My Aspie repeats herself several times

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Colton
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29 Apr 2013, 8:20 pm

Still dating my AS girlfriend (I'm NT) and I've noticed she repeats herself quite often.

Her: What do you want to do?
Me: I want to do some smoochin'.
Her: (laughs) You want to do some smoochin'?
Me: Yeah.
Her: You want some smoochin'? You want some smoochin'?
Me: Yup.
Her: You want some smoochin'?

She sometimes echos what I say and other times she repeats things she says.

I guess this is common with Aspies?

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29 Apr 2013, 8:49 pm

Take it as a compliment of sorts... when something sounds really cool in my head, funny, or otherwise really stands out, I've caught myself repeating it 1-3 times. Of course, not so much when in public or back when I was still married...

I'm thinking she just loved (or hated!) the sound of that line and, thus, it's worth repeating for more smiles/frowns!

I noticed my older boy doing the same...

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Anyone else?

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29 Apr 2013, 9:05 pm

Fairly common in autism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia

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29 Apr 2013, 9:37 pm

Colton wrote:

Why would you not want repeated sessions of smoochin' with your gal friend eh?

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29 Apr 2013, 10:14 pm

My brother will repeat over, and over, and over again. You can tell him something 5+ times and he will come back asking the same question or rephrasing it. He hears it, but sometimes he just can't help himself, lol.

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29 Apr 2013, 10:48 pm

I repeat myself all the time! Its an aspie thing!

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29 Apr 2013, 11:03 pm

AspieOtaku wrote:

I repeat myself all the time! Its an aspie thing!

Yes indeed! "I love cuddling!" (repeated from 3 other threads)

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30 Apr 2013, 3:59 am

I think so but Im not sure, I think so but Im not sure

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30 Apr 2013, 4:31 am

I do it constantly. I'm often told that I repete things over and over, specially when I'm explaining something.

And I agree with BlueMax, it's a compliment. When you repete something it's because you're very interested and you can't take this thing out of your mind that easily. So, in your example, it shows that she was really interested in pleasing you.

PS By the way, I'm not english speaker, what's smoochin? (I try to learn new words and didn't find it in the dictionary)

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30 Apr 2013, 4:44 am

Its an informal term for kissing. I imagine it to be with lips closed or slightly parted and repeatedly kissing the other persons lips softly. Smooching.

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30 Apr 2013, 4:55 am

anneya wrote:

Its an informal term for kissing. I imagine it to be with lips closed or slightly parted and repeatedly kissing the other persons lips softly. Smooching.

Thanks

I know what you say. In my country we have a word for this too, we call it (literally translated to english) a 'beak'.

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30 Apr 2013, 5:49 am

So did you smooch or not?

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30 Apr 2013, 6:00 am

Cafeaulait wrote:

So did you smooch or not?

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30 Apr 2013, 6:02 am

Greb wrote:

anneya wrote:

Its an informal term for kissing. I imagine it to be with lips closed or slightly parted and repeatedly kissing the other persons lips softly. Smooching.

Thanks

I know what you say. In my country we have a word for this too, we call it (literally translated to english) a 'beak'.

There is "pecking", which is also a term for kissing but less common

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30 Apr 2013, 6:42 am

Well, looks like your question was answered. Glad to hear you're still together, are things going well for you guys?

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30 Apr 2013, 12:57 pm

Cafeaulait wrote:

So did you "smooch" or not?

Still very interested in an answer

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