Have you ever met a quirky or awkward NT?

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I'm not sure if I have, but have any of you guys?

No I haven't as a matter of fact, but I'm sure there are some out there as we do live in a large world.

I think neurotypicality is actually the exception as opposed to the rule. But I am a mental health worker, so I have my biases. I do think those who call themselves "normal" and haven't suffered as much as the rest of us have, well, those people are the real freaks.

I mean, think about it, experiencing struggle and hardship IS normal. Getting by easy because you lucked out on the genetic lottery, and are unencumbered by things like Asperger's, physical clumsiness or Asthma... those people are WEIRD

I meet them all the time...and some of them are my best friends. They are quirky, but are definitely not on the spectrum because they seem to have a good sense of how other people behave and are able to look at perspectives apart from their own.

A lot of people on the spectrum don't really realize that there's such a range of NTs, just as there are a huge range of aspies.

Plenty.

But I haven't been that great friends with them until high school, since we're all basically children till then and don't understand anything themselves.

As you get older and you have more control, you can kind of be a "leader" in a relationship and cover up for the other person's insecurities and imperfections. There's also kind of awkward ages where you can't really be approached in any way (ugh, middle school) and you are aptly left alone with your fellow pubescents. Since I have AS, this age range was delegated to my first year or two of high school.
Anyways, you are much more able to get along with people like yourself if the other person if that person is mature enough to understand.

I sometimes am thinking that I'm an awkward NT. Or just eccentric. But I haven't met any NT like me who enjoy loneliness yet.
It seems to me that NTs like a lot to be around others. I don't find socializing very stimulating.

Yes, a few of my friends are quirky, nerdy NTs. I'm a huge nerd myself, so I tend to befriend people who are quirky, whether they are AS or NT. Most NTs have a greater sense of social skills than most people with AS, but they range in personality and quirkiness just as much as aspies do.

I have. But most of them suffered from Bipolar disorder and acted quirky during manic episodes.

Of course I have! In fact, all of my friends are NTs and they are all very quirky. They experience many of the things I do: feelings of seclusion, social anxiety, a feeling of being different, etc. Just because someone is an NT doesn't mean they are normal - I've never met anyone normal. Ever.

Me.

Is not-autistic in general the same as NT?
Because I don't really know what NT means -precisely-.
Pretty much all of my friends are non-autistic, but they're all quirky and weird and nerdy in different ways.
Some of them have other issues, like depression or anxiety, which I don't know if that stops them being NT, but some of them are definitely NT, and they're not "normal" in that sense.

So yeah, weirdo NTs definitely exist.

Yes, but they're quite similar to myself.

Yes. I met a lot of them.

That would describe my friends.

Sure. The awkwardness spectrum extends past formal autism. Someone can be awkward without being so awkward a psychologist gives them a name for their awkward.

Quirky is a choice, and quite a few people choose it, when they could have chosen normal. The NT brain is not born with an interest sports and celebrities, it is born with the capacity to develop interests in anything. Some people have the metaphorical balls to break from the pack and choose their own nerdy interests, just like us, though, unlike us, they have the choice to stay in the pack.

I love and respect these people, and count them among my best friends. They have the option to go with the flow and be easily accepted, but they instead risk rejection to stay true to themselves!

Most of my friends are quirky and nerdy NTs.

I have, some are weirder than me lol