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theimperiousdork
War resumes!
Phoenix

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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:20 am Post subject:

Dead people have no lives. And we are not dead people. Therefore, we have lives. Plain logic. _________________ And now, the war resumes. Bring it on, you!

auntblabby
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:22 am Post subject:

for me at least, it is akin to the holland tulipfields life rather than the italian riviera life.

BuyerBeware
Phoenix
Phoenix

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Age: 35
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Location: PA, USA

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject:

On bad days, I tend to think that I suck and have no life. Those are the days when I listen to f**** tell me who I am and what I can be. The rest of the days, I look around at the world and my life. I see three lovely kids and a spouse who loves me (for the most part) for who I am. I see a small and shrinking (but very decent) family. I see a small but stable and excellent group of friends. I have NO acquaintances-- but I am very fortunate indeed to have almost half a dozen best friends. The bad days are getting less frequent again. I'm happy. _________________ I'm tired. I do not have sufficient strength remaining to persevere in the face of adversity. I accept myself as broken and conformity/compliance as the only acceptable existence. I give up. What's on TV tonight??

OliveOilMom
Queen of cans and jars
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:57 am Post subject:

I certainly have a life. I am a very busy and happy wife, and mother of four. I'm fulfilled, I'm content, yes I'm happy. I have a great home life, a social life that suits my desires and needs, I do the same things that other mothers and wives do. I have "more" of a life than many NT's. Why would you ask if we have lives? There are people on the spectrum who lead happy and fullfilling lives and there are people on the spectrum who don't. There are NT's who lead happy and fullfilling lives, and there are NT's who don't. Fairly simple logic, don't you think? Frances

40djbrooks
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Joined: Dec 07, 2011
Age: 42
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:52 pm Post subject:

People with Aspergers also might have comorbid issues which makes life very hard to cope with. There is no defined standard with aspergers and we all are different. Making judgement on people is not good at all and we all should just respect, I think aspies tend to keep away from the mudslinging we have better things to do. I live a full and productive life, I am happily married and I have some good friends. I am unable to work because I cannot hold a job and if I could I should have been a well paid IT technician by now.

raisedbyignorance
Phoenix
Phoenix

Joined: Apr 29, 2009
Age: 29
Posts: 2024
Location: Indiana

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:21 pm Post subject:

I think it's a POV thing. You can't not have a life unless you really believe it. I use to think this because when I wasn't at the socially normal levels of my peers in high school. Today I find I'm content with keeping to myself and having a few friends who are able to tolerate me more than having a bunch of people on Facebook who would have a short temper with me in real life. I'm calmer and more relaxed being on my computer on Saturday nights than I would be going to the bars and drinking. Nothing should define what constitutes as "a life". Society has a way of making us believe we will be terrible if we are alone. A life is what best suits you.

hurtloam
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Age: 38
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Location: the well-swept streets of Jackson Heights to the dockside drudgery

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:38 am Post subject:

Some good positive comments here. However I am not in possession of the ability to not feel terrible because I am alone. I can't cope with big parties, but I enjoy small groups of friends. But getting together with other people doesn't happen as much in my life as I need it to. I'm terribly lonely. I feel like it's making me ill. It's like being hungry, but not knowing how to obtain food. When I run into people I haven't seen for a while I find that I have nothing to tell them, no answers to questions like have you been on holiday this year? I really don't feel like I have a life.