Ever try to be NT but no matter what, always seem autistic?

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Yes, it happens quiet often especially with my habit of voyeuring on groups of friends, pretending to do homework while watching.

I usually have to have a reason why I'm small talking an objective like can I find out what it's like to be a taxi driver and what can I learn about this taxi driver's life... That works for me. So I usually end up asking a lot of questions and give a few calculated replies but I usually feel like I have very little to share. And I've always liked to spark debate between people or whatever just so I maybe wouldn't have to be in on their boring conversation...

that wasnt very nice of your boyfriend, he should be encouraging you not putting you down, unless he was being sarcastic. But still, he should know better.

I feel that way too, especially at work. I cannot work at register, the resturant will die if im on register. The interaction is just too complicated for me and giving back their change fast is hard for me too (drive through is absolutly out of the question for me!! !), I feel really overwhelmed really fast. And when I have to bus tables I can only say two phrases which I parrot from other bus boys/girls "how was everything?" or "may I take your tray?" And I die a little bit inside everytime someone says they need a remake because then I cant understand what they are saying to me.

Another thing is I'll try the eye contact thing to be normal, and then I do it wrong and i accidently send them the wrong message or they say "what?!" in a mean voice. Why would I ever do eye contact if everytime i did people yelled "what?!" at me? huh? yeah, so I just kinda gave up on it.

A lot of people suck at small talk, especially kids. It's a learned thing.

What the hell you doing with a boy friend that would say such a thing to you anyway? That's hardly constructive. I call it down right degrading. If you thought you did well and the one you were speaking to got through the small talk, then you did fine. It gets easier the more you do it, just watch and listen to others. I think it's boring as hell anyway and if they aren't comfortable with silence, their problem not mine. If my aspie traits show through, good, it's who I am. But yeah I can see the times when you need to put on the NT mask or at least fit in to the flow a bit better, just to make things run a bit smoother. But even that is give and take, the whole responsibility doesn't lay on my shoulders alone. It's called compromise and NT's have to do it all the time too. Some can and some can't and they get their very own labels, you at least try, many don't.

I wouldn't even know where to begin

Your boyfriend probably just felt awkward because he felt out place, but its good that your trying, ive met tons of girls that arent very good at small talk, but at the same time they can be the funnest to be around, having very smart remarks and just enjoying your company. Dont worry about, it, i dont understand how just not being able to just have conversation and enjoy each others company is not enough...

I cant really, unless there is an excuse, like if someone has a dog, and to be honest, I love animals so I usually do say something like 'nice dog' and maybe ask questions about the dog. Not much interest in the person. Sometimes, if I know someone, I can randomly go up and start chatting about stuff I have done etc.
I seem to get odd looks from checkout workers tho if I suddenly say, 'these are great' or 'wonderful for the price'. Not sure why.

My boyfriend was teasing me, agreeing to what I said when I said I think I suck at small talk. I guess in a way he was being alittle sarcastic and teasing at the same time, it wasn't put in a nasty way though. I thought I did okay, but obviously after looking back at what I said, it was bad haha.

In elementary school, I woulda given ANYTHING to be more like the other kids....but it was impossible...I was completely oblivious to so many things that it seemed simply impossible...any attempt was a dramatic failure. Every year i thought I would make a fresh start, but every year, there I was, and there they were...I had no choice but to gradually embrace and embellish my bizarro non-conformity as it evolved as I entered into my teens and such.