP? Does the person you speak to outside of WP know... you are Trying to socialize....? Is socialization overrated?

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Tennis (social and physical)
Church activities

These three activities provide me with a lot of social outlets.

I spend a lot of time with my girlfriend because I'm kinda needy & clingy within a relationship. She's kind of the same way & she's also on the spectrum so that helps.

If by "social" you mean communication with other humans apart from what is necessary (ie interacting with cashiers, waitpersons and other employees of stores and establishments):

I talk with people at work briefly each workday and at brief periods throughout the day - social "chit chat". But I do that far less than what most people would do. They are coworkers rather than friends.

I "chit chat" briefly with people after church sometimes.

Other than with family and interacting with workers related to transactions as necessary, that's it. My wife is my best friend. I haven't had any other flesh and blood "friends" in 18 years.

Church.

Tabletop Role-Playing Games.

Poker Nights.

Roughly once a week or so, I get together with a small group of friends at one of our homes to drink a few beers, share our taste in music, and blather about setting the world to rights. Within the core of that social group a couple of others are diagnosed autistic (none of us knew this of each other until I disclosed my diagnosis), and a couple of others are likely autistic or have some similar condition (one of whom is seeking diagnosis.) There are folks with relatively conventional lifestyles within our wider social group, all of whom are very tolerant, considerate people; but it would be fair to say that there are a high proportion who lead somewhat "unconventional" lifestyles; e.g. avoiders of noisy pub/club socialising, LGBT+ individuals and couples, long-term singletons, obsessive hobbyists, musicians and artists, etc.

I have a few friends who are really into nature, hiking, keeping allotments, etc. Going out for a countryside ramble or gathering around a bonfire after helping out with some gardening are some of my favourite social times with friends, and every once in a while, a handful of us will go for a little camping trip somewhere pretty or have a meal and a few drinks at a pub with a nice beer garden.

Occasionally I will go out to a pub/club/restaurant etc. for someone's special event, but it's accepted that I won't always be up to doing this, will spend a lot of time having breaks in the smoking/vaping area, might go home early, etc. I don't interact much with people at these kind of get-togethers, as I'm often just too bewildered to really know what's going on, and they're very stressful and exhausting; but I usually manage at least a little bit of conversation with people I otherwise might lose contact with completely.

Heh. My social activity is made up of an autism support group and a meetup focused on neurodiversity. Used to be more, but a job change cratered that. The current level of social activity is not optimal.

I don't have one; although my Social Worker would like for me to. Aside from my internal obstacles to socializing, we live in a very rural village (pop. 311) literally 2 1/2 hours from anywhere, we (mate & I) share one car, and I generally don't drive; certainly not those distances.

I have 2 close friends (known them since high school, been friends for over 10 years), and a couple of less close friends. I see my close friends at least once a week, my less close friends about once a month. I don't have a job currently. I see my parents and one of my brothers everyday since I live with them, but have gone days without talking to them before. There have been times where I just go mute and just won't talk to anyone for weeks. My social activity level isn't high at all. But it's not to the point where I'm constantly alone, either, probably on the lower end of what most people's social activity levels are.

Psychotherapy

It started two years ago

The insurance company pays for one more session.

The counselor told me that I could apply for more counseling

The insurance could refuse

Even if it agrees, it is just one year

One hour, every other week

Just counseling

So whatever

Age zero through 16, did not have a chance or

So whatever

Some mates come round once or twice a week to watch dvds - neither of them are diagnosed, or likely to be, but both have aspergeroid characteristics. Apart from that, society is something I occasionally have to walk through with reluctance.

My ability to get on with some individuals can be fine, it is dealing with groups where my problems arise. Normal minded people leave me cold, there has to be mental pain or weirdness of some kind in someone for me to get along with them.

A friend and I get together every fortnight to have dinner and play bar trivia.

During the winter months, I play hockey once a week.

Other than that, it's the occasional planned evening. We used to do a potluck at someone's house (on a rotating basis) once a month, but it's been 6 months since the last one

Other than that, online is where I socialize. Whether it's here, Facebook, Twitter or IRC.

Aikido has a social component

Before and after, talking to precious lil "people"

Sometimes

But I have not paid tuition,

And I just go to classes from the assistant instructor

If and when the instructor finds out, the instructor will tell me to leave the building and not return





Some precious lil "people" in the building, act all buddy buddy

Some of them talk to me condescendingly

Some of them are too rough at techniques

But thus far, no deal breaker yet




But I ain't addicted or attached

Aikido is just an activity

Not religion, politics, school, work





Anyways I feel left out

Sometimes the self important, impatient, entitled, chatterboxes interact with everyone except my worthless corpse


And I resent them

But whatever

"Beggars can't be choosers"

Mainly things like book clubs, card or tabletop gaming, and work. There was a point where I considered myself super-introverted. When I got older and having at least a rudimentary social circle seemed more attainable I started to really want it more.

Going to the football (soccer).
Follow a small team, Queen's Park. Average crowd is 500. Spread out over plenty of seats. Same people go every week so I don't have to worry about meeting new people and as for the people I've already met we already have at least one common interest.
Also there's no need to arrange or plan anything as there's 38 pre-arranged games in a league season so all you need to do is turn up once a week or fortnight. Many fans are in the social club before and after the game generally.

If not killing time during standbys, I randomly walk with myself or with someone else.
Sometimes I walk with my coworker after work, sometimes I walk with my family during their chores or they just happened to be there.

And what I mean walk with myself, I mean pass by several places and several people on a whim. I end up talking to strangers and non strangers alike. How frequent and how long it takes depends on my mood.


I don't have a regularly scheduled or organized social activity. Except special occasions and holidays.

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