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Mikka
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08 Dec 2006, 7:07 pm

Would some of you say that you really only want to reach out and be social when you feel like it and don't mind being alone when you don't feel like being social? I find myself going through that a lot. However, email or forum contact is nice because I can take it when I want it, and leave it when I need alone time. To be honest though, it thrills me to get email even when I'm not all that up to being social. I don't know how many of you feel that way either.


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I'll bet you think I'm joking about talking to yourself.


Nah, I guessed you were giving advice to me to be my own best friend. I don't want to assume that though. I find your response interesting. If you'd have time to explain, I'd like to listen.

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What timezone are you in? I'm in CDT (Texas). You need to talk to you brothers on WP at 2 PM.


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Ok, that's cool, PM me if you get bored then! Just bear in mind I can't always reply straight away.


Thank you for inviting me to PM you.



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08 Dec 2006, 7:11 pm

Mikka wrote:
werbert wrote:
I'll bet you think I'm joking about talking to yourself.


Nah, I guessed you were giving advice to me to be my own best friend. I don't want to assume that though. I find your response interesting. If you'd have time to explain, I'd like to listen.

Actually, I was telling you to be your own best friend. It's worked for me for the past 15 years.


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09 Dec 2006, 4:36 am

[quote="Mikka"]Would some of you say that you really only want to reach out and be social when you feel like it and don't mind being alone when you don't feel like being social? I find myself going through that a lot. However, email or forum contact is nice because I can take it when I want it, and leave it when I need alone time. To be honest though, it thrills me to get email even when I'm not all that up to being social. I don't know how many of you feel that way either.


I feel exactly the same way. I love emails and PMs because it's friendly, but if I'm not in a talking mood I can leave them until I feel more chatty. That's the brilliant thing about the net. I think people with AS understand that others may not be in the frame of mind to reply right away, but a message is still appreciated. I hope so anyway :)
I'm in the UK so I'm not sure how it would go with the time where you are, but please feel free to PM me too if you like, Mikka.



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09 Dec 2006, 11:22 am

Mikka wrote:
Would some of you say that you really only want to reach out and be social when you feel like it and don't mind being alone when you don't feel like being social? I find myself going through that a lot. However, email or forum contact is nice because I can take it when I want it, and leave it when I need alone time. To be honest though, it thrills me to get email even when I'm not all that up to being social. I don't know how many of you feel that way either.


Yep, I feel like that. But i try really hard to do everything to the best of my ability. So if I have too many things to do I tend to run myself into the ground trying to achieve the impossible. That's why I'm being cautious about not replying straight away. Does that make sense? I don't want to make promises I can't really keep and then end up feeling guilty, but I would like to chat.


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