Having a life....

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I asked someone ,'have you stayed home yesterday?" but I guessed that he was resting and he replied " Sure not! I went out , I DO have a life".

What does life means here?

Well for most NT's, "Not having a life" means never leaving the house or socializing with people.

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it means they do things that they feel are more interesting when compared to what you do. I could say that I went to a colloquium on theoretical physics and someone went to the mall to talk about inanely shallow topics and they would say they have a life and I don't.

I've come to the conclusion that I operate at a slower rate than other people. I'm quite intelligent (I think?), but I am sloooooow.

Here's what I did today during the 6 hours that my kids were in school.

-Knit a sizable portion of the hood on a sweater for my youngest son

-Knit a few rows of a scarf for someone's Christmas gift, while watching a DVD

-Tore out the rows that I messed up because I was trying to watch a movie at the same time, and got distracted because I'm in love with
Alan Rickman and apparently can't knit and watch him in a movie at the same time.

-Gave up on the knitting and finished the movie

-Folded a load of laundry, put the easy bits away, and left the socks for later

-had some tea and toast

-put the clean dishes away and put some dirty dishes in the dishwasher

-swept the kitchen floor

-Attempted to put my knitting supplies away, but went to check the mail instead, and ended up looking at a Ross-Simons catalog and wondering at the fact that anyone would pay $30,000 for an ugly diamond bracelet.

-Went to grocery store for a new tin of hot cocoa powder

-Went to school early to meet with the principal about the fact that my son's teacher is refusing to get a clue about AS.


And that's it. That was my six hours. Is that a life? Well...yeah, it is. It's my life. If a person officially "has a life", what is it that they actually do? (Aside from working at a paying job) Once the kids are home, there's a lot of fetching snacks, helping with homework, and looking at things they want to show me, as well as a bit of computer stuff. I can't imagine where I'd fit in "socialize" on a regular basis.

Having a life means mostly when you ask a NT: (at least, I think it will be like this )

1. Going regularly to disco's and clubs

2. Having lots of ''friends'', wich means a lot of people you talk to sometimes but aren't actual friends

3. Spending a lot of time on your social life

4. Having sex as much as you have time to do it

5. Having a great love life

6. Spending lots of money and time to shopping (of course, in a social way)

7. Doing all sorts of things, joining all sorts of clubs, like a fitness club, a drawing club, etc.

8. Being interested in small talk, and NEVER doing something that's not superficial

I can't think of more this moment

I'll also add going to a concert or a pub.
That's all my friends seem to do.