Do you NOT want to make friends?

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When I was a little kid and I was going to start school, I told my mom that I didn't want to and I asked her why and one of the reasons was so I could make friends. I told her I did not want any friends but she did not believe me. A few years later I thought I did but I really just wanted someone to talk to about my obsessions. My mother said that I needed to show intrest in their intrests for them to show intrest in mine but they never did. Now I find the prospect of making friends a burden. I do not need or want them. I actualy get freaked out when people start to be nice because I fear they might want to be friends. When ever I start getting to no someone more, I get nervous because I think I am becoming friends with them. People used to ask me if I missed having friends when I was taken out of public school to be
homeschooled. Like I had any in public school and wanted to make them in the first place. As for just wanting to tell people about my obsessions, I will probably become a professor or something and people will pay to hear me talk about it. Does anyone else NOT want to make friends.

At times I don't care about making friends but I definity don't have any emenies.

If I want to hang out with someone, it's because we have a common interest. They are not friendships in the NT sense, but I think they count.

A part of me wants friends, even more so an happy and welcoming relationship,
but I cant handle the crap and issues that tends to come with them any more,
I would if I did not have my child, I would feel too alone not too, but with my son in my life
I basicly feel like saying screw it all to hell, I am happy with what I got at this time in my life,
its too damn dificult making let alone keeping friends or relationships.

Don't much like meeting new people or making new friends. Love talking to people if we share interests, we feed each other information, all is well. Friendship sort of happens after a while, never tried to make a friend.

Other than school, I didnt really hang out with other kids when i was little. Now that I'm older, I do have a couple friends (althought in different states due to college and jobs and whatnot), but really, I dont try to make friends, and usually just feel awkward when someone else tries to befriend me. I've been living in the same place now for nearly two years, and can honestly say I've really not made a single friend. It's lonely, yes, but something about it feels right.

Of course. I'm Autistic, and said lack of desire for such is the stereotype (conversely, it's the stereotype for people with Asperger's to desire such).

When I do, it is only for a few friends, but with deep connections. Quality is much more important to me than quantity.

There are days I want total isolation. NO contact with anyone for any reason. Nada, zero, nothing.

Then there are other times I may see a few friends a few days in a row. That is rare, but it does happen.

None of my friends have ever understood me. Some understand my hobbies. Some understand my intelligence. Some understand my morals, ethics, and beliefs. All three of those things mean so much to me. They are me and to connect them all together is - for me -to be authentic. My last girlfriend a few years ago noticed that I have different groups of friends for different parts of me -and she added that when one part of me is connected, the other parts suffer. I accepted this from her as a compliment for few have ever taken the time or energy to try and figure me out.

Do I want friends? Yes, I do. But only a few, for I can only keep up with so many people at a time and anyone who does take the time to get to know deserves the respect in turn for me to care and know them.

The silly thing: When I have a friend, I don't mind seeing them once a month or so. Most people want more contact than that. So either they think I'm avoiding them, or I end up liking them more than they like me. What an annoying paradox.

Friends have always been about having someone to have fun with and do stuff with, to alleviate boredom. When I was a kid kicked out of the house for the afternoon with nothing to do, I sought out friends and made some good ones. I also made lots of enemies.

Now that I'm grown and live under my own roof, I have no need for friends. I don't interact with people outside of work or their jobs(Waiters, cashiers, service/repair, etc.). I have no friends, and also have no enemies.

I see some of my friends perhaps once a month to only once every 3, 6, or even 12 months. I have been doing this for years and no complaints. Some of them I only want to see that often, but others I wish more.

I agree with everything Tohlagos said. I swing back and forth between being very social, and having no desire to even speak to another person.

I go through on and off phases.

In the end someone acts out of line and doesn't give the same respect that I give them and end up upsetting me so I just stop talking.

Yes, i completely feel this way for the aforementioned reason that it is work for us and exhausting. I also realize, however, that people, ASD or not, need other people. We are interdependent and cannot change that. Only our technology makes it possible for us to isolate these days. Even though it is work for me, i take on what i can. The limit for me is about 3 (including husband, not counting children) and they have to be friendly together to avoid trouble. We all have responsibilities so it keeps me from having to spend serious time or face time very often. I find that if i just 'touch base' with them on a regular basis (couple of times a week w/ non-spouse friends by phone, email, chat, etc.) and spend time physically together once a month, that works.

Why do it? There are a lot of good reasons:
Their presence in my life helps regulate my obsession time.
They give me feedback which helps me improve social skills.
They help fend off depression, often by being there to need me. It is easier to avoid depression if we sometimes see other people have problems too, and often bigger ones.

I'm sure there are other good reasons. These are the ones that first come to mind.

a strange fact that i guess is on subject is that when i was young i would not talk in class, i was very shy. but when i started a new school once this one kid who was a bit eccentric and the teacher couldnt get me to shut up. he was almost the exact opposite of me; outgoing, not afraid to talk to someone etc a bit like ADD. in highschool i met someone quite a bit like him and we also became best friends. It like i just click with people who seem fill up my downside and me to them.

Friendship is a gift. A gift I lack.

I don't know how friendship occurs in other people, but for me it's very hard to find anyone who gives a damn about me. Do my social and communication problems I'm seen as cold and ignorant. I don't think most people want 'real' friends, just people who will say "Aah!" at their banal problems and agree with everything they say.

My 'friendships' have always been doomed. 'Interest' based friendships tend to be wrecked when I say something about said interest or type of interest they disagree with (eg. saying I don't like Buffy, or Star Wars). Non-interest based friendships are lacking simply because of the lack of people with similar personalities to mine.

If anyone approaches me for 'friendship' (which happens very rarely), I usually find that said person is using me for either financial gain or seeking to humiliate me for personal amusement.

Most people do not have the patience or understanding to have a friend with AS. Too much hard work for something that's supposed to be undemanding fun.