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Never really had a TRUE friend, last 5-6 years, after my weird ex left me, i've always tried to be with some people but i was never satisfied, bad mood most of the time, near-constant identity crisis, suicidal thoughts sometimes.
Now I've almost finished university, maybe i will get a full time job, my self-esteem is growing every day, mood is good, hopefully I've finally found my real identity, i feel strong, indipendent, i'm so proud of who i am right now....and here comes the question...its been a year i go out with a group of nerdy guys, but now i'm considering leaving them, most of the time i get bored with them, when they come to my house i want them to go away after some time, it seems like a burden, i' m starting to think that being alone and trying to behave the best i can in social interaction is the way i want to live from now on. My istinct is screaming "leave them" ....but who will i ask when i will need something? What should i do?

I think that you should follow your gut instinct.

Follow your gut sounds right to me too. You might want to consider how? Maybe phase out the old group slowly, as you develop a bunch of new friends? Have you settled on where these new friends probably hang out?

Many Aspies complain they can't obtain a friend then the ones WITH friends try to ditch them.

What do people want, here?

Should you leave your friends? If you truely dislike them, leave them but if there are times you want to hang out with them, dont.

All I can suggest is that if you, or anyone else here, have trouble making friends then don't be upset because they are only doing what we are doing (i.e. stop hanging out with you, etc).

Hmm.. this is kind of interesting, actually. I find, myself, that I'm a catch 22; I want friends but can't tolerate them... well, thats the black and white of it

Lately I'm starting to think that, actually, i DON'T want friends. I like being nice and laugh with people on the job i currently have (pizza delivery, very aspie job!) , but that's all, the things i really love to do are things i do alone. I enjoy occasional meetings with people but i DON'T want a real relationship i guess. The pain for not having a friend was misleading, i guess, deriving from a FALSE need, induced by people surrounding me (family, etc...). They made me believe i wanted friends, because that's the way life works...but not fort us i guess. And , most important, now I'm finally happy

I came to this discovery as well. I wont say I will never WANT friends, but its not a need. I can survive confidently on my own.

I think its best you let friendship happen on its own. I've given up on dating sites because it seemed so forced. I want to meet someone through a mutual interest so that we have something to be grounded by.

The friends I have now, I wouldnt give up, well, some of them (kind of started ditching the 'crap' friends over the last year for trust reasons). These friends are near impossible to find, though. 1 I've at least KNOWN of since I was 5 years old (I'm 25 now) and hung out with him probably since I was 7. I met another friend in college, who I learned, after him and I worked together as part of a medium sized team, was very similar to me. That was very unique as I'd never met anyone with the same thinking style.

I'm really not seeking more friends, myself, as I feel the very very few deep friends (like 5 or so) I have is WAY more then enough. I think the idea of friendship, to most, is confusing. I think what many should realize is when the s**t hits the fan, you really only had a few friends to begin with.

I entered this group thanks to a guy i met two years ago, we have some common interests, i thought we were like brothers, but now i almost hate him, he is so different from me. I really like only one guy in the group, but the group existed before me, so i can't hung out with him without having to hung out with the others. BTW i suspect he is mild aspie. It's ironic, the guy that brought me in the group and that i admired and was grateful to is now the problem..but i think that is good, cause it means that i'm no longer dependent , i can stand my own ground. i wish i can find people like the supposed aspie, otherwise i'm ok being alone, i will never give my trust and commitment to people that, actually, are only takin advantage of me.