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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
| sparklingrocks |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 10:28 am
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| Thanks for the dry erase board idea. That's pretty good. Notes are about the only thing I consistently notice without being distracted. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 10:20 am
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| This site can be frustrating as hell. I don't always get the email notices when the thread is still being discussed and this is one of them :evil: What woman are expected to be. Now that one pisses me off and I don't give a damn if you're aspie or not. Do what you can to be you, screw em, if you do... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 3:16 pm
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| Same problem here... I'm just never focused on appearance. I work in an office so I have to be more or less presentable every day. My solution is to come up with a routine that gets me there... shower every morning (at the same time every day), easy hairstyle (long & straight), limited wardrobe... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 2:51 pm
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| I actually find it kind of ridiculous how most people care so much about their appearance and nonstraightforwardness. I tend to have more respect for people who are themselves and just don't give a f**k what others think of them. Which is kind of paradoxal in a way, I suppose, but whatever. Straigh... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 7:08 am
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| Being disorganized and not caring about one's appearance is sort of ok in college, but when one is an adult, people read it more negatively. Women are expected to be into taking care of things, and that includes cleaning the house and paying attention to appearances. I'll look up that diet thread, i... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 2:43 am
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| I just looked up the definition of lateral thinking and I would agree that sounds very familiar. It's kind of like chasing balloons. However, it's difficult to stop oneself from following all these different trains of thought. I suppose if I could get my thoughts to calm down, I might have an easier... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 2:22 am
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I concentrate extremely well when I am working on something. However, if something isn't on the radar, so to speak, I can be completely oblivious to it.
So if my "project" for the day is to clean the house, I clean it completely. If it's not, then the dishes don't get done. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being rude by accident |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 2:11 am
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| For my whole life, people have been telling me I have bad manners in one way or another. I was reading through an article by Temple Grandin and a lot of what she was saying sounded familiar. (I don't remember the URL right now). Anyhow, I have trouble with: 1. Appearance. I have to consciously remin... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2008, 12:37 am
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| First name: My nickname is Casey, so I'll just go by that for now. (I'm female, BTW - although a bit non-traditional.) Age: 30 Location: Wisconsin Hobbies and Interests: Mostly music, mythology and folklore, hiking and working out. I mentioned in the social forum that I'm into punk rock. I am planni... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Adjusting to Adult Life: Success Stories? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2008, 11:28 pm
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| Why do you say no one cares to hear that Aspies can survive on their own?? I am in my early thirties and have been completely supporting myself, without a diagnosis or any assistance for Asperger's, for about ten years. I have two university degrees, both of which were very difficult to complete. I ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Female Aspies-Scientist Versus Creative? |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2008, 11:15 am
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| I'm technically good at science & math, but I am not satisfied at work unless I'm doing writing or graphic design. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: some reasons AS is diagnosed less in girls/women |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2008, 10:52 am
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| I do think it's considered more acceptable for girls to be into reading and daydreaming than it is for boys. Where I had difficulty was once women were expected to start wearing makeup and do a lot of social politicking. I'm in my late 20s and still don't know very much about how women create all th... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Your views on Goths |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2008, 10:13 am
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| I've had some friends who are goth, over the years. I've met a few elitist people too. But a lot of subcultures have *some* elitism - like, if you're not X enough, you're not the real thing. For what it's worth, I didn't call myself punk, even though I had the interests and the appearance, for years... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Aspie authors writing social interaction |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2008, 9:18 am
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| I've loved writing ever since I was little, used to work for a magazine and am now a columnist for the Big Idea (a creative community in New Zealand). I find mindmaps really useful for organising structure and planning: http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/article.php?sid=4580 I've also written a column on ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Socializing (both at work and elsewhere) - what works?? |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2008, 10:22 pm
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I've worked in two places where there were a lot of bikers. I got along very well with them.
Most of my friends are bi, a few are straight, and a few are gay. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Socializing (both at work and elsewhere) - what works?? |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2008, 1:47 pm
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| While I don't want to make massive generalizations about people, it seems like some social groups are more accepting of "difference" than others. What groups have you all found to work well? I find that in general I get along better with people who are into art or science. Art includes theater, writ... |
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