Friends describing you as Aspergers, and not even knowing it

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I have my best friend in the entire world who knows me better than any one else. We have been together for about 6 years, and it struck me today that he has been describing someone who is Aspergers for years when referring to me. There are two things he teases me about. He says that I mean exactly what I say, and that I am too darn logical (and literal). Today, we were out for coffee and he simply said: "We had a huge storm go through last night." My response (which I see no issue with) was that we have a warm front moving through right now, but there is a cold front coming through, so we would probably get more tonight. He laughed and said: "See?? That's what I am talking about!" Of course, I was confused and questioned the response. He said: "All I did was say that we had a T-storm and you go off with your explanations why!" I guess I was just supposed to look fascinated with him telling me there was a storm, just say "okay" and smile.

I just told him today that I have AS. I think of everyone who knows, he is the third person (my grandmother and step-mother being the other two) who were not really surprised and pretty much accepted it and didn't question it. Made me feel good. I was surprised that he didn't know though. Does anyone else have any people they have had in their life describe you AS and not know they were doing it?

Seems to me you were having reciprocal social conversation. It seems like a valid response to his statement.