27 Aug 2007, 4:13 pm
Well this is my first time on here... I'm 25 and live in York, England. Suprisingly I work in a call centre and try to sell stuff to people on the phone!! ! lol Not doing so great at it as you can imagine but in a weird way it kinda helps coz i get to practice small talk with hundreds of different people all day. I haven't disclosed I have AS but they have already identified me as a "straight talker" and I have been moved on to talk to businesses (accountants etc) and I think i've got my niche 
I am madly obsessed with music and I have been for a while. When I was younger it was a great way to make friends as i played in orchestras etc. Nowadays I play guitar in bands (thrash/stoner metal) and have an absurdly large CD collection.
I was never diagnosed when i was younger and I wish i had been because it would have made the step into adulthood easier. I have found the hardest thing is not making friends, I've been lucky and have some very understanding yet strange friends, but trying to get a girlfriend. I have had them don't get me wrong but as I get older it gets harder and harder. Just talking to anyone is hard enough but talking to a girl you fancy is a nightmare. I have destroyed so many opportunities by blurting out the most rediculous offensive things... 
If anyone has any tips I'd really appreciate them 
Anyway thats enough about me....
27 Aug 2007, 4:39 pm
Hey Metal, welcome aboard! Working in a call centre -that's pretty good therapy 
...and playing in bands, cool 
As for that part about chatting-up with girls, would you consider joining a speaker's club? It's made a big difference for me, I'd give it a try if I were you.
Meanwhile enjoy posting and exchanging your thought here at WP
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27 Aug 2007, 5:06 pm
Welcome to WrongPlanet 
I live in York, Pennsylvania.....
I don't "suffer" from AS, I suffer from NT nit-wits....
I'm into music in a big way, I'm building up my CD collection.
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27 Aug 2007, 5:30 pm
Mildly obsessed with music? You got to embrace this AS thing, we're allowed to go all the way.
Good to see you here.
27 Aug 2007, 5:41 pm
yeah i forgot for a moment I was talking with like minded people.... I am a full on music junky! There I said it
I'll definiotely look into that speaking thingy. There's quite a big community here in york but I haven't summoned up the courage to go down yet to one of their functions. All I can imagine it would be is alot of very uncomfortable people in a room on the brink of conversation... lol
27 Aug 2007, 5:57 pm
Welcome
I visited York it is an increadable city and bears a striking resembelance to Ankh-Morpork
I have stated somthing somwhere about the use of the word suffer...
Enjoy WP
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