'Bonjour' from Canada!

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Salutations!

I've been lurking for awhile now, and have really just been too shy/awkward to say hello. :> I'm a twenty-four year old female living in Winnipeg, and though I've suspected some of my er... eccentricities as being part of something bigger for a long time now, I'm finally going in for a formal diagnosis this January.

As a kid, most of my oddness was just explained away as my being some sort of neurotic child genius with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, though as I got older, attitudes started leaning more towards the 'you're just being difficult on purpose' side of things. It's only been in recent years that people started asking me outright if I was 'autistic or something', and lo and behold, when I went to a specialist about extreme social anxiety/anxiety in general, they referred me to someone specialising in Asperger's.

I'm honestly not sure whether I should be scared or excited, though it would go a long way toward explaining why, at the last party I forced myself to attend, I said nothing all evening except for the sudden lecture I gave on the history of circumcision. Needless to say, this did not go over well.

Anyways, I'm being rambly and awful. I apologise! You all seem fab, though. I like you already.

*waves*

*waves back*

Welcome to WP!

Yeah, me too.

Actually, my mom suspected "mild autism" when I was very young. Considering this was the early to mid-1980's, that was a pretty good guess.



People ALWAYS thought that about me.



No, you're not. You're just introducing yourself very thoroughly. A lot of us do that.

Welcome to WP! Glad you found us.

Regarding that lecture: I would have thought that was WAY cool! Also, the fact that you even make yourself go to parties puts you a cut above where I am.

No matter what you find out in January, you are more than welcome here.

Excellent pun.

Welcome, Wolfie!

Hello and welcome to WrongPlanet aardwolves

No you're not rambly nor awful lol and no need for apologies and feel free to ramble whenever you want!

See you around

Shadi

Hi, thank-you!



Wow, that's pretty impressive! Funnily enough, my mother used to be fairly dismissive of 'Signs Your Child Could Be On the Autism Spectrum' articles, going, 'Pfft! My child has nearly ALL of those traits and SHE isn't autistic!'

She's now not only convinced that I'm probably Aspergian, but that she possibly could be as well.



I guess me being a pompous know-it-all was only cute up until a certain point. And then once I grew a few inches, it just looked like me being a snotty brat.



Thank-you for the warm welcome!



Hahaha, then perhaps you should have been there, then. I mostly just got a lot of horrified looks, then left shortly thereafter. Apparently, when people say, 'Why would they ever have done that, anyways?' in regards to the removal of foreskin, it's meant as a rhetorical question rather than genuine curiosity.

Generally, I can only make myself go to one or two small ones (ie. this one was a whopping five people - is that even considered a party?) a year for an hour or two at most before fleeing in terror, so people can usually assume that if they see me make a cameo appearance at any function, they won't be seeing me again for quite sometime. You're not missing anything - they're frightening and awful for the most part!

Haha, I didn't even notice the pun! *is oblivious*

Thank-you!



Thanks, Shadi!

I think it'll take some getting used to, not having to apologise profusely every time I blather here! Force of habit, I suppose. :S

You guys are all so sweet!

haha don't worry, you will see that many of us talk a lot, and I still apologise once in a while lol

and thanks

Yeah, kind of like "How are you?"



It's a party if it feels like one. For me, more than two (maybe four if I know them really well) other people feels like too much.

However, I DO wish I had been at that one.

I like to think that I make up for usually not talking at all by talking excessively in short bursts, after which I'm so used to apologising in real-life that it carries over into online stuff. >.>

I'm so glad I'm not the only one, though! Haha.

Welcome greetings, aardwolves, to the WP community.

I thought it would only be three, including me, but more showed up. D:

You would have been welcome! Then maybe I wouldn't have just been sitting near the door with the chips, dressed like Sherlock Holmes (I was told costumes were mandatory - they weren't) and trying to figure out if an adequate amount of time had passed so that I could leave inoffensively.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) the host started feeling sick just as I was making my excuses. And since I grudgingly went to this particular get-together, I can avoid any future ones for some time to come. Social obligation quota fulfilled. Huzzah!

Thank-you, JetLag!

Hi aardwolves! Welcome to WP! Hope you find it enjoyable here. Always nice to see another fellow Canadian here (well, actually, I'm still technically American, but I do live in Vancouver).

So, how was that early snow last week, huh? Vancouver got about 10 cm, and I heard the Prairies and Ontario got hit too. Luckily the snow here usually doesn't stay too long, and it got washed away by our usual rain. What's it like in Winnipeg right now?

Real nice of whoever told you that. Reminds me of a couple of scenes from LEGALLY BLONDE (when Elle showed up dressed as a bunny) and MEAN GIRLS (when Cady showed up as Bride of Frankenstein).



Are you a FUTURAMA fan by any chance?