Apparently People With Aspergers Don't have Friends

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Well that was a ridiculous thing to read....I mean seriously. I like the idea of friends and plenty of adults have close friends that aren't their spouse....also not so sure having a job in itself is always a great thing, I also do not think i would enjoy a lonely job if I were able to work. Clearly that person likes to generalize.

What bothers me the most, is that if you look at all the replies to the article, you'll see that most are thanking this Penelope for the "information". How do you stop the spread of stigma, when so many can quite boldly pass off hypothesis as fact? How do you stop the spread of stigma, when so many fools gobble up the BS hook line and sinker?

I don't see anything wrong with having your husband as your best friend.
Of course it could strain the friendship when you tell him he has to sleep in a separate bed and observe minimal physical contact during sex.

Wow, thanks for posting this article! I will have to write a cease and desist letter to this person who keeps hanging around with me for some reason, calling me her best friend. Apparently she can't remain my best friend unless we get married (since we are adults), and I don't think either of us or her boyfriend would want that! If I hadn't read this article, we might have remained best friends for years to come, the horror! (Sarcasm of course).

I'm probably the only one who can actually agree with the thread title, with not having any friends if you don't count my mom and dad.

Throughout school I had one best friend. I had some other friends that were associated with band. In college, I virtually hung out with no one. Today, I don't have friends in the sense that most people do.

I have many friends it just that I don't see them in person all the time but I talk to them on Facebook daily via post comments. Got many on-line friends as well.

Funny. I could have sworn all those people I've gone to play pool with were my friends.

I smiled as I read the first point in that first linked blog. Love the comment on "the annoying car." I used to love to speed on the interstate loop, but after getting a ticket and almost another not too long after that, I had learnt my lesson, so I tend to go the speed limit. But that's not always the case, as I get road rage every now and then and honk at inconsiderate people who merge right in front of me almost at the last instant ... that to me is annoying! And it's usually women.

About unwritten rules, I absolute loathe them, as if everyone is supposed to take them for granted...

Just because something is an ignorant stereotype doesn't mean it has to be offensive. For example, there is the ignorant, racist stereotype that all asian people are good at math. Some people find it offensive because it's a racist stereotype; others don't because it's a positive stereotype.

I think it's bad whenever "experts" like this put out terribly misleading information, especially because many people accept is as gospel for some weird reason. However, at least these inaccurate assumptions are positive unlike those of groups like Autism Speaks.