Are aspies perpetually lonely?

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I don't think we're necessarily lonely, but there are several common problems that make it hard. If you're not a good communicator or don't spend much time around people, finding close connections takes longer just because you're not as exposed to possible friends. Sometimes it's nothing more than a lack of trust in others or feeling like no one wants you leading to emotional distance. The physical presence of other people isn't always what matters.

I found that I'm happier with a wide circle of acquaintances, as through a workplace or video game, and that having reliable friendly social interaction on my own terms does a lot. I hated never having people to talk to, but I also hated the hustle and bustle of meeting new people and the disappointments that came with it. If I have one or two people to talk to about things that are important to me, then it's enough just to help people complete their in-game goals or listen to some mundane talk now and then.

I've had moments of feeling profoundly connected to others, when it seemed we saw life much the same, with similar values and hopes and joys... And sometimes, I know that this is true. However, too often I'm with people who don't seem to get me at all, with different values, different wants, and ways of thinking that seem bizarre (though they're usually fairly common). When I'm alone, I don't know how to find new friends, despite having gathered related skills. It's application that's so hard. And when I make new friends, they all too often disappear before too long. Though I do have friends that I've known for years...

What's hard for me is knowing where I really am in all of this - and where my friends or others are. Do they really want me around? Are they tired of how I'm different? Are they busy with their lives, or simply, slowly fading away...? The fact is, often I can't tell just how alone I am, in the larger sense. I just now that now, I want someone to hang out with. I've always wanted that - though I can be extremely picky about who that is.

So I feel alone and sad, and practice feeling without thought, 'cause I'm tired of all the mental stories, 50 years of painful stories, and I think perhaps uncertainty is better than depression. I'll just be as I am, and hope that some folk like that guy, and want him around, 'cause that's what I want. And I refuse to give that up. I'd rather be rejected and alone than less than who I am. Curious thing - I actually like me.

When I'm by myself, I'm usually not lonely, and when I'm with a friend I'm not lonely, but it's when I'm with other people that I don't know that I really start feeling lonely because I'm always so out of place. I can't keep up with their conversations or participate in them well, and I always feel like I'm on the outside looking in. Even if nobody in the room knows each other, I know full well that if it's a group of about five people, the other four are going to be great friends by the time the activity is over, and I'm going to be the weird guy who barely talked because I didn't know what to say. It's so frustrating, and it makes me very lonely. That's why I prefer being alone or with people I am already friends with.

I don't usually feel lonely, but I DO want friends, I do have one friend (who also has Asperger's), but we don't really have much in common when it comes to interests.

Most people in my school aren't really that interesting that much though, they're all talking about stuff that I don't find much importance in, they all talk about stuff that's kind of stupid, like "dabbing" which is one of the most stupidest things I've ever heard or seen! and I'm in high school, so you'd think that they'd be more mature than that, but no...

Lol no.

I'm never lonely, I'm rarely alone, and I have friends.
But I want to be alone, and I don't need or want friends.
Not because I'm misunderstood, or running out of patience towards human assumptions, or some form of anxiety or introverted need due to 'exhaustions', or some negative experience like rejection.

I had my positive social fulfilments(popularity, respect, love, etc), all without some form of social facade or demand. But I found that's not what I need or want at all.

I think I have an inversed version of loneliness.
I'm not deprived of social and emotional needs, I have TOO MUCH that I would rather starve of it.

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I have a few close friends and I don't usually feel lonely. I feel more lonely around my family than I do when I'm alone or with my friends.

I have a couple of friends, or maybe acquaintances is a better word. I occasionally will see them, but not very often. Sometimes I feel lonely, but most of the time I'm okay.

I feel lonely and have one best friend.

I don't feel lonely around my best friend because she gets me and I can be myself. We've been friends for 13 years. We met each other in the cafeteria in highschool. We both used to sit alone at lunch, and then one day she approached me.

I feel the most alone when I'm around my family. I'm the blacksheep. My mom treats everything I say as a joke. I can't go to her for comfort about my problems without being laughed at. I've never had a protective maternal figure to go to for emotional support or tell me "I'm proud of you."

The only friendship I seek is from my family.