What "wrong" things have you done socially?

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Like once I was talking about pro-choice and pro-life in public, or for someone else I was monologuing and they were bored. Are there other things you do that make you wish you weren't autistic or had AS? Any anecdotes?

Do you always understand them? Sometimes, I just know I'm not fitting in and I'm not sure why?

I monologue all the time, and I forget which topics are socially appropriate; sometimes I forget that the social norms don't exactly fit my beliefs (like casually mentioning that I'm fat, which is true, or even worse mentioning that somebody else is, because I don't think there's anything especially horrible about fatness)... If I just stopped to think before I said every sentence, I might not do those things, I guess.

Ehmm, I think it would be easier, and shorter, to say the things I've done right...

over-thinking what I am doing wrong.

Not understanding the rules.

Not understanding that one bad day doesn't mean to quit talking to people (shutdown moments) Have learned recently that people really don't mind as much as I think.

Not keeping things short. Going into the long story.



There are other things I'm sure that might seem off putting like being blunt but I'm also nice about it more so in person than online.

missing the point.

thinking that anyone else hearing the story needs all the little details I needed to prioritize what was necessary to discover the point of the story.

I will be rattling them off and someone else will just cut right to the heart of the matter, and I am amazed they saw what someone intended. then they usually roll their eyes at me, or go quiet and consider I am somehow impared.

Merle

oh, yeah, and when I am part of a conversation and someone starts a topic, it is like I don't hear the first 7seconds of what they are talking about, so I will be endlessly trying to figure out the topic while people around me are already discussing it. I really hate that feeling!

Merle

What haven't I done wrong?!

I'm very good at monologuing. Thankfully my partner gives me a subtle kick or puts an arm on my shoulder or something to remind me not to go on so much because I'm boring people... bless him, he saves my social skin so often it's not funny!!

when people made jokes, i used to have a habit of missing the point, often pointing out mistakes or inaccuracies. They would snap back 'hey that's not the point!' and I would then be the one made fun of. I don't make that mistake so much now because I've adjusted and learnt from being around so many NT people. I still struggle though.

Also, I've had women come up and talk to me and then later my friends would say 'hey hal that chick was really into you' and I said 'nah she was just being friendly'. I suspect they were right.

One actually has to do "social" things to do wrong.

I responded to questions, I spoke of an interest in a one-sided manner; none of this is social talk.

The most common one I've made is reading into an innocuous statement and taking it as a personal insult. This often leads to me jumping to conclusions, making false accusations and becoming a defensive mess.

Some recent examples include:

Original Statement: "You should keep practicing your artwork!"
What They Meant: "You're doing a good job, but there's always room for improvement."
How I Took It: "Your art is horrible. Don't post your artwork until it becomes as good as mine."

Original Statement: "You should have worn makeup on your date."
What They Meant: "Your date was expecting you to look like you did on Myspace."
How I Took It: "You're ugly as sin without your makeup."

Original Statement: "Where did all your underwear go!?"
What They Meant: "You should tell me when you run out of underwear so I can buy you more."
How I Took It: "If you don't find your underwear, I'm going to rip you a new one."

Often when I burst out laughing I can't avoid sprinkling people with droplets of saliva.

The most shameful part of it is that it almost always happens when I'm talking to one particular person who, by the way, has a habit of making me laugh loud.