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Hi, my name is Magnus and I´ll be 25 years old next week ! !

I live in Reykjavik, Iceland and am an only child. (I wonder how many scandinavians are on here ? ) I was diagnosed with Aspergers when I was 13, and I got through high school (16-20) ok, I got decent grades but I can´t say I´m an expert on anything. I never managed to make any friends of course but when I got to college depression really got a hold of me and I dropped out about a year ago and I´m now working as a mailman. I´ve gotten a little too attached to my computer for my liking. For nearly two years I´ve corresponded through the internet with a finnish girl called Nina who also has AS, and that is nearly the only contact I have with the outside world, I´m sad to say. I have my obsessive interests of course, mostly football (soccer) and american history.

I´ve been told by my parents that I have “mild” AS but since I don´t have anyone to compare to I don´t know “how mild”. I have tried to get in touch with some social workers in the past but so far that has been a complete waste of time. There are very few opportunites for me to get in touch with a group of people my age. Of course it doesn´t help being in such a small country like Iceland. I have tried online chatting, dating sites and such but with limited success. I sometimes worry that I may seem disinterested or disingenuous to people. I honestly don´t think I can have a conversation with strangers without sounding or looking “odd” or “out of the loop” to people. My main problem is my instinctive lack of interest in spending time and sharing my thoughts with other people. Maybe that´s my depression talking or my lack of empathy, I´m not sure. Heck I can´t even tell the difference anymore ! !

Anyway, Hello everybody !

Hi,

I'm 25.

Welcome to wrong planet !

Welcome aboard!

Hello Magnus, nice to meet you.

HELLO!

Hello, Magnus

As a geology major, I find Iceland one of the most fascinating places on earth. Welcome to Wrong Planet!! BTW, I am 26 years old.

Tim

Welcome.

I read some where that Iceland has the best looking women in
the world. The logic being the vikings only took the best looking women
with them to Iceland. Fact or Fiction?

Hi Magnus, welcome here!

I am from The Netherlands. You may find more Scandinavian members at the Foreign Languages Forum of Wrong Planet.

Well there´s plenty of beautiful women in Iceland but I can´t really say if they are more common here then anywhere else. It´s not like I meet that many of them ! !

Nice meeting you