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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What is wrong with innocence? |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 7,196
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| The most romantic experience of my life was with a gentleman that had NO experience with women. He never told me this, I found out many years later from his best friend. He was so attentive to me and wanted always to do things that made me happy. His inexperience made absolutely no difference in our... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: sorry about the extra posts browser problem |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2006, 7:53 am
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Replies: 1
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It's okay....I'll try to do what I can to help  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I reasponsible parents |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2006, 8:00 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,682
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| Florescent, hello and welcome. It's good to have someone to talk to. I believe it's also good to let anger go by talking with someone about what upsets you. It sounds as if you've had it pretty bad and I can see you are in need of letting it out and (in this way) letting go of the anger. That is wha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: FEEL FREE TO USE MY AVATAR! |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2006, 9:58 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,835
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Quote: monastic wrote: Quote: I take pride in being different from others.
That's what everyone says.
Exactly! I'm different, just like everybody else  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did you learn to tie your shoes? |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 9:36 pm
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Replies: 65
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| I remember I was the last of my peers to learn to tie my shoes. I practiced all summer long during one summer break just so I could come back to school in the Fall knowing how to tie my shoes. I am left-handed so I do not learn alot of things easily (knitting, crochet, how to use a sewing machine, m... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, I'm a probable middle-aged-crazy aspie |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 9:17 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hello fruitloop. You sound alot like me, I didn't talk until I was three and my first words were sentences. In fact, it sounds as if we have many things in common. Welcome. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: FEEL FREE TO USE MY AVATAR! |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 8:58 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,835
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Sean wrote;
Quote: Feel free to use my avatar
Thanks Sean but no thanks. I'd rather use my own avatar (as lame as my avatar may be) as well as drawing my own perceptions and speculations. I take pride in being different from others. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi! |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2006, 9:30 am
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Replies: 3
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Hi Mashus,
You'll find many here that have those same interests (including me) - Welcome.
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2006, 9:27 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,092
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Hello collectoritis (a.k.a. Heather) and Welcome.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Supporting Alex's View of Wrongplanet Unity |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2006, 8:49 am
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Replies: 24
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| Hi Ghosthunter, Although I was sadly not able to meet up with you when you were traveling (because of a summertime fiasco that had me in a bit of pain for quite a few weeks) I have had the pleasure of meeting one other fellow aspie from online forums. On the forums his name is The ASman and we had a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Christianity is so Persistant |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2006, 11:53 am
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Replies: 248
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| However, I agree with you that an omnipotent god can have it any which way it likes. Such a being could set up a universe which does not run along strictly deterministic lines, and still know exactly what will happen because it (god) stands outside that system. Omnipotence cannot be bound by logic,... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Band that most appeals to those with AS. |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2006, 2:41 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Here's my fav top ten (not in any particular order) I go to my "zone" listening to them. They are quite, ahem... stim-a-licious 1. Pink Floyd 2. Rush 3. Jethro Tull 4. Queen 5. Yes 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Talking Heads 8. Peter Gabriel 9. Switchfoot 10. Led Zeppelin I love music (classical and jazz, too)... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I won/going back to work. |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2006, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 32
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| yet i am penalized for doing my job. no. that is not correct. i am being penalized for being intelligent when others are not. i am being penalized for telling the truth when others want me to lie. i am being harrassed for standing up for myself and asserting that i did nothing wrong in a place wher... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am contemplating the wisdom of becoming a total recluse. |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 9:55 am
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Replies: 21
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| i have been one who is kind of shy and reserved and not very outgoing, but i would never be a recluse. Autistics are often said to be shy but then it is noticed that this is not the case at all. I can joke with people and after I've made a few bold comments many that know me have said, "Hey, I thou... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am contemplating the wisdom of becoming a total recluse. |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,906
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Quote: "I am contemplating the wisdom of becoming a total recluse."
I'll join you.
err, let me re-phrase that.
May I help to re-phrase that?
Let us all take comfort in being reclusive together |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am contemplating the wisdom of becoming a total recluse. |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 8:33 am
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Replies: 21
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| "monastic" - my name says it all. I understand what you are going through, Nomaken as I do much the same as what you have explained. The re-experience of the past is what keeps me distant. Too many things....too much pain forever stamped into memory. I also continue to reach out to others, I cannot ... |
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