"So - do you have any friends?"

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I don't have any friends, but then again, I have a long long list of criteria for people I would call a true friend.

Yes, I’ve managed to find some via the Web after a long time. Well, I wouldn’t call them friends already, because I’m not acquainted long enough with them yet. It’s only 2 persons. They’re quite nice, but – they’re neurotypicals. And that does mean - as I have experienced during my whole life - that they’re hyper-spontaneous, chaotic, can’t manage to be in time and are not very reliable when it comes to keep an appointment for a meeting, for instance. Just yesterday I’ve had a further example of this – very much to my displeasure.
In short, despite their other qualities these characteristics of behaviour can be really annoying.
And it also wouldn’t be useful at all, if I told them to be more dependable. Because even if they understand – they couldn’t behave differently – it’s their nature, their neurotypical disorder forces them to be as they are. But as I'm glad to have found these two at least I try to be patient with them.

I have not friends, but colleagues. People whom I respect and trust, and whose company I can tolerate, but also people who I would not miss if I never ran into them again.

I hate meeting new people, as I have to learn their name (extremely challenging) and then associate their name to their face (unbelievably difficult). Fortunately, everyone in my workplace wears nametags and we call each other by nicknames which usually have funny stories behind them, so that makes it a bit easier.

Last time my mother asked if I have any friends, I asked her "what are 'friends'".

The answer was... well, she didn't know herself

I have four friends, 2 of them are Aspies, and 2 of them have AS. I'm happy with who my friends are. The NTs are my acquaintances.

Outside of family I have no friends.

I have 1 close friend and a few not so close friends. I hang around a group of people who are mostly acquintances, I only hang around them because there the group of people who my only close friend hangs with. Ive gotten used to them and theyve gotten used my presence, I dont talk to them that much though. Ive been accused of being rather withdrawn from them which is true. Not that I dont want to get to know them communication is so confusing that I have a tendency to be very quiet and withdrawn with large groups. Its almost second nature for me to sit there and not saying anything. Thats one of the biggest problems I have with making friends.

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I am 37 and I have no "friends"

I am married and have 5 kids so I am lucky in that way. I am never lonely. Sometimes I wish I was and it gets to be too much when I can't study.

I had one friend but I think I blew that. Just when I think "wow, I can quit hiding and let go..." the relationship ends. NT's are very selfish. I think I could have more friends but I have to handle them more carefully.

I think that "friendships" should be the key for an aspergers diagnosis. If you want friends but don't have them, you are either an a**hole or you have aspergers. Aspergers might be hard to diagnose but being an a**hole isn't.

So if you are not an a**hole.... you have aspergers.

Chris

Nope. I've been trying to find someone that I can call a friend over the past couple months and have not been successful. I'm a tad bit frustrated by it right now actually. I guess if someone is going to completely ignore me then I don't want to befriend them anyway, but it's still getting to me.

My parents used to do the same thing, albeit less severely. I think it's important for them to understand that we're like this for a reason, and the reason being that we can't really help it. I have virtually no "in real life" friends, and the ones that I do have are online friends from countries other than Australia. I've had many opportunities to make friends, and I'm sure there are some people out there who still consider themselves to be my friends, but for some reason I'm just driven away from them, as if they're not intellectually stimulating enough for me.

Nope, I in the past have been called a quote "occasional friend" but I don't have freinds no, people I can stand for more than a week or so sure but not friends, I did in primary School, but didn't we all, or is that too close minded and hopeful?

One or two. Maybe just one.

I've managed to acquire an acquaintance or two but never had a friend in 42 years. I've done okay with women as far as romantic relationships are concerned but can't seem to make it last for very long.